Alumni News

2020

• Meet our first ever Black Legal Mentor-in-Residence, Samantha Peters, JD’ 16, a lawyer, writer, researcher, educator, and advocate

  Posted on Friday, October 16, 2020

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

  Samantha has joined 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 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 anti-racism initiatives.

• Providing a Glimpse to our 1Ls Into the Legal World – Preparing Students to Join the Legal Profession

  Posted on Friday, October 16, 2020

  What is Becoming a Legal Professional?

  Why is this added value?

  Why is it integrated in the curriculum?

• Annamie Paul, LLB ’95, new leader of the Green Party of Canada

  Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2020

  Congratulations to University of Ottawa Common Law alumna Annamie Paul, LLB ’95, who became the leader of the Green Party of Canada on October 3^rd, 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.

• Appointment of Samantha Peters as Black Legal Mentor-in-Residence

  Posted on Wednesday, October 7, 2020

  Appointment of Samantha Peters as Black Legal Mentor-in-Residence

• Common Law Homecoming 2020 — Going Virtual!

  Posted on Monday, September 14, 2020

  With the changes this Fall brings, we will also be changing the programming of our Common Law Homecoming 2020 celebrations by going virtual in conjunction with uOttawa’s Homecoming events.

• Fall 2020: What’s new at the Law School

  Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020

  The 2020 Fall Term is upon us at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. A number of changes, not all of them COVID-19 related, have taken place at the Law School since the Spring. Here is a brief look of what we tackled during COVID-19 but also an overview of notable announcements and appointments:

• To our donors: Common Law students cannot thank you enough

  Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020

  In a time where there are still so many unknowns about what the future holds, we do know one thing for sure: our students will be needing more support.

• Ranjan Agarwal, LLB ’03, elected to the Ontario Bar Association’s Board as second vice president

  Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

  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.

• Three Common Law Alumni are recipients of the Ottawa Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 awards for 2020

  Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020

  Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, alumni Anna Keller, LLB ’09, Chase Irwin, LLB ’10 and Jamison Young, LLB ’07, have been named recipients of the Ottawa Business Journal Forty Under 40 awards for 2020. A joint initiative of the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal, the annual Forty Under 40 awards recognize rising business leaders under the age of 40 in the National Capital Region.

• Annamie Paul, LLB ’95, seeks leadership of the Green Party

  Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2020

  Annamie Paul, LLB ’95, announced earlier this year that she was throwing her name in the race to become the next leader of the Green Party.