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About Michelle Williams

Professor Williams' research interests include critical race theory, critical race feminism, African Canadians and the law, restorative justice, and the practice of domestic and global public interest law.

Positions

Present Senior Instructor, Faculty of Law; Director, Indigenous Blacks & Mi'kmaq Initiative, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law
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Disciplines

Law

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

1996 - Present Member, Ontario Bar
Present Member of the Research team, "Evaluation of the Implementation and Efficacy of the Marshall Inquiry Recommendations in NS"
Present Member, Employment Equity Steering Committee, chaired by NS Deputy Minister of Justice
Present Academic Researcher, Nova Scotia Restorative Justice-Community University Research Alliance (NSRJ-CURA)
Present Member, Race Equity Committee, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
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Honors and Awards

  • 2012 Women of Excellence Award, Canadian Progress Club Halifax Cornwallis
  • 2011 Pathfinder Award, Canadian Association of Black Lawyers
  • 2010 Canadian Bar Association Touchstone Award (to the IB&M Initiative)
  • 2000-2002 Global Public Service Law Scholarship and Fellowship (New York University)

Courses

  • Coordinator, IB&M Initiative Pre-Law Course
  • Orientation to Law
  • African Nova Scotians and the Law

Education

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BSW, Dalhousie University
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LLB, University of Toronto
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LLM, New York
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Contact Information

Schulich School of Law
Weldon Law Building
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2

Email: michelle.williams@dal.ca

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