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From the age of 9 years old, Sasha Ramnarine JD’13, knew he wanted to be a lawyer.

Alumnus and entrepreneur Mark Zekulin, LLB’07, may have encountered failure in his journey, but he has certainly experienced significant success.

The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the appointment of Kerry Lee McVey, LLB ‘10, as a Justice of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Ottawa.

The Common Law Section is pleased to announce the results of our ninth annual internal awards program.

For the third year in a row, the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) has made it to the metaverse. On Nov. 18, it hosted the finals of its annual LeClair x uOttawa Metaverse Moot competition partially in person and partially in virtual reality (VR).

In a simulated meeting of the UN Security Council, convened on 13 November 2023, 23 Common Law students adopted a resolution calling for the appointment of a United Nations High Commissioner on Climate Change (UNHCCC) and the establishment of a United Nations Climate Change Commission (UNCCC).

The Ottawa Law Review is delighted to announce the outstanding success of the Volume 55 Dinner it recently hosted on November 22, 2023.

Approximately 1.3 billion tons of food go to waste each year. The economic losses, and the impact of food waste on the environment are problems that we can no longer afford to ignore.

Professor Paul Daly has been selected as a winner of the 2023 Lexpert Rising Stars Awards, which honour leading members of the legal profession who are under 40 and who have made outstanding contributions in their chosen fields.

Anvesh Jain, a JD student at the Faculty of Law, Common Law section of the University of Ottawa was the first law student to conclude a four-month global internship with the OECD in Paris!