法学院反映了加拿大的双语和三法的法律制度（民法，普通法，原住民法）及其在加拿大首都的地理位置，法律学院提供的研究生课程可提供硕士学位和硕士学位。法学博士学位。法学研究生是英美法系和民法系的共同努力。我们欢迎来自法律体系和世界各国的法律专业毕业生。课程以英语或法语提供，有时以两种语言提供。在学习加拿大其他法律和语言传统知识的同时，学生可以轻松完成研究生学习。这些程序以英语和法语提供，有时结合使用。根据渥太华大学政策，考试，作业和研究论文或论文可以用英语或法语书写。该计划受研究生学习有效的一般规定约束。
The aim of the doctoral program is to develop autonomous academics and lawyers who are highly qualified to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in their particular discipline through theoretical, practical and empirical research in various fields of law. The program focuses on the development and mastery of a research approach, of social and critical legal reasoning for the purpose of making original contributions in the field of law.The doctoral program comprises the following elements: a legal research methodology and theory course, an elective course, a comprehensive examination, a thesis proposal examination, the writing of a thesis and its defence before an examining board.