About the author

• Author: Steve Coughlan
• Profession: Professor of Law. Dalhousie University
• Pages: 535-535

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steve Coughla n is a professor of law and the Associate Dea n of Graduate

Studies at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University in Halifax.

He received an LLB from Dalhousie Law S chool and a PhD in philoso-

phy from the University of Toronto, both in 1985. He has practised law

with the Metro Community L aw Clinic and with t he Dalhousie Legal

Aid Service, and al so worked with the criminal procedure project of the

Law Reform Commission of Canada. Having worked at Dalhousie Law

School in a variety of capacities, he wa s appointed to a tenure-track

position in 2000, was promoted to Associ ate Professor in 2001, and

became a full Profess or in 2004. His areas of teaching have included

crimina l law and procedure, constitutional law, health law, and appel-

late advocacy. His students have won many prizes at competit ive moots,

including f‌irst place overall in t he Commonwealth Law Moot. Professor

Coughlan has received teach ing awards at the faculty, university, and

regional levels, including the Dal housie Law School Teaching Excel-

lence Award, the Hannah and Harold Bar nett Award for Excellence in

Teaching First Year Law, the Dalhousie University Alumni Association

Award of Excellence for Teaching, and the Association of Atlantic Uni-

versities Disting uished Teacher Award.

Professor Coughlan is an ed itor of the Criminal Reports and an

author of the National Judicial Institute Criminal Law e-Letter. He is

one of the authors of the Carswell Annual Review of Criminal Law, of

Learning Canadian Criminal Law (as of the 10th edition), of Law Beyond

Borders, and of Detention and Arrest, among other books. In addition,

he is a member of the Law and Technology Institute at the Schulich

School of Law and is an author of the Canadian IT Law Association’s

newsletter on law and technology issues. The majority of hi s more than

150 articles, annotations, ch apters, reports, and books h ave been in the

crimina l law f‌ield, but he has also published in other f‌ields, including

health law (particularly with regard to is sues of elder abuse) and the

future of the legal profession.