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Chancellor Claudette Commanda, Dean Kristen Boon, Vice-Dean David Wiseman, faculty members, Honour Society members and student leaders, along with special guest former Supreme Court Justice, Rosalie Abella, gathered to celebrate the tremendous accomplishments and careers of the three Common Law Alumni who were selected as the 2023 Honours Society Inductees: • The Honourable Colin McKinnon, K.C...

The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the appointment of Negar Azmudeh, LLB ’98, to the Federal Court.

Olivier Marceau is getting a Court’s eye view of the dramatic developments surrounding Israel’s top court.

Last spring, Clémence Thabet received the University Gold Medal for the highest cumulative grade point average in the entire JD Program when they graduated from the combined programme de common law en français and political science program.

The Common Law Section is celebrating the induction of two of our own into the prestigious Order of Canada. On June 30, Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 85 new appointments to the Order of Canada.

We are excited to celebrate the tremendous accomplishments and careers of the three Common Law Alumni who have been selected as the 2023 Honours Society Inductees:

Accomplished Common Law alum Ajmal Pashtoonyar, LLB ’09, has dedicated his life to advocating for human rights and advancing the principles of international law.

Congratulations to alums Jacqueline Bonisteel, LLB ’11, and Marc Sauvé, LLB ’08, who were recently listed among Ottawa’s Forty under 40 for 2023.

Congratulations to several Common Law Section alum chosen as the 2023 winners of awards from the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA):

Congratulations to alum Nadia Effendi on receiving the Order of Merit from l’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario (AJEFO).