UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA FACULTY OF LAW

ENGLISH COMMON LAW SECTION

Orientation Schedule
Revised August 6, 2015

Wednesday, September 2:
11:30am

Lunch at the Chateau Laurier, Adam Room

1:30pm

Students walk from Chateau Laurier to Morriset Terrace

2:00pm

Aboriginal Welcome Ceremony

Claudette Commanda
Morriset Terrace

2:30pm

Students walk from Morriset Terrace to Fauteux Hall

2:45pm

Welcome: Our Collective Values

Professor Lynda Collins, Director of the First Year Program
Fauteux Room 147

3:05pm

All You Need to Know about Academic Orientation

Professor Vanessa MacDonnell, Orientation Coordinator
Fauteux Room 147

3:20pm

Opening Keynote Address: The Magic of the Metamorphosis

Professor Ian Kerr
Fauteux Room 147

4:30pm

Introducing the Common Law Student Society

Adam Gilani, President, Common Law Student Society
Fauteux Room 147

4:45pm

Wrap Up; Whats Happening Tomorrow

Professors Collins & MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

Thursday, September 3:
9:00am

Welcome; Agenda for the Day

Professors Collins & MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

9:20am

Inspire! Six Faculty Members Discuss their Research in Six Minutes or Less
Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Sheehy, Vice Dean Research
Panellists:
Professor Craig Forcese Real-time policy engagement on Canadas new antiterror law
Professor Jennifer Chandler Mind, brain and law
Professor Jennifer Bond The Refugee Hub
Professor Errol Mendes Linking public law with international business and
trade law
Professor Suzanne Bouclin The Ticket Defence Program
Professor Rakhi Ruparelia Challenges for cause based on racial partiality
Fauteux Room 147

10:00am

Non-Trivial Pursuits: A Game Show

Professor MacDonnell with Special Guest Dean Nathalie Des Rosiers
Fauteux Room 147

12:00pm

Lunch and Legal Ethics Quiz

1:30pm

Getting to Know the Law Schools Services

Moderator: Professor Lynda Collins
Panellists:
Stacey Keehn, Career Services
Jessica Simon, Equity and Academic Success
Lynda Collins, Bursaries and Scholarships
Margo Jeske, Brian Dickson Law Library
Jean Simon Schoenholz, Ottawa Law Review
Fauteux Room 147

2:30pm

Peer Mentor Meetings

Fauteux Room 147 and break-out rooms

3:20pm

Break

3:40pm

What is this Law Thing Anyway? Finding and Reading The Law
Professor Adam Dodek
Fauteux Room 147

4:40pm

Getting Out the Vote! Registering to Vote and other Insights from our Resident
Elections Law Specialist
Professor Michael Pal
Fauteux Room 147

5:00pm

Wrap Up; Whats Happening Tomorrow

Professors Collins & MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

Friday, September 4:
8:45am

Welcome; Agenda for the Day

Professors Collins & MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

8:55am

Want to Know, Need to Know Tell us Your Questions about the Law School
Professor MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

9:15am

Ending Sexual Violence at the University of Ottawa: Learning from the Task
Force on Respect and Equality
Vice-Dean Sheehy
Fauteux Room 147

9:45am

Mind-Body Awareness Practices for Lawyers: How to Find Balance and Focus in
the Practice of Law
David Jewitt, Jewitt McLuckie & Associates
Fauteux Room 147

10:30am

Break

10:50am

Note-Taking for Exam Success

Professor Joanne St. Lewis
Fauteux Room 147

11:50

Mental Wellness Resources for Students

Jessica Simon, Equity and Academic Success
Fauteux Room 147

12:30pm

Indigenizing Legal Education

Professor Sarah Morales
Fauteux Room 147

12:50pm

Wrap Up; Whats Happening Tomorrow

Professors Collins & MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

Monday, September 7 (Optional):

1:00pm

Ottawas Legal Landmarks: A Scavenger Hunt

Professor Craig Forcese
Fauteux Room 147 and locations in downtown Ottawa

3:30pm

Reconvene and conclude

Professor Forcese
Fauteux Room 147

Tuesday, September 8:
8:45am

Welcome; Agenda for the Day

Professors Collins & MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

9:00am

Presenting the Nelligan OBrien Payne First Year Moot Competition

Professor Stephen Blair
Janice Payne, Nelligan OBrien Payne
Andrew Lanouette, Cassidy Levy Kent
Fauteux Room 147

9:30am

Rotation session 1
1. From Summary to Synthesis: Getting the Most out of Note Taking (Professor
Appleby-Ostroff) Fauteux Room 147
2. Getting Critical about the Law (Professors Cameron, Morales & Wiseman)
Fauteux Room 147A
3. Legal Writing: Great Lawyers are Great Writers (Professor McRae) Fauteux
Room 147B

11:00am

Want to Know, Need to Know Answering your Questions about the Law School
Professor John Currie, Vice Dean of the English Common Law Program
Professor Collins
Professor MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147

11:30am

Lunch

12:45pm

Rotation session 2
Fauteux Room 147 with the walls
1. From Summary to Synthesis: Getting the Most out of Note Taking (Professor
Appleby-Ostroff) Fauteux Room 147
2. Getting Critical about the Law (Professors Cameron, Morales & Wiseman)
Fauteux Room 147A
3. Legal Writing: Great Lawyers are Great Writers (Professor McRae) Fauteux
Room 147B

2:15pm

Rotation session 3
Fauteux Room 147 with the walls
1. From Summary to Synthesis: Getting the Most out of Note Taking (Professor
Appleby-Ostroff) Fauteux Room 147
2. Getting Critical about the Law (Professors Cameron, Morales & Wiseman)
Fauteux Room 147A
3. Legal Writing: Great Lawyers are Great Writers (Professor McRae) Fauteux
Room 147B

3:45pm

Break with small group, small group professors and peer mentors

4:30pm

Wrap Up; Stay in Touch!

Professors Collins & MacDonnell
Fauteux Room 147