University of Alberta Faculty of Law Dean Paul D. Paton is very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Hadley Friedland as Assistant Professor, effective July 1, 2017. Friedland is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at UAlberta Law.
"Dr. Hadley Friedland is a tremendous scholar and teacher with much to offer students and the broader legal community," said Dean Paton. "Hadley has worked extensively with Indigenous communities across Canada, and spoken and published in the area of Indigenous legal traditions, as well as Aboriginal law, legal theory, criminal justice, family law, child welfare, restorative justice, and therapeutic jurisprudence. Her knowledge and expertise has been in high demand at law faculties across Canada, most recently at McGill University, where she taught an intensive, one-week course at the beginning of January for first-year law students on Indigenous law."
Friedland has made significant contributions to date at UAlberta Law.
In the Fall 2016 term, in addition to teaching a course entitled "Indigenous Laws: Questions and Methods", she was instrumental in adapting the KAIROS blanket exercise to include Indigenous legal issues and including the exercise itself as part of the "Other Sources of Law: Indigenous Legal Traditions and Awareness of Issues Addressed in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission" component of the Faculty's revised Foundations of Law course.
In 2017, her contributions will include a new interdisciplinary course - The Wahkohtowin Project - co-taught with Faculty of Native Studies Associate Professor Shalene Jobin that introduces students to community and academic Indigenous-based learning traditions.
"The addition of Hadley as a tenure-track faculty member - following the addition of Dr. Anna Lund, Dr. Cameron Jefferies, and Malcolm Lavoie last year - builds upon the tradition of academic excellence, innovative teaching, and a commitment to public service that has been a hallmark of UAlberta Law," said Dean Paton. "We greatly look forward to Hadley's continued contributions to our community as she undertakes new and important responsibilities."
Hadley Friedland, LLB (Victoria), LLM (Alberta), PhD (Alberta)
Hadley Friedland joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta as a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2016. Her research focuses on Indigenous laws, legal methodologies and pedagogies, Aboriginal law, criminal justice, family and child welfare law, dispute resolution and therapeutic jurisprudence. She has published numerous articles and collaborated to produce accessible Indigenous legal resources for Indigenous communities, legal professionals and the general public. She also provides experiential community-based training and continuing legal education in this area.
Dr. Friedland holds a Child and Youth Care diploma (with distinction) from MacEwan University, an LLB from the University of Victoria, and an LLM and PhD from the University of Alberta. She was called to the Alberta Bar in 2010. She was Research Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit [ILRU] at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law from 2012 to 2016 and is co-creator, with Dr. Val Napoleon, of the ILRU methodology. She has worked extensively with Indigenous communities across Canada.
Dr. Friedland's research has won several awards, including the prestigious Vanier Scholarship and the inaugural SSHRC Impact Talent Award. Her LLM thesis, The Wetiko (Windigo) Legal Principles is widely used in law schools across North America. Her PhD dissertation, Reclaiming the Language of Law: The Contemporary Articulation and Application of Cree Legal Principles in Canada, was awarded the Governor General Gold Medal.