Present | Professor of Law; Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Restorative Justice, Human Rights, International Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, Feminist Legal Theory, Constitutional Law, Application of a Restorative Approach in Social and Political Institutions, Restorative Approach to Education, Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice, Indian Residential Schools, and Relational Theory
Professional Service and Affiliations
2016 - Present | OIC Appointed Commissioner, Restorative Public Inquiry for the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children | 2012 - Present | Co-Creator/Advisor, Provincial Restorative Approaches in Schools Project | 2010 - Present | Advisory Committee, RJ@Dal Project, Dalhousie University | 2003 - Present | Member, Nova Scotia Bar | 2001 - Present | Academic and Policy Advisor, Nova Scotia Provincial Restorative Justice Program Management Committee | 2017 - 2018 | Member, Federal-Provincial-Territorial Task Force (MAJOR Task Force) | 2017 - 2018 | Co-Chair, Governance and Management Committee Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program | 2017 | Appointed Member, UN Expert Group on Restorative Justice in Criminal Matters – UNODC | 2016 - 2017 | Consultant/Advisor, Motherisk Commission (Ontario) | 2014 - 2015 | Expert Consultant, Government of NS Design Process for Restorative Public Inquiry into NS Home for Coloured Children | 2014 - 2015 | Process Lead/Co-Facilitator, Restorative Justice Process, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University | 2014 | Advisor, New Zealand Ministry of Social Development, Office of the Chief Social Worker | 2012 - 2014 | Advisor, Healing Approach to Senior Abuse Provincial Project | 2010 - 2013 | Co-Director, Project on Restorative Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding | 2004 - 2005 | Member, Assembly of First Nations’ Expert Task Group on Canada’s Dispute Resolution Plan | 2002 - 2004 | Co-chair, Senate Discipline Committee, Dalhousie University | 2002 | Member, Research Initiative on the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict, Joan B Kroc Institute | 2001 - 2002 | Member, Senate Discipline Committee, Dalhousie University |
Honors and Awards
- 2019: The President’s Research Excellence Awards for Research Impact
- 2018: Winner of the SSHRC Impact Award
- 2015: Winner National Ron Wiebe Award for Restorative Justice
- 2012-2017: Viscount Bennett Professorship in Law, Schulich School of Law (Appointed Chair)
- 2013: Fetzer Institute Research Project, Restorative Governance
- 2008-09: Dalhousie Law Alumni Teaching Award
- 2000-01: Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University
Courses
BA, McMaster University | ||
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MA, Queen's University | ||
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LLB, University of Toronto | ||
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LLM, Harvard University | ||
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Links
Contact Information
Schulich School of Law
Weldon Law Building
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Email: jennifer.llewellyn@dal.ca