NOEL SEMPLE, J.D., Ph.D.
November 2023
Current Positions
- Associate Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law (appointed 2014, tenured 2019).
- Director, Windsor Legal Practice Simulation (September 2016 to present).
- Chair, Board of Directors, National Self-Represented Litigants Project (Joined board in 2012) .
- Secretary, Board of Directors, South Etobicoke Community Legal Services (Legal Aid Ontario).
- Advisory Board Member, Tribunal Watch Ontario (Starting January 2024)
Academic Background and Certifications
- Doctor of Laws (Ph.D): Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (2011).
- Master of Laws (LL.M): Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (2009).
- Called to the Bar of Ontario: Law Society of Upper Canada (2008).
- Juris Doctor (J.D.): University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2007). Honours Standing (Average of “A”) in Third Year.
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours, Graduation with High Distinction): University of Toronto (2004).
Previous Positions
- Editor-in-Chief, Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice (July 2017 to July 2019).
- OBA Chief Justice of Ontario Fellow in Legal Ethics & Professionalism Research (2014-2015).
- SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Scholar in Residence: Centre for the Legal Profession, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (May 2012 – May 2014).
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law: Civil Procedure Adjunct Professor (Fall term, 2012).
- University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law: Children and the Law Adjunct Professor (Spring term, 2012).
- MySupportCalculator.ca: Team Member; Chief Communication Officer (Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2011).
- Columbia Law School: Visiting Research Fellow, SSHRC Michael Smith Supplement (Fall, 2010).
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto: Articling Student and Summer Student (2006-2008).
- Pro Bono Students Canada Family Law Program: Caseworker (Part-time, 2006-2007).
- Downtown Legal Services (U. Toronto Fac. of Law Clinic): Caseworker (Part-time, 2004-2006).
- Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto: Research Assistant to Dr. Alan Alexandroff (Part-time, 2003-6).
PUBLICATIONS
Total Downloads of my Papers (SSRN plus Scholarship at U. Windsor Repository): 20,900
i) Books
An Introduction to Civil Procedure: Readings and Video Lecture Recordings. (2021).Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). Open Access Online: https://canlii.ca/t/t0xd
Personal Plight Legal Practice: Innovating for Accessibility, Quality, and Profitability. (2017) Canadian Bar Association, 204 pages. Online: CBA, www.cba.org/PersonalPlight
Justitia’s Legions: Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads. (2015) Edward Elgar Press, 308 pages. Online: http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/legal-services-regulation-at-the-crossroads
ii) Books Edited
General Editor, Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario, 2d edition (2022) Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). Open Access Online: https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/81787
With Ann C. Wilton, Spousal Support in Canada. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011).
Contributing Editor, Family Law Act of Ontario and Canadian Divorce Law and Practice (James C. MacDonald and Ann Wilton, eds. Toronto: Carswell) (2008-2010).
iii) Articles, Chapters, and Commissioned Reports (sole author unless otherwise noted)
“Risk, Freedom and the Regulation of Professions: Review of Paradoxes of Professional Regulation: In Search of Regulatory Principles” (2023) Canadian Business Law Journal, Vol. 67, No. 2.
“Better Access to Better Justice: The Potential of Procedural Reform.” (2022) Canadian Bar Review, Vol. 100, No. 2. https://cbr.cba.org/index.php/cbr/article/view/4772
“Chapter 14: Issues and Debates in Regulation,” in Alice Woolley, Richard Devlin, and Brent Cotter, eds., Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Responsibility, 4th ed. (Toronto: Lexis Nexis, 2022).
With Andy Boon, “ Still Special After All These Years? Fundamental Questions in Legal Services Regulation?” (2022) Invited contribution to Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies Vol. 2: Comparisons and Theories, , aninternational book project edited by Richard L. Abel, Ole Hammerslev, Ulrike Schultz, and Hilary Sommerlad.
“Everybody to Count for One? Inclusion and Exclusion in Welfare-Consequentialist Public Policy.” (2021) Moral Philosophy & Politics. Online: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mopp-2020-0014/html Early draft online: SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=3392370
“Welfare-Consequentialism: A Vaccine for Populism?” (2020) The Political Quarterly, Vol. 91, Issue 4. Full text: http://www.noelsemple.ca/2020/07/welfare-consequentialism-a-vaccine-for-populism/#more-810.
“Regulating Contingency Fees: A Consumer Welfare Perspective.” Invited contribution to Trevor Farrow & Les Jacobs eds., The Justice Crisis: The Cost and Value of Accessing Law (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2020). Early draft online: SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959477
“Good Enough for Government Work? Life-Evaluation and Public Policy.” (2021), The Journal of Happiness Studies, Vol. 22, pages 1119 to 1140. Online: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-020-00266-0 Draft Open Access Online: SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=3397151
“Billing without Bilking: Regulating Time-Based Legal Fees.” (2020) Dalhousie Law Journal, Vol. 43, Issue 2, page 815. Online: https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol43/iss2/13/
“Measuring Legal Service Value.” (2019) University of British Columbia Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 3, pages 943-1006. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=3144771
“Mystery Shopping: Demand-Side Phenomena in Markets for Personal Plight Legal Services.” (2018) International Journal of the Legal Profession, Volume 25. Online: Taylor & Francis, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09695958.2018.1490292?journalCode=cijl20
“A Third Revolution in Family Dispute Resolution: Accessible Legal Professionalism.” (2017) Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, Vol. 34, No. 1. (Peer-reviewed). Online: Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/WYAJ/article/view/5009
“Legal Services Regulation in Canada: Plus ça change?” in Andy Boon, ed., International Perspectives on the Regulation of Lawyers and Legal Services, (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2017). Draft Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2833336
“Male, Pale, and Stale? Diversity in Lawyers’ Regulatory Leadership.” (2016) Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 31, Issue 3, p. 405. (Peer-reviewed.) Online: Cambridge University Press, https://doi.org/10.1017/cls.2016.33. This research was the subject of an article in the Law Times newspaper: https://www.lawtimesnews.com/news/general/prof-calls-for-reforms-to-boost-youth-presence-at-convocation/261812
“The Cost of Seeking Civil Justice in Canada.” (2016), Canadian Bar Review (Peer-reviewed), Vol. 93.3, pp. 639-673. Online: CBA, https://cbr.cba.org/index.php/cbr/article/view/4358. This research was the subject of an article in the Canadian Bar Association National Magazine which can be found online at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9q3yjcg53aix0rp/Arm%20and%20a%20leg%20%28CBA%20National%20Magazine%29.docx?dl=0
“Personal Plight Legal Practice and Tomorrow’s Lawyers.” (2014) Journal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 39, pp. 25-47. Online: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mws2xb7a000sxnb/Personal%20Plight%20Legal%20Practice%20and%20Tomorrow%27s%20Lawyers.pdf?dl=0. This article was the basis of a December 12, 2014 post at the Canadian Association of Law Teachers blog.
With Russell G. Pearce and Renee Knake, “A Taxonomy of Lawyer Regulation: How Contrasting Theories of Regulation Explain the Divergent Regulatory Regimes in Australia, England and Wales, and North America.” (2014) Legal Ethics, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 258-283. Online: SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2396041
“Judicial Settlement-Seeking in Parenting Cases: A Mock Trial.” (2014) Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 2013, No. 2, pp. 301-329. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1898629. A version of this article appears as a chapter in Tania Sourdin & Archie Zariski, eds., The Multi-Tasking Judge: Comparative Judicial Dispute Resolution. Sydney: Thomson Reuters, 2013.
“Access to Justice: Is Regulation Blocking the Path?” (2013) International Journal of the Legal Profession (Peer-reviewed), Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 267-283. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2303987
With Nick Bala, “Reforming the Family Justice System: An Evidence-Based Approach.”(2013) Report commissioned by the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, Ontario Chapter. 20,000 words. Online: AFCC-Ontario, http://afccontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Semple-Bala-Family-Justice-Reform.pdf .
“Mandatory Family Mediation and the Settlement Mission: A Feminist Critique.” (2012) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (Peer-reviewed), Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 207-239. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1929974
With Carol Rogerson, “Access to Family Justice: Insights and Options.” (2012) in Michael Trebilcock, Anthony Duggan & Lorne Sossin eds., Middle Income Access to Justice (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012), pp. 413-449.
“Judicial Settlement-Seeking in Parenting Disputes: Consensus and Controversy.” (2012) Conflict Resolution Quarterly (Peer-reviewed), Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 309-332. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1687268
“The Eye of The Beholder: Professional Opinions About The Best Interests Of A Child.” (2011) Family Court Review (Peer-reviewed), Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 760-775. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1327485
“Whose Best Interests?” (2010) Osgoode Hall Law Journal (Peer-reviewed), Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 287-336. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1572835
“Cost-Benefit Analysis of Family Service Delivery: Disease, Prevention, and Treatment.” (2010) Research paper prepared for the Law Commission of Ontario. Online: SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=3006813
“The Silent Child: A Quantitative Analysis of Children’s Evidence in Canadian Custody and Access Cases.” (2010) Canadian Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-25. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1504901
“In Sickness and in Health? Spousal Support and Unmarried Cohabitants.” (2008) Canadian Journal of Family Law (Peer-reviewed), Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 317-375. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1478948
“The Case for Tribunal Standing in Canada.” (2007) Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice, Vol. 20, No.3, pp. 305-323. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1478947. Cited by the Alberta Court of Appeal in Leon’s Furniture Limited v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2011 ABCA 94, at para 25.
“Network Neutrality: Justifiable Discrimination, Unjustifiable Discrimination, and the Bright Line Between Them.” (2007) Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 163-173. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1478949.
iv) Under Review
“The Inaccessibility of Justice in Ontario’s Adjudicative Tribunals: Symptoms and Diagnosis.” Under review, Queen’s Law Journal. Submitted September 2023. Draft online: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4613080
“Welfarism and Person-Centred Justice.” Under Review, Canadian Journal of Law and Society. Submitted September 2023. Draft Online: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4626284
v) Drafts and Work in Progress
The State of Happiness: Public Policy that Makes Life Better. Monograph under Contract, University of Ottawa Press. Projected publication 2024.
vi) Other Writing
“The Legal Ethics of Delay.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, October 20th 2023. https://www.slaw.ca/2023/10/20/the-legal-ethics-of-delay/
“The Cream of the Crop? King’s Counsel and Certified Specialists in Ontario.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, July 26th, 2023. https://www.slaw.ca/2023/07/26/the-cream-of-the-crop-kings-counsel-and-certified-specialists-in-ontario/
“Wrongful Convictions and Wrongful Exonerations” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, June 6th 2023. https://www.slaw.ca/2023/06/06/wrongful-convictions-and-wrongful-exonerations/
“Adjudicative Tribunals: In Need of Friends in High Places” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, April 19 2023. https://www.slaw.ca/2023/04/19/adjudicative-tribunals-in-need-of-friends-in-high-places/
“A Charter Right to Advise – Even Without a License?” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, February 2 2023. https://www.slaw.ca/2023/02/02/a-charter-right-to-advise-even-without-a-license/
“Justice Denied: Constitutional Remedies for Systemic Delay” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, December 14 2022. https://www.slaw.ca/2022/12/14/justice-denied-constitutional-remedies-for-systemic-delay/
“What Makes a Settlement ‘Bad’? Harvey Weinstein, Jeremy Diamond, and the Limits of Private Resolutions.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, October 18, 2022. https://www.slaw.ca/2022/10/18/what-makes-a-settlement-bad-harvey-weinstein-jeremy-diamond-and-the-limits-of-private-resolutions/
“On a Slow Train to Nowhere: Paralegal Family Law Practice in Ontario.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, August 11 2022 http://www.slaw.ca/2022/08/11/on-a-slow-train-to-nowhere-paralegal-family-law-practice-in-ontario/
“Justice in Tribunals: At the Government’s Whim.” Slaw.ca Column, April 7th 2022.
Justice in Tribunals: At the Government’s Whim
“Justice in Your Neighbourhood?” Slaw.ca Column, December 22 2021. http://www.slaw.ca/2021/12/22/justice-in-your-neighbourhood/
“Building Up the Rule of Law in Ontario- Ministerial Zoning Orders and the Ford Government.” Slaw.ca Column, October 7 2021. http://www.slaw.ca/2021/10/07/building-up-the-rule-of-law-in-ontario-ministerial-zoning-orders-and-the-ford-government/
“What’s Your Procedural Pet Peeve?” Slaw.ca Column, August 13 2021. http://www.slaw.ca/2021/08/13/whats-your-procedural-pet-peeve/
“Standards, Rules, and the Law’s Quest for Certainty.” Slaw.ca Column, June 11 2021. http://www.slaw.ca/2021/06/11/standards-rules-and-laws-quest-for-certainty/
“The Accountability Gap and the Struggles of Our Civil Justice System.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, April 22 2021. https://www.slaw.ca/2021/04/22/the-accountability-gap-and-the-struggles-of-our-civil-justice-system/
“Justice Delayed and Denied in Ontario’s Tribunals.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, Feb. 16 2021
“Review of Matthew D. Adler’s Measuring Social Welfare: An Introduction.” Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics. Vol. 30, No. 1 (2020). Online: https://www.ejpe.org/journal/article/view/442/309
“If You See Something, Say Nothing: Why Lawyers Don’t Report to the Law Society.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, Dec. 2, 2020. https://www.slaw.ca/2020/12/02/if-you-see-something-say-nothing-why-lawyers-dont-report-to-the-law-society/
“Judicial Analytics: Facing Uncomfortable Truths” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, Oct. 20 2020.
“A Good Day for Self-Regulation: The LSO’s Family Law Paralegal Proposal.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, July 30, 2020. http://www.slaw.ca/2020/07/30/a-good-day-for-self-regulation-the-lsos-family-law-paralegal-proposal/
“The British Invasion: Legal Services Regulation Edition.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, April 10, 2020. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2020/04/10/the-british-invasion-legal-services-regulation-edition/
“Harassment in the Legal Profession: A Few Bad Apples?” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, February 24, 2020. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2020/02/24/harassment-in-the-legal-profession-a-few-bad-apples/
“Tending the Flame: Technological Innovation and the Legal Services Act Regime.” (2019) A paper prepared for the Legal Services Board. 41 pages. Online: SSRN, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3616343
“Dispatches From the Front Lines of Canadian Legal Ethics.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, December 16, 2019. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2019/12/16/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-canadian-legal-ethics/
“Get It in Writing: Legal Fees, Retainer Contracts and Newell v. Sax.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, October 3, 2019. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2019/10/03/get-it-in-writing-legal-fees-retainer-contracts-and-newell-v-sax/
“The Absent Ethics of Legal Fees: Putting Profit-Seeking in Its Place.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, August 14, 2019. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2019/08/14/the-absent-ethics-of-legal-fees-putting-profit-seeking-in-its-place/
“Personal Plight: Mending the Market” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, August 11, 2019. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2017/08/11/Personal-Plight-Mending-the-Market
“Welfare-Consequentialism: The Opposite of Populism?” Paper presented to the International Public Policy Association Conference. Montreal, June 2019. Online: http://www.ippapublicpolicy.org//file/paper/5cfadc2a54798.pdf
“Welfare-Consequentialism and Social Policy.” Paper presented to the International Public Policy Association Conference. Montreal, June 2019.
Online: http://www.ippapublicpolicy.org//file/paper/5cfaa3d488f4a.pdf
“Tort Litigation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Changing the Climate of Opinion.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, June 6, 2019. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2019/06/06/tort-litigation-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-changing-the-climate-of-opinion/
“A Tale of Two Attorneys-General: Jody Wilson-Raybould and Caroline Mulroney.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, April 10,2019. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2019/04/10/a-tale-of-two-attorneys-general-jody-wilson-raybould-and-caroline-mulroney/
“Collegial Reputation and Peer Rankings: An Invisible Hand?” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, January 31, 2019. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2019/01/31/collegial-reputation-and-peer-rankings-an-invisible-hand/
“Why We Can’t Ban Legal Advertising.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, December 14, 2018. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2018/12/14/why-we-cant-ban-legal-advertising/
“Bridges over the Chasm: Licensing Design and the Abolition of Articling” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, July 27, 2018. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2018/07/27/bridges-over-the-chasm-licensing-design-and-the-abolition-of-articling/
“Measuring Legal Service Value, Part 2.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, June 1, 2018. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2018/06/01/measuring-legal-service-value-part-2/
“Measuring Legal Service Value, Part 1.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, April 5, 2018. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2018/04/05/measuring-legal-service-value-part-1/
“Shady Billing: Closing the Hall of Shame.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, January 30, 2018. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2018/01/30/shady-billing-closing-the-hall-of-shame/
“Access to Justice Levies for Lawyers: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are.” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, December 12, 2017. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2017/12/12/access-to-justice-levies-for-lawyers-putting-our-money-where-our-mouths-are/
“Get Creative in Billing Clients for Dispute Resolution” Canadian Lawyer, November 20, 2017. Online: http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/author/noel-semple/get-creative-in-billing-clients-for-dispute-resolution-14925/
“Generalism and Access to Justice: Jack of All Trades, Master of None?” Slaw.ca Legal Ethics Column, October 6, 2017. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2017/10/06/generalism-and-access-to-justice-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none/
With Jenna Wright, “Contingency Fee Arrangements: Comments on to Law Society of Upper Canada Advertising and Fee Arrangements Working Group.” (September 29, 2017). Working paper. Online: SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=3045503
“Attorneys on Amazon? Online Marketplaces for Legal Services (Law and Technology at Windsor Law Blog)” (2017), Online: http://www.lteclab.com/blog-post/attorneys-on-amazon-online-marketplaces-for-legal-services/
Submission to the LSUC Advertising & Fee Arrangements Issues Working Group Report (September 2016, 7 pages.)
“Our Nostradamus (Review of recent books by Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind)” (2016). Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, Vol. 37, p. 126-131. Online: http://www.noelsemple.ca/2016/05/our-nostradamus/
“Submission to the Family Legal Services Review.” (April 30, 2016, 12 pages.) This was a submission to the provincially appointed commission chaired by Madam Justice Anne-Marie Bonkalo.
“Access to Justice: After the Machines Take Over.” (2016) Slaw.ca, January 27, 2016. Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2016/01/27/access-to-justice-after-the-machines-take-over-2/ Reprinted in Obiter Dicta (Osgoode Hall Law School), February 24 2016. Online: http://obiter-dicta.ca/2016/02/24/access-to-justice-after-the-machines-take-over/
“Three Routes to Justice for All.” (2015) Lawyers Weekly, October 29, 2015. Online: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/2204/the-three-routes-to-justice-for-all
“ABS: What Horrors Within?” (2014) Canadian Bar Association National Magazine. Online: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cj9uxiqfb09bdm8/Alternative%20Business%20Structures-%20A%20Chamber%20of%20Secrets.docx?dl=0
“Depending on the Kindness of Strangers: Access to Civil Justice in Canada (Correspondent’s Report).” (2013) Legal Ethics, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 373-376. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2385989
“Book Review: The Best Interests of Children — an Evidence Based Approach, by Paul Millar.” (2011) Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 48, No. 3/4, pp. 695-702. Online: SSRN, https://ssrn.com/abstract=1572894
“MySpousalSupport.ca.” (2010) This is an online, interview-based adaptation of the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines; it is now archived.
With Freya Kristjanson, “Judicial Review in the Federal Courts: A How-To Guide.” (2008) Paper prepared for the Ontario Legal Clinics Conference. Online: http://www.noelsemple.ca/?p=26.
“Negligent Emissions: Humanizing Climate Change.” (2007) Canadian Bar Association Eco-Bulletin. Online: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1478954.
“The Mandatory Pre-Retirement Death Benefit in Pension Legislation: Time for Another Look.” (2007) Published on the Ontario Expert Commission On Pensions website.
vii) Other Published Writing
“Dealing with Climate Change ‘Losers.’ The Windsor Star (July 15, 2014) http://blogs.windsorstar.com/opinion/dealing-with-climate-change-losers
“The Charter at 25: Time for a Sequel.” Ultra Vires (November 2006)
“The Worst-Case Scenario, and How We Could Get There.” CBC Newsworld (November 2004)
“A Bus to Nowhere.” the newspaper (University of Toronto)(August 17, 2004)
“Time for a Home-Grown President?” the newspaper (August 24, 2004)
“Dispelling the Myth of the WTO ‘Evil Empire.’” The Varsity (February 11, 2002)
“The Balloon Transcends Language.” The Globe and Mail (October 20, 2000)
“Brave New World of Teen Autonomy.” The Globe and Mail (July 13, 1998)
TEACHING
Teaching Honours and Experience
Recipient, 2016-2017 Student Law Society Faculty Award (University of Windsor). (“Presented to two professors who most exemplify the attributes of an exceptional teacher for the 2016-2017 academic year.”)
Director, Windsor Legal Practice Simulation. This is a yearly mandatory problem-based dispute resolution simulation for all first-year students at Windsor Law.
Civil Procedure (Mandatory upper year course, U. Windsor Faculty of Law, since 2015).
Legal Profession (Mandatory upper year course, U. Windsor Faculty of Law, since 2016).
Access to Justice (Mandatory first year course, U. Windsor Faculty of Law, 2014-2019).
November 3-6, 2014: Mentor in Professional Identity and Legal Skills Week (Mandatory Problem-Based Learning simulation for 1L Students, U. Windsor Faculty of Law).
February 18, 2014: The Voice of the Child and the Pursuit of Settlement. Guest Lecture in Children and the Law course led by Professor Ben Hovius, University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law.
January 17, 2014: Self-Represented Litigants in Family Court. Guest Lecture in Advanced Family Law course led by Professor Ben Hovius, University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law.
September 3, 2013: “Introduction to Legal Ethics and Professionalism.” Address to incoming first year students, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Fall 2012: Adjunct Professor, Legal Process (Mandatory first year course, University of Toronto Faculty of Law).
November 20, 2012: Presentation to Program on Professionalism. Centre for the Legal Profession (University of Toronto Faculty of Law), Toronto, Ontario.
Spring 2012: Adjunct Professor, Children and the Law, University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law.
January 25, 2012: Guest lecture in “Family Law Dispute Resolution” course led by Hilary Linton at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law.
November 2, 2011: Guest lecture in “Applied Research Methods” course led by Professor Liora Salter in the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University.
October 19, 2011: Guest lecture in “Conflict Resolution: Alternatives in Disputes” course led by Professor Rachel Birnbaum in the Master of Social Work Program, University of Western Ontario.
August 17, 2011: Guest lecture, Downtown Legal Services, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
March 22, 2011: “Experts in Custody and Access Cases: A Field Guide for Family Lawyers.” Guest lecture delivered to Family Law course led by Professor Susan Drummond at Osgoode Hall Law School.
March 4, 2011: “A Draft Syllabus: Children and the Law.” Presentation to Osgoode Syllabus Design Workshop.
October 28, 2008: “Geremia v. Harb and the Realities of Parenting Litigation.” Presentation and class discussion in Family Law Policies course led by Professor Mary Jane Mossman at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Supervision Experience
September 2017-February 2018: Pro Bono Students Canada and Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society, Student Memo regarding s. 43 of the Criminal Code.
February 2017-May 2017: Spencer Lipton, “Legal Aid Ontario: Reforms and Requirements in the Criminal Law Reforms to Improve Access to Justice for the Public” (J.D. Directed Research)
October-December 2016: Katie Heathcote, “The Status of Multidisciplinary Practice in Canada”(J.D. Directed Research)
September 2016-February 2017: Logan Annisette and Adam Raikes. Memo for Pro Bono Students Canada and Voices Against Poverty regarding Access to Healthcare Services.
Sept. 2014 – June 2015: Julian Franch, J.D./M.B.A. Major Paper. “Small Law Firm Revenue Generation Through Strategic Networking in Rural Communities.” I served as Co-Supervisor, along with Professor Francine Schlosser of the Odette School of Business.
Pedagogical Development Activities
May 25, 2017: Attended Windsor Law Teaching Retreat
August 2016: Launched Civil Legal Process Teachers Network (CLPTN) (www.civillegalprocess.ca)
February – March 2016: University of Windsor Peer Collaboration Network Instructional Observation. This is a voluntary program for University of Windsor instructors. Prof. Dora Cavallo-Medved (Department of Biological Sciences) observed my Civil Procedure class on February 1, and I observed Prof. Cavallo-Medved’s Biological Sciences class on March 22.
October 23, 2015: Presentation on Classroom Response Technology to Canadian Association for Legal Ethics Annual Conference (Montreal, QC).
May 25, 2015: Attended Windsor Law Teaching Retreat.
April 28, 2015: Presented to Windsor Law Access to Justice Symposium.
August 12, 2014: Attended University of Windsor Centre for Teaching and Learning Summer Series.
March 4, 2011: Presented to Osgoode Syllabus Design Workshop.
Other Awards, Prizes, and RESEARCH funding Applications
June 2022: Ontario Bar Association Foundation Award (Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario)
January, 2022: Clawbie Award for best Long-Form Publication (Civil Procedure and Practice in Ontario)
January 2021: Law Foundation of Ontario Grant for Civil Procedure & Practice in Ontario ($12,265).
March 2019: SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals Grant, Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice. ($80,227). As Editor-in-Chief of this peer-reviewed publication, I led the grant application process. My term as Editor-in-Chief ended July 2019.
February 2018: Unsuccessful SSHRC Connection Grant Application (Access to Justice in Action Documentary Video Project)
October 2017: Canadian Association for Legal Ethics Prize for Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar (“Regulating Contingency Fees: A Consumer Welfare Perspective.”)
September 2016: University of Windsor Undergraduate Research Experience Grant (Usability of Law in an Information Age, $2,000)
July 2016: Unsuccessful SSHRC Insight Development Grant Application (Usability of Law). Application score 2.27 (“Very Good”).
June 2016 University of Windsor Academic Development Travel Fund ($1,000)
May 2016: Unsuccessful Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award Application (Usability of Law). Application Score: “Very Good.”
April 2016: University of Windsor Humanities and Social Science Research Grant (Usability of Law, $4,900)
April 2016: University of Windsor Faculty of Law General Research Grant (Usability of Law, $6,500)
April 2015: University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Faculty Research Assistance Grant (Accessible Professionalism, $5,000)
July 2014: OBA Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowship in Legal Ethics and Professionalism Research. (Ontario Bar Association Foundation, $15,000)
July 2014: SSHRC Insight Development Grant Competition: Application recommended for funding, but no award made. Rank 21/43.
April 2013: Family Court Resource Models Research Project (Principal researcher, with co-applicant Prof. Nick Bala as Senior Scholar. Assoc. of Family & Conciliation Courts Ontario, $10,000)
February 2012: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $81,000 over 2 years. Application score: 28 points out of 30)
April 2011: Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship (Declined, York University, $23,000)
April 2010: Research Contract: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Family Service Delivery (Law Commission of Ontario, $15,000)
February 2010: Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $6,000)
October 2009: John E. VanDuzer Scholarship Award for Family Law (Hamilton Community Foundation, $2,000)
June 2009: Elia Scholarship (York University, maximum scholarship amount $120,000 over 4 years, accepted amount $55,000 over 4 years)
June 2009: Canada Graduate Scholarship (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $105,000 over 3 years)
August 2008: Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship (Osgoode Hall Law School)
August 2008: Newton W. Rowell Graduate Scholarship in Law (Osgoode Hall Law School)
April 2008: Allan Falconer Memorial Essay Competition Winner (Canadian Journal of Family Law)
October 2007: Canadian IT Law Association Student Writing Contest Winner
July 2007: Honourable Jerry S. Grafstein, QC Prize in Communications Law (University of Toronto Faculty of Law)
June 2007: Honours Standing (Average grade of “A”) for Third Year (University of Toronto Faculty of Law)
April 2007: Canadian Bar Association David Estrin Prize (Awarded for a student essay on environmental, energy or resources law.)
November 2004: Canada and the New American Empire Youth Essay Competition Winner (CBC Newsworld)
September 2004: Maurice Cody Memorial Prize (University of Toronto Department of History)
September 2004: Resident Junior Fellowship (Massey College, University of Toronto)
June 2004: Trinity College Scholar Award (Trinity College, University of Toronto)
August 2001: National Semi-Finalist, Magna “As Prime Minister” Essay Competition
June 1999: CSPI Prize for highest mark in History 101 (University of Toronto Dept. of History)
SELECTED Panel, Conference and workshop Presentations
April 30, 2022 Simulated Clients Workshop Presentation (Osgoode Hall Law School).
April 8, 2022 Canadian Bar Association, Financial Arrangements between Lawyers and Clients Panel
March 2, 2022: Panel Participant, Windsor Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Club
March 1, 2022: Judge in Windsor Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Club Mediation Competition
February 16, 2022 : Pleadings and Procedure: Presentation to School for Family Law Self-Represented Litigants
October 2022: Judge in Windsor Law Zuber Moot
August 24, 2021: Chair of Anna Sallah Thesis Defence
August 18, 2021: Paper Workshop on “Better Access to Better Justice” (Canadian Legal Process Teaching Network)
March 13, 2020, Family Law Advocate at CBA/FLSC Ethics Forum. Law Society of Ontario.
October 25, 2019 “Regulation of Time-based Legal Fees.” Presentation to Canadian Association for Legal Ethics Conference, University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
September 21, 2019 “Welfare-Consequentialism: Pure, Watered-Down or Discounted?” Presentation to Canadian Law and Economics Association Conference, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
June 28, 2019 “Welfare-Consequentialism: The Opposite of Populism?” Paper presented to “Depolarising the Policy Process” panel. International Public Policy Association Conference. Montreal. Online: http://www.ippapublicpolicy.org//file/paper/5cfadc2a54798.pdf
June 27, 2019 “Welfare-Consequentialism and Social Policy.” Paper presented to “Instruments of Social Welfare Provision” panel. International Public Policy Association Conference. Montreal. Online: http://www.ippapublicpolicy.org//file/paper/5cfaa3d488f4a.pdf
June 4, 2019: “The Future of the Legal Profession in Canada: Professional Regulation in a Changing Legal Landscape.” Panel participant. International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Canadian Regional Meeting. Toronto, Ontario.
May 2, 2019: “Hitting the Sweet Spot: Accessibility, Quality, Profitability and JOY in Employment Law Practice.” With Sarah Forte. Presentation to the Continuing Legal Education British Columbia Employment Law Conference 2019. Vancouver, BC.
October 26, 2018: “Measuring Legal Service Value.” Presentation to the Canadian Association for Legal Ethics. Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto.
June 9, 2018: “What We Know, and Need to Know, about Access to Justice in Canada” Invited Panel Participant, Law and Society Association Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
June 8, 2018: “Innovation and Access to Justice: Addressing the Challenge of a Diverse Justice Ecosystem” Invited Panel Participant, Law and Society Association Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
June 8, 2018: “Understanding the Costs of Canada’s Access to Justice Crisis” Invited Panel Participant, Law and Society Association Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
June 7, 2018: “Enhancing Profitability while Increasing Access to Justice.” Invited Seminar, Law Society of Ontario Solo & Small Firm 2018 Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
June 1, 2018: “ The Crisis in Access to Family Justice.” Invited Panel Participant, Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education / Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference. Kingston, Ontario.
June 1, 2018: ” Developing Practice Foundations through Experiential Learning in the Civil Procedure Classroom” Invited Panel Participant, Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education / Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference. Kingston, Ontario.
March 2, 2018: “Legal Services Regulation and Disruption.” Invited Panel Participant, Canadian Bar Association-Federation of Law Societies of Canada Ethics Forum. Toronto, Ontario.
February 13, 2018: Invited Participant, Family Law Program Anniversary Panel. Windsor, Ontario.
November 20, 2017: “A Third Revolution in Canadian Family Law: Sweet Spot Practice Models.” Invited Presentation to Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario / Family Mediation Canada Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
October 4, 2017: Self-Represented Litigant Awareness Day: Panel Member. University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
June 22, 2017: “Lawyer Regulation & Ethics: Draft Chapter for Lawyers in Society 30 Years After” International Meeting on Law & Society 2017. Mexico City, Mexico.
June 22, 2017: “Usability of Law.” International Meeting on Law & Society 2017. Mexico City, Mexico.
June 21, 2017: “What Do We Know, What Don’t We Know and What Should We Know about the Costs of Civil Justice in Canada?” Participant in Roundtable Discussion. International Meeting on Law & Society 2017. Mexico City, Mexico.
April 20, 2017: “Consumer Interests in Legal Services Regulation.” Invited Speaker, Law Society of Manitoba Strategic Planning Retreat. Winnipeg, Manitoba.
March 3, 2017: “Self-Regulation and Self-Interest – Real Challenges and Possible Solutions.” Canadian Bar Association-Federation of Law Societies of Canada Annual Ethics Forum. Toronto, Ontario.
February 1, 2017: Invited Speaker, Careers in Family Law Panel. University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
December 14, 2016: Judge, Law Practice Program A2J Challenge. Ryerson University, Toronto.
October 20, 2016: Usability of Law in an Information Age. Presentation at Connect Create Communicate: Public Legal Education and the Access to Justice Movement. LawConnect Ontario & The Action Group on Access to Justice, Toronto.
October 20, 2016: Alternative Business Structures and Entity Regulation. (Invited Panel Participant, 4th Annual Professionalism Issues for Business Lawyers). Ontario Bar Association, Toronto.
July 15, 2016: International Perspectives on the Regulation of Lawyers and Legal Services. International Legal Ethics Conference 2016, New York City.
July 14, 2016: International Perspectives on the Business/Profession Dichotomy. International Legal Ethics Conference 2016, New York City.
May 31, 2016: Accessible, Professional, and Profitable: Personal Plight Legal Practice in the Sweet Spot. Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, Calgary.
May 31, 2016: Invited Panel Member, Roundtable: Access to Justice and Legal Services Business Structures. Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, Calgary.
May 17, 2016: Invited to Consultation with Family Legal Services Review Panel. Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto.
May 10, 2016: Accessible, Professional, and Profitable: Personal Plight Legal Practice in the Sweet Spot. Self-Rep Navigators Group, Toronto.
March 7, 2016: Invited member of panel on Personal Injury Law Practice Issues. Canadian Bar Association /Federation of Law Societies of Canada Legal Ethics Forum
January 27, 2016: “Accessible Professionalism.” Dean’s Lunch and Learn Workshop, University of Windsor Faculty of Law.ca
October 24, 2015: “Classroom Response Systems: Active Learning for the Rest of Us.” Canadian Association for Legal Ethics, Montreal.
October 23, 2015: “Feast and Famine.” Canadian Association for Legal Ethics, Montreal.
June 2, 2015: “Personal Plight and Accessible Professionalism.” Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Ottawa.
February 25, 2015: Faculty Research Seminar, University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
December 12, 2014: “Self-Represented Litigants and Accessible Professionalism.” Invited keynote speaker, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice CLE Program. Osgoode Hall, Toronto.
October 24, 2014: Canadian Association of Legal Ethics. London, Ontario.
July 11 & 12, 2014: International Legal Ethics Conference VI. City University, London.
May 31, 2014: Law & Society Association Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
January 22, 2014: “Professional Responsibility and Ethics Issues in Alternative Business Structures.” Invited speaker, ABS Program for Benchers, Law Society of Upper Canada.
November 15, 2013: “Reforming the Family Justice System: An Evidence-Based Approach.” Invited speaker, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Ontario Chapter Colloquium.
October 30, 2013: “Lawyer Deregulation for Access to Justice: Silver Bullet or Blank Round?” Invited speaker, Kavanagh LLP Professionalism Speaker Series. University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
October 25, 2013: “Justitia’s Legions: Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads.” Presentation to Seventh Annual Legal Ethics Teaching and Research Symposium, Canadian Association of Legal Ethics. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
October 16, 2013: Invited speaker in debate on the resolution: “Be it resolved that lawyers should consider themselves the moral conscience of their clients.” This is part of the Current Topics in Ethics and Professionalism event organized by the Centre for the Legal Profession in conjunction with the Toronto Lawyers’ Association.
October 4, 2013: “Alternative Business Structures and Legal Professionalism: Threats and Opportunities.” Invited speaker, Law Society of Upper Canada Symposium on Alternative Business Structures.
June 1, 2013: “Regulation, Access to Justice, and the New Legal Realism.” Presentation to Law and Society Association Annual Conference. Boston, Massachusetts.
April 27, 2013: “Access to Justice: What’s Regulation Got to Do with It?” Canadian Bar Association Envisioning Equal Justice Summit. Vancouver, British Columbia.
December 3, 2012: Work in Progress Workshop, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario.
September 28, 2012: Presentation to Meeting of the Canadian Law and Economics Association. University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario.
July 16, 2012: “Access to Justice through Regulatory Reform.” National Family Law Program. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
July 14, 2012: “Regulation of the Legal Profession(s) and Access to Justice: A New Legal Realist Approach.” International Legal Ethics Conference V. Banff, Alberta.
June 7, 2012: “A Critique of Judicial Dispute Resolution in Child Custody and Access Cases.” Law and Society Association International Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii.
May 24, 2012: “Access to Justice and Regulation of Legal Services.” Canadian Association of Law Teachers. Montreal, Quebec.
June 3, 2011: “The Settlement Mission in Family Court.” Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida.
February 4, 2011: “The Settlement Mission in Family Court.” Canadian Law and Society Association Mid-Winter Meeting. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
October 29, 2010: “The Pursuit of Settlement in Family Court: A Feminist Analysis.” Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario.
October 27, 2010: “Informal Mediation of Parenting Disputes: In The Best Interest of the Child?” Columbia Law School, New York.
June 2, 2010: Canadian Law and Society Association (Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences). Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
May 31, 2010: McGill Graduate Law Students Conference. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
May 20-21, 2010: Osgoode Hall Graduate Law Students’ Association Annual Conference. Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario.
May 25, 2009: Canadian Law and Society Association (Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences). Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
May 1, 2009: Osgoode Hall Graduate Law Students’ Association Annual Conference. Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario.
Professional Service
September 2019: Assessment of Dr R Baboolal-Frank for the National Research Foundation of South Africa
April 2019: Assessment of Israel Science Foundation Personal Research Grant Application: Do-it-Yourself-Justice: “Assessing Self-Representation in Israel” (Dr. Dr. Assy Rabeea)
July 2018-July 2020: Board Member, Canadian Association for Legal Ethics.
Member of Advisory Panel, Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation (England & Wales).University College London.
Editor-in-Chief, Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice (2017-2019).
Panel Chair, Teaching Stream. Canadian Association for Legal Ethics Conference, Osgoode Hall Law School, October 25-27 2018.
February 2018: Assessment of SSHRC Insight Grant Application: ” Innovation in the legal services industry: the impact of organisational change on professional identities and its implications for the future of professional regulation in Canada”
Chair, Humber College Bachelor of Paralegal Studies Expert Review Panel. Ontario Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board (January – March 2018).
University of Windsor Internal Programs Review Committee (University-wide Committee Appointment) (2017).
I have served on the following committees at Windsor Law: Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice; Graduate Studies; Academic Status; Curriculum Review; Academic Programs, Admissions. As a member of the Admissions Committee in 2017-2018, I read 299 admissions files.
Advisory Committee Member, Family Legal Services Review (Chair: Honourable Justice Annemarie E. Bonkalo) (2016-2017).
Book Review Editor, Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice (2016-2017).
Treasurer and Advisory Board Member, National Self-Represented Litigants research project (2013-Present). Attendance at annual Board meetings, support and oversight provided to Windsor Law students participating in this venture.
Member of the Ottawa Law Review’s Expert Advisory Panel (Family Law).
I have provided peer reviews of article manuscripts for the Law & Society Review, the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, the Canadian Journal of Family Law, the Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, the Alberta Law Review, the McGill Law Review, the Canadian Bar Review, the Journal of Law & Equality, theJournal of Law and Social Policy, and the Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues.
I have reviewed book manuscripts for Edward Elgar Press, University of Ottawa Press, and Lexington Books.
As Visiting Scholar in Residence in 2012-2014, I assisted in numerous events at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the Legal Profession. My contributions included moderating a panel, preparing a summary of a plenary session, and organizing a debate.
On July 30, 2013 and August 4, 2014, I delivered introductory Civil Procedure talks to high school students attending summer programs at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
I have provided live-tweeting (simultaneous summaries of proceedings via Twitter) at numerous law-related events, including:
- July 14-16, 2016: International Legal Ethics Conference, New York City.
- May 29-31, 2016: Canadian Association of Law Teachers Conference, Calgary.
- April 26, 2016: The New Frontier of Legal Innovation Conference, Toronto.
- October 1-2, 2015: Innovation for Access to Justice Conference, Montreal.
- June 2-3, 2015: Canadian Association of Law Teachers Conference, Ottawa.
- February 3 and May 12, 2015: Targeted Legal Services Events, Law Society of Upper Canada.
- Jan. 16, 2014: Ethical Issues in the Law Firm Setting Program, Centre for the Legal Profession, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
- Sept. 9, 2013: Disciplinary proceedings of the Law Society of Upper Canada against Joe Groia.
- May 9-11, 2013: The National Self-Represented Litigants Project Dialogue Event. University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
- Apr. 25-27, 2013: Cnd. Bar Association Envisioning Equal Justice Summit. Vancouver, BC.
- Mar. 19, 2013: Canadian Forum on Civil Justice Issues of Cost & Access Speaker Series. Osgoode Hall Law School.
- Oct. 14, 2011: The Law and Ethics of Investigative Journalism Conference. Osgoode Hall Law School.