Faculty

Professor Michael Deturbide lectures on tax law.

Our faculty members are leading experts who are highly respected in Canada and around the world. Many have received recognition for teaching excellence, subject-matter expertise and innovative research. Our professors carry their passion for discovery and knowledge directly into the classroom. With more than 70 full-time and part-time faculty members for a student body of 450, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law boasts an impressive faculty student ratio.

Faculty achievements and awards:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Professor Jocelyn Downie

2010-2015 University Research Professor
Professor Richard Devlin

2008 Canadian Association of Law Teachers Award
Professors Richard Devlin and Jocelyn Downie

2006-2011 University Research Professor
Professor Philip Girard

2006-2007 Traditional Canada-US Fulbright Scholar Award
Professor Esmeralda Thornhill

2005-2010 University Research Professor
Professor Richard Devlin

2005 Frances Fish Women Lawyers’ Achievement Award
Professor Dianne Pothier

Association of Atlantic Universities Distinguished Teacher Award for 2005
Professor Steve Coughlan

Dalhousie University Doctoral Thesis Award for 2006
Professor Meinhard Doelle

Member of the Order of Canada
Professor A. Wayne MacKay

SSHRC-CURA Grant
Professor Jennifer Llewellyn (as Principal and Director) and co-applicants Prof. Bruce Archibald, Prof. Don Clairmont (Sociology) and Prof. Diane Crocker (Sociology, SMU).

Walter Owen Book Prize
Professors Aldo Chircop, Hugh Kindred and former Dal Law Professor Edgar Gold