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Do legal series reflect the reality of criminal trials? Or do they exaggerate for the sake of entertainment? An expert in Canadian criminal law reviews excerpts from popular series to demystify what’s real and what’s not.
As part of a visual pleading project, law students explore the social, legal and political concerns surrounding the inclusion in legislation of mental illness as the sole medical condition for obtaining medical aid in dying. With the help of Professor Emmanuelle Bernheim, they examine the role of access to mental health resources in Canada on this issue.
There are millions of stateless people in the world – people who are not recognized as citizens in any country whatsoever. Long considered an issue tied intricately with migration, Professor Jamie Liew’s research on statelessness is breaking new ground, exploring the legal limbo of a subset of stateless people who are legally homeless despite strong ties to a distinct place they call home. In this video she discusses her family’s own experience with statelessness and describes how her research led her to explore this complicated topic through both a monograph and a debut novel.
Video game enthusiasts at the University of Ottawa wielded mice and keyboards as the Brian Dickson Law Library hosted its first-ever Esports Showcase Week from March 11 to 17. The highly successful event featured a multitude of activities for gamers and e-sport enthusiasts alike.
