Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

• In a mock Security Council meeting, 18 common law students urged the international community to help the people of Afghanistan at the time of crisis

  Posted on Wednesday, December 8, 2021

  In a simulated meeting of the UN Security Council, virtually convened on 15 November 2021, Common Law students passed a resolution, making a series of recommendations to the international community to help the people of Afghanistan at the time of catastrophe. The unanimously passed SC resolution (S/RES/2606 (2021)) covers, inter alia, helping the people of Afghanistan, the role of the United Nations, the question of representation of Taliban in the United Nations, and the UN sanctions on Taliban.

• 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.

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