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Samantha Peters, JD ’16, is a proud alumna who lives law differently.

Congratulations to University of Ottawa Common Law alumna Annamie Paul, LLB ’95, who became the leader of the Green Party of Canada on October 3rd, 2020. She is the first Black person and first Jewish woman to be elected as the head of a national political party in Canadian history.

The Common Law Section launched in April 2020 the Summer Student Support Initiative (SSSI). The SSSI is one of the ways that the Faculty responded to the significant negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability of the usual summer experiential learning and employment activities for our students, with many jobs and other opportunities cancelled or postponed.

Colleagues: We are very pleased to announce that Samantha Peters (JD 2016) is joining the Faculty of Law on a part-time basis for the 2020-2021 academic year as the Black Legal Mentor-in-Residence. In this role, Samantha (she/her) will provide one-on-one and group academic and career mentorship to Black law students, and will provide expertise in the development of supportive programming and an...

Common Law’s Professor Vern Krishna has been selected for inclusion in the 15th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada, recognizing his work in appellate practice, tax law, and trusts and estates. The Best Lawyers in Canada is a peer-reviewed publication that recognizes top lawyers working in a wide variety of fields across the country.&...

The Supreme Court is a central institution in Canadian law and politics, and yet, to date, there has been relatively little empirical research on its work.  Professor Carissima Mathen is leading a new project, funded by an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), that will use ...

The Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue at the University of Ottawa is supporting the creation of a new research project on water regulation and governance. The project will use water-related issues as a lens to identify climate change-induced problems and their ramifications, and then make recommendations to multi-level policymakers. “The m...

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

Ranjan Agarwal, LLB ’03, is the first South Asian lawyer to be elected to a leadership role on the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) since its creation in 1907. Earlier this year, Ranjan was the recipient of the 2020 Eric Hoaken Excellence in Mentoring Award given by The Advocates’ Society. Ranjan is the first winner of this newly established award.

From deciding whether or not a tax return should trigger an audit, to determining which refugee claimants will be given status in Canada, administrative officials around the country make thousands of decisions every day that fundamentally affect the lives of Canadians. But these officials – and all Canadians – are entering an era of “artificial administration”, where human decision-making may be d...