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Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellowship, Water Law and Governance at the University of Ottawa’s Centre on Governance and Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability.

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic offers a decisive moment to reflect on environmental issues. The drastic slowdown in economic and industrial activities has given us a glimpse of the impact that our energy consumption can have on water, air and land.

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!

The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, is pleased to confirm that funding for the Programme de pratique du droit (PPD) has been renewed until 2025.