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The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, in collaboration with the Section de droit civil, invites you to attend the 4e École d’automne sur la méthodologie de la recherche en droit | 4th Autumn School on the Methodology of Research in Law to be held at the University of Ottawa, November 22-26, 2021 (online).

Professors Tony VanDuzer and Melanie Mallet have been selected as the inaugural recipients of the Charles B. Bourne Article Prize for their recent contributoon “Indigenous Rights and Trade Obligations: How Does CUSMA’s Indigenous General Exception Apply to Canada?”, published in volume 58 of The Canadian Yearbook of Intern...

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society is delighted to announce that Professor Vivek Krishnamurthy has been appointed to the Public Policy Forum’s Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression, a three-year mandate to better understand, anticipate, and respond to the effects of new digital technologies on public life and Canadian demo...

Around the common law world, the law of judicial review of administrative action has changed dramatically in recent decades, accelerating a centuries-long process of incremental evolution. Professor Paul Daly has published a new book, Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World (Oxford University Press), which offe...

Many 91��Ʒ���ϳԹ� law graduates find themselves in non-legal careers. Kenya-Jade Pinto, JD ’17, is one such alumna who is using all her knowledge, skills and experience to make an impact.

On September 8, 2021, U.S.-based Fortune magazine announced its list of Top 40 Under 40. The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is proud to congratulate Harley Finkelstein, joint JD & MBA, ’09, who was named on the list which recognizes “rising entrepreneurs, influencers, creators, and executives”. Finkelstein, President of Shopify and a lead...

The Common Law Section is pleased to welcome Dr. Kazuki Hagiwara, an expert in the law of treaties, international economic law and international environmental law, who will join the law school as visiting researcher from September 2021 to August 2022.

The Common Law Section’s research report covering 2020-2021, is now available online (PDF, 5.22 MB).This report covers research activities and achievements at the Common Law Section between April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021.We are all proud of these achievements, and we remain committed to creating and sustaining a rich, collegial, and intellec...

Make a meaningful impact through research! The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) allows you to contribute to a research project conducted by a professor of your choice. Benefits: Apply concepts you’ve learned in class to real situations. Work one-on-one with a professor. Get a close-up view of cutting-edge research at on...

The Biennial Research Report for the Common Law Section, covering the years 2018-2020, is now available online (PDF, 5.12 MB).This report was produced under conditions unlike any previous such effort. It offers a glimpse of research activities and achievements at the Common Law Section covering the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 fiscal years, or more pre...