Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

• First Year Students Participate in 2021 Annual Nelligan Moot

  Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2021

  The 14th edition of the annual Nelligan Law First Year Moot Court Competition was held on November 13-15, 2021. Over 140 first-year students in the English Program competed in the preliminary rounds, held on the morning of November 13. The 1L students were divided into hearings with two appellant counsel facing off against two respondent counsel. In a competition first, all hearings were held online, allowing 57 judges from across Canada and abroad (including one in London, England!) to judge.  

• Appointment of Jeannie Scott (Wynne-Edwards), LLB ’08, as NWT Territorial Court Judge

  Posted on Monday, November 29, 2021

  The Honorable R.J. Simpson, Minister of Justice and Government House Leader, announced the judicial appointment of Jeannie Scott, LL.B. ’08, to the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories, effective October 8, 2021.

• Renewal of Professor Natasha Bakht as the Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women in the Legal Profession

  Posted on Monday, November 29, 2021

  It is our pleasure to announce the renewal of Professor Natasha Bakht as the Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women in the Legal Profession (2022-2024). Professor Bakht is the sixth Greenberg Chair since its inception in 2002: Professor Elizabeth Sheehy (twice: 2002-05 and 2013-16); Professor Sanda Rodgers (2005-07); Professor Martha Jackman (2007-11); Professor Rosemary Cairns Way (2011-13); and Professor Angela Cameron (2016-20).

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