University of Alberta Faculty of Law Announces New Professor Appointments

University of Alberta Faculty of Law Dean Paul D. Paton is very pleased to announce the appointments of Dr. Anna Lund and Dr. Cameron Jefferies as Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2016, and Malcolm Lavoie as Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2017.

"These faculty appointments - identified as a priority by students during the 2014/2015 market modifier consultations - are the first in what's expected to be a period of growth and renewal at the Faculty of Law, supported by new provincial government funding," said Dean Paton. "The addition of Anna, Cam, and Malcolm as tenure-track faculty members builds upon the tradition of academic excellence, innovative teaching, and a commitment to public service that has been a hallmark of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. They have outstanding credentials and potential, and we look forward to their contributions as valued members of our community."

Dr. Anna Lund is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and holds a

$100,000 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award from the Alberta Gambling Research Institute for a project entitled "When Problem Gamblers Go Bankrupt: Towards A Better Model of Rehabilitation." She completed her doctorate at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in 2015 on Canadian personal bankruptcy law, with the support of a $135,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Her research focuses on debtor-creditor law and combines doctrinal legal research with empirical methods to better understand how individuals interpret and apply commercial law in their work and personal lives. She has published articles in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal and the Annual Review of Insolvency Law, amongst others, and has taught at Western University in London, Ontario, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Before entering the academy, Dr. Lund was an associate at Field LLP in Edmonton and a law clerk at the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in Calgary. She received the Viscount Bennett Scholarship from the Law Society of Alberta in 2010-11. A member of the Bar of Alberta, she continues to practice on a pro bono basis through the Edmonton Community Legal Centre and Pro Bono Law Alberta. Dr. Lund holds degrees from the University of Alberta (BA Hons., LLB with Distinction), the University of California (Berkeley, LLM) and the University of British Columbia (PhD).

Dr. Cameron Jefferies is currently the Borden Ladner Gervais Fellow at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. He researches in the areas of international and domestic environmental law, oceans law, natural resource law, and animal law and has presented his work nationally and internationally. Dr. Jefferies teaches in these areas, as well as professional responsibility, and recently developed a new JD course in sustainability law. Prior to joining the Faculty of Law, he articled at Field LLP in Edmonton and was called to the Bar of Alberta in 2010. Thereafter he worked as a Research Associate at the Health Law Institute. He has published articles in the Fordham Journal of International Law, the Journal of Environmental Law and Practice, amongst others, and is co-author (with Professor Lewis KIar, Q.C.) of the 6^th edition of Tort Law (Carswell) to be published in 2017. Dr. Jefferies holds degrees from the University of Alberta (BSc, LLB, both with Distinction) and the University of Virginia (LLM, SJD), where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar. His book Marine Mammal Conservation and the Law of the Sea will be published by Oxford University Press later this year.

Malcolm Lavoie is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. His

research deals primarily with property law and private law theory. He has published articles on constructive expropriation, remedies in contracts for the sale of land, Aboriginal land rights, and other topics in publications such as the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, the UBC Law Review, the Ottawa Law Review, and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review. Professor Lavoie was called to the Bar of Alberta in 2013. From 2013 to 2014, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada. From 2014 to 2015, he studied at Harvard Law School as a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow and a Fulbright Scholar where his research was awarded the 2015 Harvard Project on the Foundations of Private Law Writing Prize. Professor Lavoie holds degrees from the University of British Columbia (BA Hons.), the London School of Economics (MSc with Distinction), McGill University (BCL, LLB), and Harvard Law School (LLM).