Common Law Welcomes New Dean, Nathalie Des Rosiers

Friday, 21 June 2013 The Common Law Section is pleased to announce the appointment of Nathalie Des Rosiers as Dean of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section.  Her five-year mandate begins on July 1, 2013. Read more...

Professor Scassa’s Research Program Renewed

Thursday, 13 June 2013 Professor Teresa Scassa’s impressive new research program has recently been renewed under a mandate as the Canada Research Chair in Information Law for another five years.  
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Carleton U to Honour uOttawa Professors Constance Backhouse and Kim Pate

Thursday, 06 June 2013 On June 12, 2013, Carleton University will award honorary degrees to Professor Constance Backhouse and part-time Professor Kim Pate at its spring Convocation Ceremony. Read more...

Public Law Group Hosts 3rd Annual Emerging Issues Conference

Wednesday, 29 May 2013 On the morning of May 23, 2013, the Public Law Group hosted the 3rd annual Emerging Issues in Canadian Public Law Conference, taking place in the Desmarais building over the course of the morning. Read more...

Common Law Section Hosts Second “Women in Law” Luncheon

Wednesday, 29 May 2013 On Friday, May 10th, 2013, the Common Law Section hosted the second uOttawa “Women in Law” Luncheon in Fauteux Hall. 
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Prof. Steger Comments on Challenges Faced by WTO and its New Chief

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 Professor Debra Steger commented recently on the challenges faced by the new Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, in China Daily USA, on China Radio International, and in an op-ed for the Ottawa Citizen. Read more...

Prof. Currie Accepts Award for The Canadian Yearbook of International Law

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 The Canadian Yearbook of International Law/L’Annuaire canadien de droit international, published by the University of British Columbia Press, has been awarded the 2013 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing.  Professor John Currie, Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook, accepted the award on behalf of UBC Press during an awards ceremony held on May 6, 2013 at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries in Montreal. Read more...

HRREC’s Sonya Nigam discusses Art’s Interconnectivity

Monday, 27 May 2013 In her May column for Canadian Lawyer Magazine, Executive Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), Sonya Nigam, discusses art as it interconnects with human rights. Read more...

Ravi Malhotra Testifies Before CRTC in Favour of EqualiTV

Wednesday, 22 May 2013 Professor Ravi Malhotra recently testified before the Canadian Radio and Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in favour of a mandatory distribution application for EqualiTV.
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