Welcome to Louise Otis website

Louise Otis works as a civil and commercial mediator and arbitrator at the Canadian and international levels.  She is a retired Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal where she spearheaded the introduction of judicial mediation.  She participated in over 3000 judgments in civil, commercial and criminal law.  She has conducted over 600 mediation sessions in commercial and civil law.  Since 2010, Louise Otis has conducted several arbitrations in the following sectors: construction law, commercial contracts and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement (claims Officer).  She is a distinguished fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM) which sets the standards and qualifications of professional mediators of commercial disputes.  She is deputy judge at the Administrative tribunal of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).  She is also President of the Appeal Court at the International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF).  She is the former co-president of the International Conference on Mediation for Justice (ICMJ) that she founded in 2009.  In September 2010, Otis joined the faculty of Law at McGill University as a Senior Boulton Fellow.  She is a Guest researcher at the International Studies Center of the University of Montreal (CERIUM).  Louise Otis regularly participates in international governance (UN, IMF) and justice reform missions.  She has created a system of transitional justice for countries affected by armed conflicts and/or environmental disasters.

This website contains information about her experience and publications regarding Mediation and Transitional Justice (Front-line Justice).