Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition 2009

On Saturday, November 7, 2008, almost 140 first-year students participated in the preliminary round of the Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition. Read more...

Radical Readers Welcomes Najla Saïd

Radical Readers will welcome actor and playwright Najla Saïd on Monday, November 30, 2009 in the Senate Room of Tabaret Hall (TBT 083), from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Read more...

Secretariat of the IUCN Academy Receives $240,000 Law Foundation of Ontario Grant

The Secretariat of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law has received a grant of $240,000 over 3 years from the Law Foundation of Ontario for its project entitled, “Building Capacity in Global Environmental Law.” Read more...

Prof. Michael Geist Addresses Television Fee-for-Carriage Debate on The Agenda

Professor Michael Geist appeared on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin on November 12, 2009 to discuss the debate between cable companies and television broadcasters over new fees for program distribution. Read more...

Adjunct Professor David Sweanor Addresses Tobacco Company’s Interest in Anti-Smoking Aids

Adjunct Professor David Sweanor has commented on recent rumours that Reynolds American, the 2nd largest tobacco company in the U.S., is in talks to acquire Niconovum, a Swedish company that makes nicotine replacement products. Read more...

Workshop and Public Meeting on Human Rights in the Canadian Mining Sector

On November 20, 2009, professors Lynda Collins and Penelope Simons will host an interdisciplinary workshop for select academic experts to explore the human rights impacts of Canadian mining.  A public meeting will follow on November 21. Read more...

National Program Graduate, Claire La Hovary, Publishes Les droits fondamentaux au travail

Claire La Hovary (LL.L ’95, LL.B.’96), a graduate of the National Program, recently published her first book, Les droits fondamentaux au travail : origines, statut et impact en droit international (Presses Universitaires de France). Read more...

Jonathan Laski (’09) Publishes Article on Greener Olympics in JELP

Common Law graduate Jonathan Laski (’09) has published an article entiled “Towards a Greener Olympics: Sustainable Development and the Vancouver 2010 Athletes’ Village at Southeast False Creek” in the October 2009 Journal of Environmental Law and Practice. Read more...

6 Common Law Professors to Perform at “So You Think You Can Teach”

On Friday, November 13, 2009, six professors will perform their best five-minute lecture at the law school’s production of “So You Think You Can Teach,” being held in the Gowlings Moot Court (FTX 147) from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Read more...

Common Law Top Canadian Team at ABA Negotiation Competition

Common Law students, Neil Schwartz and Brendan Clancy, won the American Bar Association (ABA) Regional Negotiation competition held on November 7-8, 2009 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Read more...