Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

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).

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.

Common Law’s Professor Aimée Craft has earned a Partnership Engage Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for a collaborative project that will engage Indigenous communities on important issues of water stewardship entitled “Nibi (Water) Declaration – Grand Council Treaty #3 Regional Engagement Sessions”.

A new partnership between the University of Ottawa and the University of Calgary Faculties of Law will help address access to justice issues for French-speaking litigants in Alberta.