Dean's Executive & Faculty

Doug Surtees (he/him)
Interim Dean

Dr. Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu PhD
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies

Heather Heavin
Associate Dean, Academic

Faculty

Funmilola Abioye LLB, LLM, LLD
Assistant Professor

Eleni Arvanitis-Zorbas
Assistant Professor

Dr. Clayton Bangsund PhD
Professor of Law and Buckwold/Milani Scholar in Commercial Law

Sarah Buhler (she/her)
Professor

Sarah Burningham
Associate Professor

Colton Fehr
Assistant Professor

Rob Flannigan CCFP
Professor

On Leave

Alan Hanna
Professor

Robin Hansen
Associate Professor

Felix Hoehn (he/him)
Associate Professor

Michaela Keet
Professor

Chris Lafleur BA Honours, LLB
Director, Indigenous Law Centre

Tamara Larre
Professor

On Leave

Dr. Jaime Lavallee SJD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Dwight Newman, KC DPhil
Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Rights, Communities, and Constitutional Law

Jamesy A. Patrick (she/her) BFA, JD, LLM
Assistant Professor

Martin Phillipson
Professor

Administrative Leave: July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2028

Dr. Michael Plaxton SJD
Professor

Iryna Ponomarenko PhD
Assistant Professor

Benjamin Ralston (he/him) BA, JD, LLM
Assistant Professor

Dr. Joshua Shaw (he/him) PhD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Barbara von Tigerstrom (she/her) PhD
Professor

On Sabbatical: July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027

Wanda Wiegers (she/her)
Professor

Sessional Lecturers

Kenechukwu Aneke
Sessional Lecturer: Sports Law

Mark Baerg
Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Judith Boer
Sessional Lecturer: Immigration Law

Jody Busch
Sessional Lecturer: First Nations Economic Development

Alanna Carlson
Sessional Lecturer: Trauma Responsive Law

Zachary Carter
Coach: Gale Cup Moot

Andy Chiang
Sessional Lecturer: Legal Ethics and Professional Practice

Marek Coutu
Sessional Lecturer: Construction Law

Rebecca Crookshanks
Sessional Lecturer: Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Process / Sentencing in Criminal Justice

Tyler Dahl
Sessional Lecturer: Law and Psychiatry

Chris Donald
Sessional Lecturer: Law and Economics

Gisele Dumonceaux
Sessional Lecturer: Mediation

Fraser Duncan
Sessional Lecturer: Labour and Employment Law

Joe Fingerote
Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Corbin Golding
Sessional Lecturer: Advanced Legal Research

Hugh Harradence
Sessional Lecturer

Susan Hayton
Sessional Lecturer: Advanced Health Law

Adam Hnatyshyn
Sessional Lecturer: Civil Procedure

Oryn Holm
Sessional Lecturer: Criminal Procedure

Nicholas Horlick
Coach: Bowman National Tax Moot

Leah Howie
Sessional Lecturer: Current Issues in Law Reform / Coach: Environmental Law Moot

Thomas Hynes
Coach: Gale Cup Moot

Judy Jaunzems-Fernuk
Sessional Lecturer: Trauma Responsive Law

Rayelle Johnston
Sessional Lecturer: Information and Privacy Law

Robert (Bob) Kennedy
Sessional Lecturer: Civil Procedure

Bob Kirkpatrick
Sessional Lecturer: Securities Regulation

Brent Little
Sessional Lecturer: Drinking and Driving Law

Brea Lowenberger
Access to Justice Coordinator, Director of CREATE Justice

Mairi MacDonald
Sessional Lecturer: Canadian Legal History / Colonialism and Decolonization

Mallory Maloof
Coach: Bowman National Tax Moot

Mansfield Mela
Sessional Lecturer

Ammy Murray
Rural and Regional Legal Externship Seminar

Katie Newman
Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Ronni Nordal
Sessional Lecturer: Arbitration / Regulation of Professions

William (Bill) Oemichen
Sessional Lecturer: Cooperative Law

Charmaine Panko
Sessional Lecturer: Dispute Resolution in Family Law

Brian Pfefferle
Criminal Intensive Practicum and Seminar

Graham Purse
Sessional Lecturer: Taxation 2

Julia Quigley
Sessional Lecturer: Criminal Procedure

Tom Roberts
Sessional Lecturer: Intellectual and Industrial Property I / Intellectual and Industrial Property II: Licensing

Lori Sandstrom
Sessional Lecturer: Insurance Law

Audrey Sembalerus
Coach: Laskin Moot

Anna Singer
Sessional Lecturer: Family Law I

Ashley Smith
Sessional Lecturer: Trial Advocacy

Caroline Smith
Coach: Davies Corporate/Securities Law Moot

David Stack
Sessional Lecturer: Labour and Employment Law

Mason Stott
Sessional Lecturer: Statutory Interpretation

Christopher Veeman
Sessional Lecturer: Immigration Law

Greg Walen
Sessional Lecturer: Family Law I

Jay Watson
Criminal Intensive Practicum and Seminar

Lauren Wihak
Sessional Lecturer: Appellate Advocacy

Madasan Yates
Sessional Lecturer: Mediation / Negotiation

Terry Zakreski
Sessional Lecturer: Trial Advocacy

Craig Zawada
Sessional Lecturer: Transformation in Practice

Doug Surtees (he/him) Interim Dean

Dr. Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu PhD Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies

Heather Heavin Associate Dean, Academic

Faculty

Funmilola Abioye LLB, LLM, LLD Assistant Professor

Eleni Arvanitis-Zorbas Assistant Professor

Dr. Clayton Bangsund PhD Professor of Law and Buckwold/Milani Scholar in Commercial Law

Sarah Buhler (she/her) Professor

Sarah Burningham Associate Professor

Colton Fehr Assistant Professor

Rob Flannigan CCFP Professor

Alan Hanna Professor

Robin Hansen Associate Professor

Felix Hoehn (he/him) Associate Professor

Michaela Keet Professor

Chris Lafleur BA Honours, LLB Director, Indigenous Law Centre

Tamara Larre Professor

Dr. Jaime Lavallee SJD Assistant Professor

Dr. Dwight Newman, KC DPhil Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Rights, Communities, and Constitutional Law

Jamesy A. Patrick (she/her) BFA, JD, LLM Assistant Professor

Martin Phillipson Professor

Dr. Michael Plaxton SJD Professor

Iryna Ponomarenko PhD Assistant Professor

Benjamin Ralston (he/him) BA, JD, LLM Assistant Professor

Dr. Joshua Shaw (he/him) PhD Assistant Professor

Dr. Barbara von Tigerstrom (she/her) PhD Professor

Wanda Wiegers (she/her) Professor

Sessional Lecturers

Kenechukwu Aneke Sessional Lecturer: Sports Law

Mark Baerg Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Judith Boer Sessional Lecturer: Immigration Law

Jody Busch Sessional Lecturer: First Nations Economic Development

Alanna Carlson Sessional Lecturer: Trauma Responsive Law

Zachary Carter Coach: Gale Cup Moot

Andy Chiang Sessional Lecturer: Legal Ethics and Professional Practice

Marek Coutu Sessional Lecturer: Construction Law

Rebecca Crookshanks Sessional Lecturer: Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Process / Sentencing in Criminal Justice

Tyler Dahl Sessional Lecturer: Law and Psychiatry

Chris Donald Sessional Lecturer: Law and Economics

Gisele Dumonceaux Sessional Lecturer: Mediation

Fraser Duncan Sessional Lecturer: Labour and Employment Law

Joe Fingerote Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Corbin Golding Sessional Lecturer: Advanced Legal Research

Hugh Harradence Sessional Lecturer

Susan Hayton Sessional Lecturer: Advanced Health Law

Adam Hnatyshyn Sessional Lecturer: Civil Procedure

Oryn Holm Sessional Lecturer: Criminal Procedure

Nicholas Horlick Coach: Bowman National Tax Moot

Leah Howie Sessional Lecturer: Current Issues in Law Reform / Coach: Environmental Law Moot

Thomas Hynes Coach: Gale Cup Moot

Judy Jaunzems-Fernuk Sessional Lecturer: Trauma Responsive Law

Rayelle Johnston Sessional Lecturer: Information and Privacy Law

Robert (Bob) Kennedy Sessional Lecturer: Civil Procedure

Bob Kirkpatrick Sessional Lecturer: Securities Regulation

Brent Little Sessional Lecturer: Drinking and Driving Law

Brea Lowenberger Access to Justice Coordinator, Director of CREATE Justice

Mairi MacDonald Sessional Lecturer: Canadian Legal History / Colonialism and Decolonization

Mallory Maloof Coach: Bowman National Tax Moot

Mansfield Mela Sessional Lecturer

Ammy Murray Rural and Regional Legal Externship Seminar

Katie Newman Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Ronni Nordal Sessional Lecturer: Arbitration / Regulation of Professions

William (Bill) Oemichen Sessional Lecturer: Cooperative Law

Charmaine Panko Sessional Lecturer: Dispute Resolution in Family Law

Brian Pfefferle Criminal Intensive Practicum and Seminar

Graham Purse Sessional Lecturer: Taxation 2

Julia Quigley Sessional Lecturer: Criminal Procedure

Tom Roberts Sessional Lecturer: Intellectual and Industrial Property I / Intellectual and Industrial Property II: Licensing

Lori Sandstrom Sessional Lecturer: Insurance Law

Audrey Sembalerus Coach: Laskin Moot

Anna Singer Sessional Lecturer: Family Law I

Ashley Smith Sessional Lecturer: Trial Advocacy

Caroline Smith Coach: Davies Corporate/Securities Law Moot

David Stack Sessional Lecturer: Labour and Employment Law

Mason Stott Sessional Lecturer: Statutory Interpretation

Christopher Veeman Sessional Lecturer: Immigration Law

Greg Walen Sessional Lecturer: Family Law I

Jay Watson Criminal Intensive Practicum and Seminar

Lauren Wihak Sessional Lecturer: Appellate Advocacy

Madasan Yates Sessional Lecturer: Mediation / Negotiation

Doug Surtees (he/him)
Interim Dean

Dr. Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu PhD
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies

Heather Heavin
Associate Dean, Academic

Funmilola Abioye LLB, LLM, LLD
Assistant Professor

Eleni Arvanitis-Zorbas
Assistant Professor

Dr. Clayton Bangsund PhD
Professor of Law and Buckwold/Milani Scholar in Commercial Law

Sarah Buhler (she/her)
Professor

Sarah Burningham
Associate Professor

Colton Fehr
Assistant Professor

Rob Flannigan CCFP
Professor

Alan Hanna
Professor

Robin Hansen
Associate Professor

Felix Hoehn (he/him)
Associate Professor

Michaela Keet
Professor

Chris Lafleur BA Honours, LLB
Director, Indigenous Law Centre

Tamara Larre
Professor

Dr. Jaime Lavallee SJD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Dwight Newman, KC DPhil
Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Rights, Communities, and Constitutional Law

Jamesy A. Patrick (she/her) BFA, JD, LLM
Assistant Professor

Martin Phillipson
Professor

Dr. Michael Plaxton SJD
Professor

Iryna Ponomarenko PhD
Assistant Professor

Benjamin Ralston (he/him) BA, JD, LLM
Assistant Professor

Dr. Joshua Shaw (he/him) PhD
Assistant Professor

Dr. Barbara von Tigerstrom (she/her) PhD
Professor

Wanda Wiegers (she/her)
Professor

Kenechukwu Aneke
Sessional Lecturer: Sports Law

Mark Baerg
Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Judith Boer
Sessional Lecturer: Immigration Law

Jody Busch
Sessional Lecturer: First Nations Economic Development

Alanna Carlson
Sessional Lecturer: Trauma Responsive Law

Zachary Carter
Coach: Gale Cup Moot

Andy Chiang
Sessional Lecturer: Legal Ethics and Professional Practice

Marek Coutu
Sessional Lecturer: Construction Law

Rebecca Crookshanks
Sessional Lecturer: Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Process / Sentencing in Criminal Justice

Tyler Dahl
Sessional Lecturer: Law and Psychiatry

Chris Donald
Sessional Lecturer: Law and Economics

Gisele Dumonceaux
Sessional Lecturer: Mediation

Fraser Duncan
Sessional Lecturer: Labour and Employment Law

Joe Fingerote
Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Corbin Golding
Sessional Lecturer: Advanced Legal Research

Hugh Harradence
Sessional Lecturer

Susan Hayton
Sessional Lecturer: Advanced Health Law

Adam Hnatyshyn
Sessional Lecturer: Civil Procedure

Oryn Holm
Sessional Lecturer: Criminal Procedure

Nicholas Horlick
Coach: Bowman National Tax Moot

Leah Howie
Sessional Lecturer: Current Issues in Law Reform / Coach: Environmental Law Moot

Thomas Hynes
Coach: Gale Cup Moot

Judy Jaunzems-Fernuk
Sessional Lecturer: Trauma Responsive Law

Rayelle Johnston
Sessional Lecturer: Information and Privacy Law

Robert (Bob) Kennedy
Sessional Lecturer: Civil Procedure

Bob Kirkpatrick
Sessional Lecturer: Securities Regulation

Brent Little
Sessional Lecturer: Drinking and Driving Law

Brea Lowenberger
Access to Justice Coordinator, Director of CREATE Justice

Mairi MacDonald
Sessional Lecturer: Canadian Legal History / Colonialism and Decolonization

Mallory Maloof
Coach: Bowman National Tax Moot

Mansfield Mela
Sessional Lecturer

Ammy Murray
Rural and Regional Legal Externship Seminar

Katie Newman
Sessional Lecturer: Negotiation

Ronni Nordal
Sessional Lecturer: Arbitration / Regulation of Professions

William (Bill) Oemichen
Sessional Lecturer: Cooperative Law

Charmaine Panko
Sessional Lecturer: Dispute Resolution in Family Law

Brian Pfefferle
Criminal Intensive Practicum and Seminar

Graham Purse
Sessional Lecturer: Taxation 2

Julia Quigley
Sessional Lecturer: Criminal Procedure

Tom Roberts
Sessional Lecturer: Intellectual and Industrial Property I / Intellectual and Industrial Property II: Licensing

Lori Sandstrom
Sessional Lecturer: Insurance Law

Audrey Sembalerus
Coach: Laskin Moot

Anna Singer
Sessional Lecturer: Family Law I

Ashley Smith
Sessional Lecturer: Trial Advocacy

Caroline Smith
Coach: Davies Corporate/Securities Law Moot

David Stack
Sessional Lecturer: Labour and Employment Law

Mason Stott
Sessional Lecturer: Statutory Interpretation

Christopher Veeman
Sessional Lecturer: Immigration Law

Greg Walen
Sessional Lecturer: Family Law I

Jay Watson
Criminal Intensive Practicum and Seminar

Lauren Wihak
Sessional Lecturer: Appellate Advocacy

Madasan Yates
Sessional Lecturer: Mediation / Negotiation

Terry Zakreski
Sessional Lecturer: Trial Advocacy

Craig Zawada
Sessional Lecturer: Transformation in Practice