LL.M. (Osgoode), LL.B. (U.B.C.), B.A. (Tor).
Dean, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
Telephone: (902) 494-2114
E-mail: lawdean@dal.ca
Biography:
Associate Professor Kim Brooks was appointed Dean of the Schulich School of Law in July 2010. She formerly held the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in the Law of Taxation at McGill's Faculty of Law. Professor Brooks teaches all areas of taxation, and has received several teaching awards. Her primary research interests lie in the areas of corporate and international tax, and tax policy. She is currently working on a SSHRC-funded project on tax expenditures - spending programs delivered throughout the tax system.
Before moving to academia, Professor Brooks practiced as a tax lawyer with Stikeman Elliot LLP in their Toronto and London (UK) offices. Her practice focused on corporate and international tax, including tax aspects of cross-border investments and transactions, financings, and reorganizations and restructurings.
Professor Brooks is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation and the International Fiscal Association. She has served as the Chair of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, the managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, and is a Past President of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers.
Publications: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=110192
LAWS 1004 - Legal Research and Writing
LAWS 2030 - Taxation II