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Beginning July 1, 2020, for one year, current Director of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, Professor Colleen Flood, will be going on sabbatical. We are excited to announce that the acting Director for the Centre will be Professor Jennifer Chandler. Professor Chandler has been a core member of CHLPE since its inception, lead...

Will Tao, JD ‘14, has been awarded the Canadian Bar Association Founder’s Award. The Award recognizes an exceptional law student or junior lawyer and a future leader of the CBA Immigration Law Section.

Ranjan Agarwal, LLB ’03, is the recipient of the 2020 Eric Hoaken Excellence in Mentoring Award given by The Advocates’ Society. Ranjan is the first winner of this newly established award.

We are thrilled to announce that Samuel Singer is joining the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, as an Assistant Professor starting July 1st.

Tenille E. Brown, student member of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), has been appointed as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University.  Tenille is completing her PhD in Law under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth F. Judge in the area of legal geography, examining the i...

Legal and policy instruments at global and European levels increasingly emphasize the need to address the specific demands of vulnerable migrants. But what does it mean to be vulnerable? Common Law Professor Delphine Nakache is leading the Canadian section of a Horizon 2020 research project entitled "Vulnerabilities Under the Global...

Michael Marin has been appointed Acting Dean of Law at the University of New Brunswick.

We stand in solidarity with all Black members of our Common Law community – students, faculty, staff and alumni – and with all members of the Black community in denouncing anti-Black racism. Over the past week, outrage over racial discrimination, racial violence and pervasive systemic racism has boiled over across North America. While the situation is particularly acute in the United States, we ...

During this pandemic, what role should the police play in relation to homeless people, a highly vulnerable group that is subject to punitive and detrimental law enforcement measures? What should now be expected of the police as they adapt to the realities of this unprecedented crisis?

La Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil est heureuse d’accueillir prochainement l’un de ses diplômés à titre d’avocat-cinéaste en résidence et conseiller en plaidoirie visuelle!