Jennifer Quaid

Associate professor, Faculty of Law (Civil Law), University of Ottawa

Corporate Criminal Law, Economic Crime, Criminal law, Sentencing, Sexual assault law, Corporate law, Corporate governance, Competition & Antitrust, Business regulation.

Media

Lobbying watchdog’s probe of SNC affair on hold until RCMP finish investigation

What’s ahead for remediation agreements in the SNC-Lavalin aftermath

Supreme Court: Can a corporation be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment?

Ottawa Law Professor Jennifer Quaid on Corporate Crime in Canada

Supreme Court dismisses company’s cruel and unusual punishment claim

Biography

Jennifer Quaid is an associate professor in the Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa. An expert on corporate criminal liability, her research combines criminal law and organization studies to develop policies and enforcement strategies that respond effectively to serious crimes, such as corruption, cartel offences, and criminal negligence committed by business organizations and other entities. Quaid's most recent work is focused on organizational sentencing and remediation agreements. Her other research interests lie in general criminal law, sentencing, sexual assault law, and business law, particularly competition law and corporate governance. A member of the Bars of Québec, Ontario and New York, Quaid practised law for several years; first with the federal Department of Justice and then in private practice for a leading New York firm before joining the academy. She clerked for the Honourable Frank Iacobucci of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Expertise

  • Corporate / Organizational Criminal Liability
  • Economic Crime
  • Business regulation
  • Competition & Antitrust
  • Criminal Law
  • Sentencing
  • Sexual Assault Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility

Education/Éducation

  • Queen's University
    Law
    PhD
  • Columbia University, School of Law
    Law
    LLM
  • University of Cambridge
    Law
    LLM