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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