News

2018

• Common Law Alumnus David Nahwegahbow (LL.B. 1980) Co-Chair of the Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples

  Posted on Monday, May 28, 2018

  

  Faculty of Law, Common Law Alumnus David Nahwegahbow (LL.B. 1980) recently served as Co-Chair of a working group that developed the Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous People.

• Common Law Alumna Mona Kumar (LL.B. 2002) Appointed to Board of Canadian Museum of Immigration

  Posted on Monday, May 28, 2018

  

  The Honourable Mélanie Joly announced the appointment of Common Law alumna Mona Kumar (LL. B. 2002) to the board of trustees of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. She has been appointed for a four-year term effective June 1, 2018.

• “Law: from Crisis to Opportunity” – 7th Annual GSLEDD Conference

  Posted on Friday, May 25, 2018

  

  The Graduate Students in Law Association (GSLEDD) hosted its 7^th annual graduate student conference on May 11-12, 2017.  Under the moniker “Law at the Tipping Point: Conflicts, Challenges and Changes,” the conference brought together graduate students from across Canada to examine pressing legal issues across a variety of fields.

• Professor Vanessa Gruben Earns Funding to Create New Harm Reduction Network Focused on Opioids, Cannabis and Tobacco

  Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2018

  

  Professor Vanessa Gruben has earned funding through the University of Ottawa’s Population Health Research Network Funding Competition to create the Ottawa Harm Reduction Network, an interdisciplinary network of researchers focused on improving public health by developing harm reduction strategies related to substance abuse and addiction.

• 2018 Visiting Researchers Program to Bring Three International Visitors to Fauteux Hall

  Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2018

  

  Three Common Law Professors, Vanessa MacDonnell, Florian Martin-Bariteau and João Velloso, have earned funding through the University of Ottawa’s Visiting Researchers Program to bring international visiting researchers to the law school.  This year’s visitors hail from the United Kingdom and Brazil.

• Common Law Alumnus Stephen Victor (LL.B. 1966) to Receive Honourary Doctorate from Hebrew University

  Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2018

  

  Faculty of Law, Common Law alumnus and Ottawa community leader Stephen Victor (LL.B. 1966) will be honoured with an honourary PhD by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on June 11, 2018 for his work in support of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.

• Common Law Alumnus Stephen Kloepfer (LL.B. 1980) Publishes Novel

  Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2018

  

  Faculty of Law, Common Law alumnus Stephen Kloepfer (LL.B. 1980) recently published his first work of fiction: Enter Your Time.

• In Memoriam – Audra Bennett (LL.B. 2005)

  Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2018

  

  The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is saddened to hear of the passing of Audra Bennett (LL.B. 2005), who passed away unexpectedly on May 13, 2018 at the age of 45.

• Faculty of Law Poised to Launch New Blockchain Lab, Course

  Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2018

  

  The Common Law Section is delighted to announced that, for the 2018-2019 academic year, students at the University of Ottawa will be able to sign up for a new innovative bilingual course on Blockchain, Law and Society.

• Mitacs Elevate – Postdoctoral Fellowships

  Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2018

  

  Mitacs Elevate is now accepting applications for two-year postdoctoral funding.