Information Session: Dual JD Program – Thursday, February 23, 2012

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 There will be an information session for students interested in applying to the Dual JD Program with Michigan State University or American University's Washington College of Law on Thursday, February 23, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in FTX 137. Read more...

uOttawa Law Leads Movember

Thursday, 01 December 2011 The uOttawa Faculty of Law Movember Team raised the most money of any student team in Canada; raising over $20,000 for Prostate Cancer Canada. Read more...

2011 Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition

Wednesday, 23 November 2011 On Saturday, November 5, 2011, a large contingent of enthusiatic first-year students participated in the preliminary round of the 2011 Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition.  Four students, Samantha Clarke, Rolake Adeniran, Megan Martins and Kristen Holman, advanced to the Championship Hearing on November 7, with Samantha Clarke and Rolake Adeniran ultimately winning the John P. Nelligan Cup. Read more...

Common Law/FMC Host ABA Regional Negotiation Competition

Monday, 21 November 2011 On the weekend of November 12-13, 2011, the Common Law Section, in partnership with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, hosted the American Bar Association Law Student Division’s Regional Negotiation Competition for Region 6. Read more...

The 19th Annual Ottawa Law Review / Ottawa Snowsuit Fund Auction

Thursday, 17 November 2011 On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the Ottawa Law Review will host the 19th Annual Ottawa Law Review / Ottawa Snowsuit Fund Auction in the Tsampalieros Atrium of Fauteux Hall.  The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served. Read more...

In Memoriam: Lindsay Tam

Thursday, 17 November 2011 It was with great sadness that the Faculty of Law learned of the passing of Common Law student Lindsay Tam.  Lindsay passed away peacefully on November 4, 2011 at the Credit Valley Hospital at the young age of 26. Read more...

Common Law Students Present at CCLA Conference

Thursday, 17 November 2011 On November 12 2011, second year students Mike Tersigni and Andrew Steinman attended the 31st Annual Civil Litigation Updated Conference sponsored by the County of Carleton Law Association at Montebello, QC. They presented their paper entitled: “Impecuniosity and the duty to mitigate: Who has trump?” to the 280 lawyers and judges in attendance at the conference.

Common Law students receive UROP Grants

Monday, 07 November 2011 Six common law students are among those to receive Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP)Grants: Azka Ahsan, Dana Antakly, Craig Brusnyk, Arshana Lalani, Dee Pham, and Anca Sattler. Read more...

Alexander Wilkinson awarded the IRPP Constitutional Affairs Essay Prize

Thursday, 03 November 2011 Alexander B. Wilkinson is the winner of this year’s Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) second annual Constitutional Affairs Essay Competition. His entry, "Constitutional constraints: A case against Senate reform in Canada," will be published in the November issue of Policy Options.

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