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2024 Common Law Honour Society inductees: The Honourable Maria Linhares de Sousa, LLB ’76, Yves Le Bouthillier, LLB ’84, and The Honourable Bernadette Clement, LLB ’88, LLL ’87 were celebrated in October.

The Common Law Section has proudly launched the uOttawa Startup Law Clinic, designed to offer law students hands-on exposure to the legal challenges startups face while fostering growth in Ottawa’s entrepreneurial community.

The Faculty of Law recently welcomed several distinguished international law scholars for an academic workshop dedicated to exploring Canada’s role before international courts and tribunals.

During the 14th year of partnership with United Nations, Common Law students have recently completed the preparation of 8 additional studies for the Repertory of the Practice of the United Nations Organs.

Public subsidies to the fishing industry are designed to increase production and maximize yield. But the environmental effects are numerous. So why does the fishing industry continue to be subsidized in this way?

A research paper by Samantha Peters, JD ’16, during her time in law school has now led her to a new accolade - co-recipient of the Ontario Bar Association Foundation's Chief Justice of Ontario Research Fellowship!

At the October 28, 2024 Call to the Bar ceremony in Toronto, the Law Society of Ontario bestowed a degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) on the Honourable Johanne Lafrance-Cardinal, a family law and mediation expert, renowned for her incredible ability to effectively and fairly settle disputes.

A new research project aims to fill in gaps in knowledge about the experiences of asylum seekers in the Canadian housing system, with a specific focus on those facing homelessness.

It has been called one of the worst law firm failures in Canadian history. A new book by Professor Adam Dodek examines how Heenan Blaikie LLP rose to great prominence and success and then self-destructed, leaving the Canadian legal community in shock.

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