Schulich School of Law
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3495

Michael Deturbide

BSc (Hons) (Dalhousie) 1979; BJ (King's) 1986; JD (Dalhousie) 1989; LL M (Dalhousie) 1995.

Associate Dean, Academic

Telephone: (902) 494-1041 
E-mail: michael.deturbide@dal.ca

Biography: Michael Deturbide, Professor of Law, currently serves as the Associate Dean, Academic, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law.  He recently completed a four-year term as the Director of the Law and Technology Institute at Dalhousie. He is a practicing member of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.

Professor Deturbide is co-editor-in-chief and co-founder of the national law review on technology law matters, the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology. He also helped establish several innovative programs at Dalhousie University, including the Master of Electronic Commerce Program, and the newly launched Privacy and Security Lab. He has lectured at universities and technology law conferences in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Europe, and Australia.

Professor Deturbide has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian IT Law Association, the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association, Neptune Theatre, and the Dalhousie Art Gallery, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Law Services Admissions Council. At Dalhousie University Professor Deturbide is a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Academic Appeals Committee. He is Chair of the Studies Committee and Admissions Committee of the law school.

Teaching areas:

Internet Law, Electronic Commerce, Business Associations, Taxation.

Recent publications:

    Consumer Protection Online (Toronto: Butterworths, 2006).

  • Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada (co-author with Teresa Scassa) (Toronto: CCH Canadian, 2004).
  • Consumer Privacy and Radio Frequency Identification Technology (with Teresa Scassa, Theodore Chaisson, and Anne Uteck) (2006) 37 Ottawa Law Review 215.

Research Interests:

Internet Law, E-Commerce, Media Law

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