Faculty Member
Liam McHugh-Russell is an assistant professor at the Schulich School of Law. He holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute in Florence Italy, where he was the holder of the Hans Kelsen doctoral scholarship and a doctoral award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He received a Master of Laws from the Institute for Comparative Law, McGill University in 2013 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 2008. He has been a lawyer member of the bar of Ontario since 2009. His professional experience includes many years working part-time at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland, and practice with a union-side labour law firm. He is also an associate member of the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory (McGill University Faculty of Law), the International Economic Law Collective, and the Labour Law Research Network.
Areas of supervision: Professor McHugh-Russell would be glad to supervise graduate research projects in legal theory (especially socio-legal theory), law and economic development, labour and employment law (including international labour law), and corporate governance.
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About Liam McHugh-Russell
Liam McHugh-Russell is an assistant professor at the Schulich School of Law. He holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute in Florence Italy, where he was the holder of the Hans Kelsen doctoral scholarship and a doctoral award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He received a Master of Laws from the Institute for Comparative Law, McGill University in 2013 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 2008. He has been a lawyer member of the bar of Ontario since 2009. His professional experience includes many years working part-time at the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland, and practice with a union-side labour law firm. He is also an associate member of the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory (McGill University Faculty of Law), the International Economic Law Collective, and the Labour Law Research Network.
Areas of supervision: Professor McHugh-Russell would be glad to supervise graduate research projects in legal theory (especially socio-legal theory), law and economic development, labour and employment law (including international labour law), and corporate governance.
| Present | Faculty Member, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law | |
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| Present | Board Member, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law ‐ Dalhousie Law Journal Editorial Board | |
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| 2020 | Post Doctoral Researcher, McGill University ‐ Labour Law and Development Research Lab | |
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| 2017 | Non-Faculty Academic Position, European University Institute ‐ Law Department | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2014 | Doctoral Award |
| SSHRC | |
| $80,000 | |
| 2013 | Hans Kelsen Award (€58,000) |
| European University Institute |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Member, Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and the Law | Member, Canadian Law and Society Association | Member, Critical Legal Conference (UK) | Member, Harvard Institute for Global Law and Policy | Associate Member, International Economic Law Collective | Associate Member, Labour Law Research Network | Associate Member, Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory | Member, Law and Society Association (US) |
| JD, University of Toronto | ||
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| BMath, University of Waterloo | ||
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| LLM, McGill University | ||
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| PhD, European University Institute | ||
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Contact Information
Mailing Address: Room 316, Weldon Law Building, 6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
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