APTPUO - Winter 2026 - DCL5135 - Common Law
APTPUO - Winter 2026 - DCL5135 - Common Law
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Location:
Main CampusSession:
2026 Winter Semester Trimestre dhiverFaculty:
Section de Common Law / Common Law SectionUnit:
Faculty of Law - Common Law SectionPTCourse Title:
Contemporary Issues in LawCourse Code:
DCL5135Section:
Course Description:
This course aims to enable graduate (LLM) students to acquire competencies and skills relevant to their level of research activity by exploring and applying one or more general overarching themes (i.e. equality security rights access to justice public interest lawyering etc.) or case studies of contemporary legal issues and using materials that emphasize and encourage interdisciplinarity. The main focus is skills and competencies of legal writing legal research academic presentation and other means of knowledge mobilization.Posting limited to:
Professeur temps-partiel rgulier / Regular Part-Time ProfessorDate Posted:
June 23 2025Applications must be received BEFORE:
July 24 2025Expected Enrolment:
35Approval date:
June 23 2025Number of credits:
3Work Hours:
39Course type:
BPosting type:
Rgulier / RegularLanguage of instruction:
Anglais EnglishCompetence in second language:
PassiveCourse Schedule:
- - - TBCRequirements:
The Common Law Section is seeking candidates who have the expertise skills vision and energy to reinforce uOttawas position as a leader in graduate education in law. An LL.B. J.D. or equivalent is required for this position. A PhD in law is preferred but not essential. Membership in the Law Society of Ontario or equivalent in good standing is preferred. The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge and experience in legal research and writing at the graduate level as well as knowledge mobilization and interdisciplinary research. The successful candidate must also have prior teaching experience in those areas and teaching experience at the graduate level.
The Common Law Section reserves the right to select a candidate who does not fully meet each of these requirements where the candidates selection would be beneficial to the program the course the students or for a related reason.
Additional Information and/or Comments:
The candidate may be required to teach this course either online in-person or hybrid mode at the discretion of the Faculty and in accordance with public health guidelines.An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.
The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit here for the OLBI unit or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect teamwork and inclusion where collaboration innovation and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons racialized persons persons with disabilities women and LGBTQIA2S persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Prior to May 1 2022 the University required all students faculty staff and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.
Employment Type
Part-Time
