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2021

• Souper Français 2021

  Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2021

  

  Congratulations to the organizers of the annual Souper Français which was held on January 8, 2021. It was a huge success with over 220 students, lawyers, judges and professors in attendance. The guest of honour was the Honourable Justice Andromache Karakatsanis of the Supreme Court of Canada who gave a beautiful speech.

• Professor Natasha Bakht and Professor Angela Cameron both make Hill Times list of 100 best books in 2020

  Posted on Monday, January 18, 2021

  

  Professor Natasha Bakht’s recent book, In Your Face: Law Justice and Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada, and Professor Angela Cameron’s recent edited collection with Sari Graben and Val Napoleon, Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights, and Relationships, have both been named to The Hill Time’s List of the 100 Best Books in 2020.

• Emily Leduc Gagné, JD ’19, from Contemporary Ballerina to Tax Lawyer

  Posted on Monday, January 18, 2021

  

  Alumna Emily Leduc Gagné, JD ’19, magna cum laude, is a great example of a non-traditional path to becoming a lawyer and how one can have multiple careers. She moved to Montreal as a teen for her career as a professional contemporary ballet dancer and completed her BA in English literature with a minor in education at McGill University during that time.

• Simon Coakeley, LLB ’83 and LLM ’93, Named CEO of the Canadian Bar Association

  Posted on Monday, January 18, 2021

  

  Simon Coakeley, LLB ’83 and LLM ’93, former federal government executive, becomes the new CEO of the Canadian Bar Association on February 15, 2021.  

• Part-Time Professors Arshinoff and Tassé featured on International Anti-Corruption Day by the OECD

  Posted on Monday, January 18, 2021

   To coincide with International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9th, 2020,  the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) featured a virtual presentation by Part-Time Professors Noah Arshinoff (Faculty of Law, Common Law Section) and Marc Tassé (Telfer School of Management, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section) as part of its  2020 Knowledge Partner talks. 

• Professor Anne Levesque named finalist for Franco-Ontarian Community Engagement Award

  Posted on Friday, January 8, 2021

  

  La Fondation franco-ontarienne has chosen Common Law’s Anne Levesque as a finalist for a Prix Saphir in the Community Engagment category.  The Prix Saphir aim to recognize and promote the commitment, excellence and influence of women in the Franco-Ontarian community.

• On the Margins of Trans Legal Change: Professor Samuel Singer guest edits special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society

  Posted on Thursday, January 7, 2021

  

  Professor Samuel Singer is the guest editor of a new special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, entitled On the Margins of Trans Legal Change, with fellow guest editor Ido Katri (University of Toronto). The publication is the continuation of a project seeking to amplify trans legal studies in Canada, which was the focus of a conference at McGill University’s Faculty of Law in May 2019.

• Professor John Currie appointed to Permanent Court of Arbitration

  Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

  

  Professor John Currie has been named to the Canadian National Group of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the oldest global institution for the settlement of international disputes.

• Faculty of Law Ranks Among Top International Law Schools For SSRN Downloads

  Posted on Wednesday, January 6, 2021

  

  The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law has earned a prestigious ranking on the Social Science Research Network’s (SSRN) list of the Top 500 International Law Schools.  uOttawa currently ranks 12^th on the list of total downloads from international law schools for the last twelve months, and second among Canadian law schools.  This truly places uOttawa’s legal research production amongst the top schools in the world.

• 2020 CLAWBIES Awards

  Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2021

  We would like to congratulate our alumni, students and Faculty members who have received 2020 CLawbies awards.

  For the complete list: https://www.clawbies.ca/