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2020

• L'année universitaire 2020-2021 est lancée!

  Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2020

  

  Le 3 septembre 2020, c’est une Rentrée solennelle des cours sans précédent qui s’est tenue pour accueillir la nouvelle cohorte d’étudiantes et d’étudiants à la Section de droit civil de l’Université d’Ottawa. Retour sur cette cérémonie traditionnelle nécessairement adaptée aux besoins et réalités de notre contexte actuel.

• Le diplômé Louis Riverin nommé juge à la Cour du Québec

  Posted on Friday, September 11, 2020

  

  Me Louis Riverin, diplômé de la promotion 1989, accède à la magistrature de la Cour du Québec.

• Les récipiendaires de l'Ordre du mérite 2020

  Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020

  

  La Section de droit civil est fière de décerner l'Ordre du mérite 2020 à quatre diplômées et diplômés d'exception : Mitch Garber, Catherine Piché, Marc Savard et Sabine Uwitonze. 

• Emmanuelle Bernheim elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

  Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2020

  

  The Civil Law Section is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Emmanuelle Bernheim to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, “Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership” (RSC, The College).

• Section de droit civil : deux nouveaux postes à pourvoir au sein du corps professoral

  Posted on Wednesday, September 2, 2020

  

  La Section de droit civil sollicite des candidatures pour deux postes menant à la permanence dans les domaines du droit autochtone et du droit du travail et de la justice sociale.

• Faculty of Law: The game becomes reality

  Posted on Monday, August 31, 2020

  

  Professors Thomas Burelli and Alexandre Lillo invite you to the inauguration of a virtual Fauteux Hall on September 3, 2020, at 5 p.m.

• Researchers from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Sciences lead new project on water regulation and governance

  Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2020

  

  The Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue at the University of Ottawa is supporting the creation of a new research project on water regulation and governance. The project will use water-related issues as a lens to identify climate change-induced problems and their ramifications, and then make recommendations to multi-level policymakers.

• Les civilistes André Bélanger et Ivaylo Kraychev se joignent au corps professoral de la Section de droit civil

  Posted on Monday, August 24, 2020

  

  La Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil se réjouit d’annoncer l’embauche des professeurs André Bélanger et Ivaylo Kraychev au sein de son corps professoral en vue de l’année universitaire 2020-2021.

• Professor Jennifer Quaid explores issues of corruption and corporate accountability across three new partnerships

  Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

  

  In a rapidly evolving legal landscape where big corporations leverage their economic power and influence to avoid being criminally prosecuted for their crimes, Professor Jennifer Quaid stands out as one of only a select few scholars in Canada actively conducting research on how the criminal law is applied to organizations. As a part of three newly-funded research projects, she is set to further contribute to our understanding of how law can be used to stimulate good governance and ethical business practices, while reaching across disciplines to establish compelling new research partnerships.

• The uOttawa Public Law Centre welcomes Professor David Robitaille as Co-Director

  Posted on Friday, July 17, 2020

  

  The University of Ottawa’s Public Law Centre has enthusiastically welcomed Professor David Robitaille, a Full Professor in the Civil Law Section, as its new Co-Director. He joins Professor Vanessa MacDonnell of the Common Law Section in a unique partnership between the two sections.