Garrick Apollon is the Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Ottawa鈥檚 Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. He leads the faculty鈥檚 entrepreneurship coordination and strategy, including its course stream and legal clinics. He teaches an intensive leadership seminar titled Entrepreneurship & Innovation Mindset for Lawyers and serves as the founding-director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Legal Clinic, which he established in partnership with , the country鈥檚 largest incubator for young entrepreneurs. The clinic provides legal support to underrepresented entrepreneurs, including Indigenous, Black, and social entrepreneurs.
Garrick actively supports the broader innovation ecosystem through engagement with the University of Ottawa鈥檚 eHub and Kanata North campus, located at Canada鈥檚 largest technology park.
A practicing corporate lawyer since 2004 (Law Society of Ontario), he specializes in business law and legal risk management. Garrick Apollon is also a passionate lawyer-entrepreneur and the founder-owner of , a company specializing in research and the production of documentary films and e-learning content for legal and business professionals.
An educator for over 20 years, Garrick has taught international business, organizational behaviour, negotiation, corporate governance, and ethics at the University of Ottawa鈥檚 Telfer School of Management (BCom, MBA, and EMBA programs). He holds an LL.B. (civil law) from Universit茅 Laval, a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Ottawa, and two master鈥檚 degrees in law: an LL.M. in International Business Law from Universit茅 Laval and an LLCM in Comparative Law from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. As a legal scholar, he has published ten peer-reviewed articles on topics such as legal ethics and corporate governance, negotiation, legal risk management, and visual legal advocacy.