University of Ottawa Law
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The University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, sometimes colloquially known as U of O Law, is the law school of the University of Ottawa
, located in Ottawa
, Ontario
. The University of Ottawa Law School is one of Canada's most influential, having produced lawyers throughout French and English Canada since the 1950s. It is the largest law faculty in Canada
and is divided into two sections: a civil law
and a common law
section. The faculty is very highly rated and maintains close links with the legal community in both Quebec, Ontario and abroad. The Law School is especially well regarded in the fields of : international Law, Law and Technology, Environmental law, Aboriginal Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Linguistic Law, Public Law, Fiscal Law and Social Justice.
The faculty of law is also home to (2) highly respected bilingual law journals, one produced by the civil law section (Revue Générale de Droit) and the other produced by the common law section (Ottawa Law Review)
Established by former Chief Justice Gerald Fauteux, the faculty and has been conferring degrees since the 1950s and often emphasizes that its location in close proximity to federal government agencies, courts, the Supreme Court of Canada
, the Parliament of Canada
, international organizations, foreign embassies and large law firms in city centre offers a significant advantage in the study of law. In 2003, the common law section celebrated the 50th anniversary of its English program and the 30th anniversary of its French program.
The law school was created in 1953 on the initiative of Gerald Fauteux
, former chief justice
of the Supreme Court of Canada
(and who the law school's building, Fauteux Hall, built in 1973, is named after). It began as an exclusively civil law
faculty, designed to train lawyers who would enter the Quebec
legal system, particularly in order to practice in the Outaouais region just across the Ottawa River
from Ottawa. In 1957, the faculty began training students in the common law
as well; the two sections were then divided, with each keeping its own program, faculties and deans. Graduate programs were introduced that same year by the civil law section; it was not until 1981 that the common law section began offering them as well.
Although the school has had since 1970 a system in which students from either the common or civil law sections could receive further training and accreditation in the other, it was not until 1994 that this system was formalized into the National Program. In doing so, the faculty became only the second law faculty in Canada, after McGill University's law school
to offer bi-juridicial training in both the common law and civil law, the two formally recognized legal systems in Canada.
During the 2006 fall semester, the university's president Gilles Patry announced that Fauteux Hall would undergo extensive renovations, slated to begin in 2009.
(DEC) before applying. Acceptance to the common law program in particular is highly competitive; students generally have an A average and a very high LSAT
score when being considered for admission; however, the program also claims a more holistic admissions process, taking into account a variety of factors including work experience, prior education, and other circumstances that may make one's application exceptional. According to the Law Faculty's website, there were 3495 applications for 200 first year common law places in 2007. The civil law section's requirements are generally considered to be less stringent; a B+ average or so, for example, if one is applying from a Quebec university. If a student is applying directly from CEGEP
, however, the requirements are considerably higher.
Generally the French-language common law section admits up to 60 new students per year, while the English-language section admits up to 250 new students. The civil law section (French-language only) typically admits around 150.
The language of instruction depends on the faculty; while the civil law section is instructed entirely in French, the common law section is available in both English and French, and students can take classes in both languages. In compliance with university policy, all written work can be submitted in either language with the exception of the French Common Law program in which all written and oral work must however be submitted in French.
(J.D.) degree, while students in civil law receive the Bachelor of Civil Law
(LL.L) degree. On May 3, 2010, the Senate of the University approved a motion to change the designation of the Common Law degree from LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) to J.D. (Juris Doctor) http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4883&Itemid=111&lang=en. A new elite program, Programme du Droit Canadien (PDC), was recently created that allows eighteen exceptional students to earn an LL.B and an LL.L simultaneously in three years. The National Program allows students in both faculties to complete the other's degree as well in a total of four years (after completion of a civil law degree, for example, students can take an extra year to complete the common law requirements and thus have both degrees, and vice versa). The school also offers several other joint programs, including:
In addition to the aforementioned programs, graduate work, leading to the Master of Laws
(LL.M) and Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degrees, is offered by both sections.
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
, located in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. The University of Ottawa Law School is one of Canada's most influential, having produced lawyers throughout French and English Canada since the 1950s. It is the largest law faculty in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and is divided into two sections: a civil law
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
and a common law
Common law
Common law is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action...
section. The faculty is very highly rated and maintains close links with the legal community in both Quebec, Ontario and abroad. The Law School is especially well regarded in the fields of : international Law, Law and Technology, Environmental law, Aboriginal Law, Human Rights Law, Labour Law, Linguistic Law, Public Law, Fiscal Law and Social Justice.
The faculty of law is also home to (2) highly respected bilingual law journals, one produced by the civil law section (Revue Générale de Droit) and the other produced by the common law section (Ottawa Law Review)
Established by former Chief Justice Gerald Fauteux, the faculty and has been conferring degrees since the 1950s and often emphasizes that its location in close proximity to federal government agencies, courts, the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
, the Parliament of Canada
Parliament of Canada
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislative branch of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in the national capital, Ottawa. Formally, the body consists of the Canadian monarch—represented by her governor general—the Senate, and the House of Commons, each element having its own officers and...
, international organizations, foreign embassies and large law firms in city centre offers a significant advantage in the study of law. In 2003, the common law section celebrated the 50th anniversary of its English program and the 30th anniversary of its French program.
Reputation
Maclean’s released its first annual law school ranking on September 13, 2007. In the evaluation, Ottawa’s Faculty of Law placed first in the “National Reach” category, making it the most diversified program in the country. Maclean's ranked the common law program in fourth place overall. “We do well on Bay Street and everywhere else,” states Dean Daniel Gervais, “and we are proud of the fact that our students often choose alternative career paths.” In addition, Canadian Lawyer ranked the school as 5th-best in the country. More recently, in their 2009 Knights Schools report, the Corporate Knights business magazine ranked the University of Ottawa Common Law Section as the 3rd best program in the country (out of 21). The civil law faculty was ranked 2nd in Canada and is ranked 1st for Supreme Court Clerkships and National Reach. Furthermore, in the 2009 Law School Student Survey which ranks student satisfaction, the Faculty of law was ranked amongst the best, an overwhelming 97% of students say they would choose the Ottawa law school all over again if they had a choice.History
Gérald Fauteux
Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1970 to 1973....
, former chief justice
Chief Justice
The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
(and who the law school's building, Fauteux Hall, built in 1973, is named after). It began as an exclusively civil law
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
faculty, designed to train lawyers who would enter the Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
legal system, particularly in order to practice in the Outaouais region just across the Ottawa River
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.-Geography:...
from Ottawa. In 1957, the faculty began training students in the common law
Common law
Common law is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action...
as well; the two sections were then divided, with each keeping its own program, faculties and deans. Graduate programs were introduced that same year by the civil law section; it was not until 1981 that the common law section began offering them as well.
Although the school has had since 1970 a system in which students from either the common or civil law sections could receive further training and accreditation in the other, it was not until 1994 that this system was formalized into the National Program. In doing so, the faculty became only the second law faculty in Canada, after McGill University's law school
McGill University Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law is a constituent faculty of McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec. Its graduates obtain both a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law , concurrently, in three to four years, allowing them to practice in both the Canadian, U.S...
to offer bi-juridicial training in both the common law and civil law, the two formally recognized legal systems in Canada.
During the 2006 fall semester, the university's president Gilles Patry announced that Fauteux Hall would undergo extensive renovations, slated to begin in 2009.
Admission
In the common law section, most students who enter are expected to have completed a three-to-four year undergraduate program; in the civil law section, it is only necessary for a student applying from Quebec to have obtained a Diploma of Collegial StudiesDiploma of Collegial Studies
The Diploma of College Studies is issued by the province of Quebec, Canada at the completion of post-secondary studies at the college level. The diploma is awarded for two types of programs: two years of pre-university studies or three years of vocational studies...
(DEC) before applying. Acceptance to the common law program in particular is highly competitive; students generally have an A average and a very high LSAT
Law School Admission Test
The Law School Admission Test is a half-day standardized test administered four times each year at designated testing centers throughout the world. Administered by the Law School Admission Council for prospective law school candidates, the LSAT is designed to assess Reading Comprehension,...
score when being considered for admission; however, the program also claims a more holistic admissions process, taking into account a variety of factors including work experience, prior education, and other circumstances that may make one's application exceptional. According to the Law Faculty's website, there were 3495 applications for 200 first year common law places in 2007. The civil law section's requirements are generally considered to be less stringent; a B+ average or so, for example, if one is applying from a Quebec university. If a student is applying directly from CEGEP
Cégep
CEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
, however, the requirements are considerably higher.
Generally the French-language common law section admits up to 60 new students per year, while the English-language section admits up to 250 new students. The civil law section (French-language only) typically admits around 150.
The language of instruction depends on the faculty; while the civil law section is instructed entirely in French, the common law section is available in both English and French, and students can take classes in both languages. In compliance with university policy, all written work can be submitted in either language with the exception of the French Common Law program in which all written and oral work must however be submitted in French.
Academics
Students graduating in the common law section receive the Juris DoctorJuris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
(J.D.) degree, while students in civil law receive the Bachelor of Civil Law
Bachelor of Civil Law
Bachelor of Civil Law is the name of various degrees in law conferred by English-language universities. Historically, it originated as a postgraduate degree in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, but many universities now offer the BCL as an undergraduate degree...
(LL.L) degree. On May 3, 2010, the Senate of the University approved a motion to change the designation of the Common Law degree from LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) to J.D. (Juris Doctor) http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4883&Itemid=111&lang=en. A new elite program, Programme du Droit Canadien (PDC), was recently created that allows eighteen exceptional students to earn an LL.B and an LL.L simultaneously in three years. The National Program allows students in both faculties to complete the other's degree as well in a total of four years (after completion of a civil law degree, for example, students can take an extra year to complete the common law requirements and thus have both degrees, and vice versa). The school also offers several other joint programs, including:
- Dual JD: Combined Canadian-American legal program with the common law section of the faculty and either the Michigan State University College of LawMichigan State University College of LawThe Michigan State University College of Law is a private law school located in East Lansing, Michigan which is affiliated with Michigan State University...
or the Washington College of LawWashington College of LawAmerican University Washington College of Law is the law school of American University. It is located on Massachusetts Avenue in the Spring Valley neighborhood of northwest Washington. WCL is ranked 50th among law schools by US News and World Report...
at American UniversityAmerican UniversityAmerican University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
; students obtain both degrees in four years. - Jay Hennick J.D./MBA Program: Combined law-business program enabling students to receive both common law and businessBusinessA business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
degrees concurrently in four years. - LL.L/MBA Program: A similar program to the J.D./MBA, but for students enrolled in the civil law section.
- J.D./MA: Combined law-political science degree which enables students to receive, with their law degree, a Master's degree from Carleton UniversityCarleton UniversityCarleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. - LL.L/DVM: Allows students enrolled in the civil law section to receive their degree along with a specialized degree in international development and globalizationGlobalizationGlobalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
. - J.D./LL.L: Programme du Droit Canadien in three years; National program in four years.
- J.D. Program in conjunction with the Akitsiraq Law SchoolAkitsiraq Law SchoolAkitsiraq Law School is a legal education program designed to increase the number of lawyers in Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic, including a program leading to a Bachelor of Laws Degree in Iqaluit, Nunavut....
, planned for June 2010.
In addition to the aforementioned programs, graduate work, leading to the Master of Laws
Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
(LL.M) and Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degrees, is offered by both sections.
Fees
Tuition at the University of Ottawa's law school varies according to the program being studied. Students enrolled in the civil law program pay the lowest, with the tuition rates 2007-2008 set at $6,779.00; this stands in contrast to the common law program, where annual tuition rates for incoming 2007-2008 students are $10,310.98. Students in the National Program pay $10,077.70 for their extra year of study. Students enrolled in the joint LL.B./J.D. program with an American law school pay what the University of Ottawa has termed "regular Canadian law student rates during the entire program," presumably meaning the regular common law tuition fees at the school.Famous alumni
- Louise ArbourLouise ArbourLouise Arbour, is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda...
, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former judge, Supreme Court of CanadaSupreme Court of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. (LL.M '71 in the Civil Law Section) - Michel BastaracheMichel BastaracheJ. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada....
, judge, Supreme Court of CanadaSupreme Court of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
(LL.B '78) - Maxime BernierMaxime BernierMaxime Bernier, PC, MP is a Canadian politician currently serving as the Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper....
, politician, former Minister of Foreign AffairsMinister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's international relations section of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada....
and current Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the Conservative Party of CanadaConservative Party of CanadaThe Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
(LL.L '88) - Martin CauchonMartin CauchonMartin Cauchon, PC is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is a former Liberal Cabinet Minister.Cauchon was born in La Malbaie, Quebec and studied law at the University of Ottawa and the University of Exeter...
, politician and former Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for the Liberal Party of CanadaLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
and former federal Cabinet minister as Minister of Justice (LL.L '84) - Louise CharronLouise CharronLouise Charron is a Canadian jurist. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in October, 2004, and is the first native-born Franco-Ontarian Supreme Court judge...
, judge, Supreme Court of CanadaSupreme Court of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
(LL.B '75) - Bob ChiarelliBob ChiarelliRobert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...
, former mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Ottawa (LL.B '67) - France Chrétien DesmaraisFrance Chrétien DesmaraisFrance Chrétien Desmarais is a Canadian lawyer and businesswoman. She is the daughter of Jean Chrétien, twentieth Prime Minister of Canada. She is married to André Desmarais, president of the Montreal-based Power Corporation of Canada, and son of Paul Desmarais, a wealthy businessman. They have...
, a Canadian lawyer and businesswoman. Daughter of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and married to André Desmarais, president of the Montreal-based Power Corporation of Canada. (LL.L.) - William J.S. ElliottWilliam J.S. ElliottWilliam John Shannon Elliott, COM, QC, known commonly as Bill Elliott, is a career civil servant with the Government of Canada and served as the first civillian Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from July 16, 2007 to November 20, 2011...
, current Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
(LL.B '79) - Howard HamptonHoward HamptonHoward George Hampton, MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, since 1987 as the Member of Provincial Parliament from the northern riding of Kenora—Rainy River. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, he was also the party's...
, politician and former leader of the Ontario New Democratic PartyOntario New Democratic PartyThe Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...
(LL.B '83) - Faisal KuttyFaisal KuttyFaisal Kutty is a Canadian lawyer, writer and human rights activist. He is a law professor and widely quoted commentator and public intellectual. He is the son of Islamic scholar Shaikh Ahmad Kutty.-Education:...
, lawyer, writer, human rights activist and academic teaching at Osgoode Hall Law SchoolOsgoode Hall Law SchoolOsgoode Hall Law School is a Canadian law school, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and affiliated with York University. Named after the first Chief Justice of Ontario, William Osgoode, the law school was established by The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1889 and was the only accredited law...
and at Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso UniversityValparaiso University, known colloquially as Valpo, is a regionally accredited private university located in the city of Valparaiso in the U.S. state of Indiana. Founded in 1859, it consists of five undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, a nursing school and a law school...
(LL.B '94) - Jean-Paul L'AllierJean-Paul L'AllierJean-Paul L'Allier was a Canadian politician, a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec and the 38th Mayor of Quebec City.-Background:...
, politician and longtime mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of Quebec CityQuebec CityQuebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, from 1989-2005 (LL.L '62) - Jean LapierreJean LapierreJean-Charles Lapierre, PC is a Canadian television broadcaster and a former federal politician.He was Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant during the period of the Martin government. He returned to the Canadian House of Commons after an eleven year absence when he won a seat in the 2004 federal...
, politician and former MP for both the Liberal and Bloc Québécois parties, and former Cabinet minister (LL.L '78) - John ManleyJohn ManleyJohn Manley may refer to:* John Manley , English soldier, MP and Postmaster General* John Manley, Canadian politician* John Manley , British archaeologist* John H. Manley, American nuclear physicist...
, politician and former MP for the Liberal Party and former federal Cabinet minister (LL.B '76) - Marc MayrandMarc MayrandMarc Mayrand , is a Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada, a position he has held since 2007.Mayrand studied law at the University of Ottawa and the London School of Economics....
, civil servant, former Superintendent of BankruptcySuperintendent of BankruptcySuperintendent of Bankruptcy The role of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy is to ensure that bankruptcies and insolvencies in Canada are conducted in a fair and orderly manner.As stated on the :...
and current Chief Electoral Officer of Elections CanadaElections CanadaElections Canada is an independent, non-partisan agency reporting directly to the Parliament of Canada. Its ongoing responsibility is to ensure that Canadians can exercise their choices in federal elections and referenda through an open and impartial process...
(LL.L '76) - Réal MénardRéal MénardRéal Ménard is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian Member of Parliament to come out as gay .Ménard is a political scientist with B.A. and M.A...
, politician, gay rights activist, former member of the Canadian House of Commons for the Quebec riding of HochelagaHochelagaHochelaga may refer to:Hochelaga* Hochelaga , a 16th century village on the Island of Montreal* Hochelaga Archipelago, Montreal and surrounding islands...
(LL.L '07) - Dalton McGuintyDalton McGuintyDalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
, politician and current Premier of OntarioPremier of OntarioThe Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...
(LL.B '81) - David McGuintyDavid McGuintyDavid Joseph McGuinty, MP is a Canadian lawyer politician from Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Ottawa South and sits in the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Party of Canada's Critic for Natural Resources...
, politician and current Liberal MP for Ottawa South (LL.B '86) - Maureen McTeerMaureen McTeerMaureen Anne McTeer is a Canadian author and a lawyer, married to Joe Clark, the 16th Prime Minister of Canada.-Life and career:...
, author, lawyer and wife of former Prime Minister Joe ClarkJoe ClarkCharles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
(LL.B '76) - Paul OkalikPaul OkalikPaul Okalik MLA is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk member called to the Nunavut Bar, the first Premier of Nunavut and the only multi-term premier of a Canadian territory....
, politician and Premier of NunavutPremier of NunavutThe Premier of Nunavut is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. They are the territory's head of government and de facto chief executive, although their powers are considerably smaller than that of a provincial premier....
and first Inukitut-speaking person to be called to the Bar of that territory, (LL.B '97) - Allan RockAllan RockAllan Michael Rock, PC is a lawyer, former Canadian politician, diplomat and now the President of University of Ottawa. He was Canada's ambassador to the United Nations and had previously served in the Cabinet of Jean Chrétien, most notably as Justice Minister and Health Minister .Rock was...
, politician and former MP for the Liberal Party, former federal Cabinet minister, former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, and President of the University of OttawaUniversity of OttawaThe University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
(LL.B '71) - Gérald TremblayGérald TremblayGérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...
, politician and current mayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada's second-largest city (LL.L '69)
See also
- List of law schools in Canada
- University of OttawaUniversity of OttawaThe University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
External links
- Section de Common Law -- Common Law Section
- Section Droit Civil -- Civil Law Section
- Brian Dickson Law Library Library of the Faculty of Law, named after former Supreme Court of CanadaSupreme Court of CanadaThe Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
Chief justice Brian DicksonBrian DicksonRobert George Brian Dickson, , commonly known as Brian Dickson, was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984. He retired on June 30, 1990 and died October 17, 1998.-Career:...
.