Around the world, children and youth are increasingly taking action to seek to enforce their human rights and denounce violations. While Canada has ratified the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, children’s rights violations continue to be widespread with few opportunities for children to claim their rights. Professor Mona P...
Around the world, children and youth are increasingly taking action to seek to enforce their human rights and denounce violations. While Canada has ratified the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, children’s rights violations contin...
La Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa est heureuse d’annoncer l’embauche d’un nouveau professeur de carrière, Monsieur Pascal McDougall. Les recherches du professeur McDougall portent sur le droit du travail comparé et international, l’analyse économique du droit, la mobilisation du droit syndical comme outil de justice sociale et les liens entre le droit et le ...
La Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa est heureuse d’annoncer l’embauche d’un nouveau professeur de carrière, Monsieur Pascal McDougall. Les recherches du professeur McDougall portent sur le droit du travail comparé et international, l’analyse économique du droit,...
The Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario (L’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario) will bestow the Order of Merit on Common Law Part-Time Professor Caroline Thibault. during its 41st annual conference, to be held virtually from June 22 to June 24, 2021.
The Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario (L’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario) will bestow the Order of Merit on Common Law Part-Time Professor Caroline Thibault. during its 41st annual conference, to be held virtually from June 22 to June 24, 2021.
The ELLA's Accelerator program, Ascend 2021, has selected Erin Cowling, LL.B ’04, based on the success of her recently-founded freelance law firm, Flex Legal, and the leadership she demonstrated as the Common Law Section’s Regional Alumni Advisor in Toronto.
The ELLA's Accelerator program, Ascend 2021, has selected Erin Cowling, LL.B ’04, based on the success of her recently-founded freelance law firm, Flex Legal, and the leadership she demonstrated as the Common Law Section’s Regional Alumni Advisor in Toronto.
On May 31, 2021, Canadian Lawyer magazine announced the list of nominees for its twelfth annual Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers awards.
The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is proud to congratulate all of our alumni and professors who have been nominated.
On May 31, 2021, Canadian Lawyer magazine announced the list of nominees for its twelfth annual Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers awards.
The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is proud to congratulate all of our alumni and professors who have been nominated.
David C. Nahwegahbow, IPC, LSM, LLB ’80, of Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Genoodmagejig, is the 2021 recipient of The Advocates’ Society Award of Justice. Nahwegahbow, a member of the Common Law Honour Society, received his award during the virtual End of Term, on June 17, 2021.
As stated on The Advocates’ Society’s website:
“The Advocates' Society...
David C. Nahwegahbow, IPC, LSM, LLB ’80, of Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Genoodmagejig, is the 2021 recipient of The Advocates’ Society Award of Justice. Nahwegahbow, a member of the Common Law Honour Society, received his award during the virtual End...
Angel Larkman, 2L, and her editor scrambled to get the story out and published in the Huffington Post Canada the day before it was closed. They were able to share Larkman’s personal story titled “It Took The Government 36 Years To Tell Me What I Already Knew: I Am A Status Indian”.
Larkman, a second-year Common Law student, felt compelled to...
Angel Larkman, 2L, and her editor scrambled to get the story out and published in the Huffington Post Canada the day before it was closed. They were able to share Larkman’s personal story titled “It Took The Government 36 Years To Tell Me What ...
La professeure Emmanuelle Bernheim a été nommée titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en santé mentale et accès à la justice. Cette nomination constitue une marque de reconnaissance méritée du leadership manifeste de la professeure Bernheim dans les domaines du droit de la santé mentale, de l’accessibilité à la justice, ainsi que...
La professeure Emmanuelle Bernheim a été nommée titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en santé mentale et accès à la justice. Cette nomination constitue une marque de reconnaissance méritée du leadership manifeste de la professeure...
Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York, Eugene T. Kingsley worked as a railway brakeman in Montana until an accident left him a double amputee. His subsequent socialist activism brought him to Canada where he eventually became known to the government as “one of the most dangerous men in Canada”. Dr. Malhotra and Dr. Isitt offer a portrait of a f...
Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York, Eugene T. Kingsley worked as a railway brakeman in Montana until an accident left him a double amputee. His subsequent socialist activism brought him to Canada where he eventually became known to the government as...