The Schulich School of Law is proud to announce the appointments of Associate Professor Liam McHugh-Russell as the inaugural Innis Christie Chair in Labour and Employment Law and Associate Professor Dr. Sara Ross as the Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law. They began their appointments as of July 1, 2025.
The recently established Innis Christie Chair in Labour and Employment Law is named to honour the memory of former Dalhousie Law School Professor and Dean Innis Christie, QC, and his accomplishments in the field of labour and employment law. The inaugural Chair will provide intellectual leadership at the law school in labour and employment law, actively engaging in projects that seek to have an impact in the fields locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, while contributing to teaching and supervision at both the JD and graduate levels.
Liam McHugh-Russell is an associate professor at the Schulich School of Law. He holds a PhD in law from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where he received the Hans Kelsen doctoral scholarship and a doctoral award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. He earned a Master of Laws from the Institute for Comparative Law at McGill University in 2013 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 2008.
McHugh-Russell's professional experience includes many years working part-time at...
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