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Every winter, students enrolled in the course Feminist Law Reform (CML 4917B) learn from expert feminist lawyers, engage with members of parliament, draft briefs and opinion editorials and explore other key avenues of feminist law reform advocacy.

The Rideau Hall Foundation has announced that the Canadian Partnership for International Justice (CPIJ) — which includes five Common Law professors — is one of the recipients of the eighth annual Governor General’s Innovation Awards. These awards recognize transformational Canadian innovations that create a positive impact in Canada and inspire the next generation of innovators.

For the second year in a row, a uOttawa Common Law student has won a prize for her essay on wrongful convictions.

It has been a Supreme semester at the Faculty!

On March 25, the Faculty hosted the finals of the 2nd annual LeClair x uOttawa Metaverse Moot.

The following story was written by 2L Common Law student, Valérie Pilote (J.D. Candidate 2024) as part of the series BEYOND THE CLASS. The series shares first-hand accounts of experiential learning opportunities and op-eds written by our students.

The fifth edition of the Michel Bastarache Moot Court Competition took place March 17 to 19. The event, held annually at uOttawa, allows students from various Canadian law schools to develop superior mooting skills in French while expanding their knowledge of language rights.

The Ottawa Law Review is now accepting English- and French-language submissions for publication in its next issue. The submission deadline is May 12, 2023.

From her nuanced work on equality rights to her ground-breaking writing on reference opinions, Professor Carissima Mathen has consistently provided crucial insights into the Constitution of Canada and the rule of law. Her contributions to law and letters are now being celebrated by the Ontario government.

New technologies that have the ability to record brain activity are bringing with them some serious implications for the world of law. Imagine, for example, being able to tell if a driver in a car accident had been paying attention or not by checking recordings of their brain data.