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Director, Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law

Contact information:

Office: (613)562-5800 (3378)
E-mail: wamos@ecojustice.ca

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

William Amos is a public interest environmental lawyer and is the Director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, where he has taught in both French and English since March 2007.  He manages a variety of litigation files and law reform projects.  He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Quebec, Ontario and B.C. Courts of Appeal, the Ontario Superior and Divisional Courts, the Quebec Superior Court, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal. He has expert knowledge in the areas of offshore drilling law, environmental tort law (nuisance, negligence), species-at-risk law, expropriation law and environmental rights law.

Will has previously served as counsel with the Canadian Radioâ??Television and Telecommunications Commission and the law firm of Heenan Blaikie L.L.P. in Montreal. He has worked internationally with the Mexican Environmental Law Centre (CEMDA) and as a consultant for the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he was a special assistant in the federal Environment Minister and the Prime Ministerâ??s Offices. 

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Canadian politics
• Domestic Environmental Law
• Ecology
• Quebec politics
• Torts

Language preference:

English and French , espagnol / Spanish

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3320)
E-mail: lbelhard@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Tort Law (negligence, intentional wrongs, strict liability)

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Torts

Language preference:

English and French

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3329)
E-mail: dboivin@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Responsabilité civile délictuelle, c'est-à-dire la responsabilité qui n'est pas fondée exclusivement sur un contrat; responsabilité des fabricants. Assurances; responsabilité des assureurs pour mauvaise foi lors de l'exécution de leurs contrats.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Insurance law
• Torts

Language preference:

English and French

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3286)
E-mail: chandler@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

The legal, social and political implications of science and technology. Recent work has addressed the regulation of new technologies, the judicial response to disputes involving new technologies, the theory of law and technology, and organ donation policies.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Courts
• Health law
• Medical law
• philosophy of law
• Torts

Language preference:

English only

Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

Contact information:

E-mail: karen.eltis@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Constitutional law (Charter), Internet law (new technologies, e-commerce, cybercrime), health law and bioethics, comparative law (U.S. and others), international arbitration

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Constitution
• Democracy and democratization
• Health law
• Human rights
• International law
• Internet law
• Medical law
• Privacy
• Torts

Language preference:

English and French , hebreu, roumain, espagnol

Dean, University Relations
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5927
E-mail: bfeldthu@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Torts. Civil actions for damages. Damages for victims of sexual assault. Punitive damages. Damages for pure economic loss. Legal education.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Civil (punitive) damages
• Torts

Language preference:

English and French

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3138)
E-mail: hmcleodk@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Office Telephone

Research information:

Environmental law, particularly the role of courts in environmental disputes.  Focus on rules of procedure and the challenges of litigating environmental problems.  Particular focus on class actions, pre-trial injunctions, and rules of standing and interveners.  Effect of environmental ethics and environmental principles on procedure and other aspects of environmental law. Precautionary Principle, GMOs. Environmental torts. 

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Administrative law
• Civil (punitive) damages
• Courts
• Environmental law
• Torts

Language preference:

English and French

Doyen / Dean
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5902
Home: 613-772-2140
E-mail: lmperret@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Libre échange dans les Amériques. Droit des contrats et responsabilité civile au Québec.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Contract law
• Torts

Language preference:

English and French , espagnol / Spanish

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (3324)
E-mail: rruparel@uOttawa.ca

Research information:

Torts. Impact of law and legal institutions on women and racialized communities. Legal education.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Gender discrimination
• Torts
• Women and law

Language preference:

English only