News

2019

• uOttawa’s record of Excellence in Mooting Continues at Philip C. Jessup National Moot

  Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2019

  

  The 2019 uOttawa Common Law team finished as the Runner-Up National Canadian Champions at the Philip C. Jessup Moot. Team members include Mitchell Dorbyk (2L), Peter Knowlton (2L), Maggie MacDonald (3L), and Benjamin Rabinovitch (2L), coached by Professor Anthony Daimsis and Jolene Hansell (JD 2018).

• Students Across Canada Set to Participate in Inaugural Michel Bastarache Moot Court Competition

  Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2019

  

  Students from the University of Ottawa’s Programme de common law en français (PCLF) will be joined here in Ottawa by law students across Canada for the upcoming Michel Bastarache Moot Court Competition taking place March 22-24.

• Jolene Hansell, J.D. 2018, Chosen to be Justice Gascon’s clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada

  Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2019

  

  Jolene Hansell, J.D. 2018, has been chosen to clerk with Justice Gascon at the Supreme Court of Canada.

• Professor Jamie Liew LL.B. 2005, Winner of the 2018 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for Fiction

  Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2019

  

  The Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop has announced Jamie Liew as the winner of the 2018 Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award for fiction for her manuscript Dandelion Roots.

• Attorney General Caroline Mulroney announces selection of Professor Martha Jackman as winner of the David W. Mundell Medal

  Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019

  

  Professor Martha Jackman has been awarded the 2018 David Walter Mundell Medal, which is given out annually by the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario to recognize a legal writer who has made a distinguished contribution to the law.

• Big Thinking: “A call to action: Rethinking leadership in the global response to forced migration” presented by Allan Rock, LL.B. 1971, President Emeritus

  Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019

  

  On February 28^th, The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences hosted a Big Thinking lecture event featuring Mr. Allan Rock, President Emeritus of the University of Ottawa, former Senior Advisor to the World Refugee Council, Professor in the uOttawa Faculty of Law, and former federal minister. The lecture, entitled A call to action: Rethinking leadership in the global response to forced migration, drew on a recent report from the World Refugee Council and called for those present to take action in the area of forced migration.

  Big Thinking on the Hill is a breakfast lecture series which brings leading Canadian researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities to Parliament to speak on policy-relevant topics with members of Parliament, senators, public servants, and other stakeholders.

  Big Thinking is a key activity of the Federation in promoting the importance and relevance of research in its disciplines. Delivering a lecture is a privilege offered only to researchers from the Federation’s member universities and partners.

  Many MPs, Senators, and others attended the event, and it was clear from participants’ engagement that they valued the opportunity to learn from Mr. Rock and his insights and research.

   

• Stéphane Sérafin, J.D. 2014, to join UOttawa Faculty of Law in July 2019

  Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019

  The University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is pleased to announce that Stéfane Sérafin, J.D. 2014, will be joining its Faculty in July 2019.

• UOttawa Client Consultation Team Advanced to Semi-Finals in Canadian Client Consultation Competition

  Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019

  

  The University of Ottawa Client Consultation team, made up of members Erica Predko and Pooja Naidu, made it to the semi-finals in the annual Canadian Client Consultation Competition. The Competition, held at the University of Windsor, took place March 2-3 and simulates the initial client interview and showcases the students’ interviewing skills.

• The Honourable Justice Hugh L. Fraser (ret.), J.D. 1977, joins JAMS

  Posted on Friday, March 8, 2019

  

  After a 25-year tenure on the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa, the Honourable Justice Hugh L. Fraser (ret.), J.D. 1977 has joined JAMS, the largest provider of alternative dispute resolution services worldwide. Justice Fraser will be joining its Toronto panel.

• Alumni feature prominently on 2019 CCLA Slate of Trustees

  Posted on Monday, March 4, 2019

  

  The County of Carleton Law Association has announced its 2019 Slate of Trustees election results, and Common Law Section alumni feature prominently on the list! Those on the slate will go forward for election at the CCLA annual general meeting on March 7, 2019.