William Amos is Director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, where he has taught as a part-time professor in both French and English since March 2007.

William manages a variety of litigation files and law reform projects, and has appeared before the Ontario Superior and Divisional Courts, the Quebec Superior Court, the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal. Most notable among his victories was when he represented interveners before the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the right of Quebec residents to launch class action lawsuits for environmental nuisance. Will’s work focuses on the intersection of public law and tort law, and his most recent area of focus is the improvement of Canada’s offshore oil drilling rules.

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