About the Authors

• Author: Janet Walker/Lorne Sossin
• Profession: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University/Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
• Pages: 300-300

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Janet Walker, B.A. (Hons), M.A., LL.B., D.Phil. (Oxon), i s Professor of

Law and former Associate Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor

Walker specializes in domestic and intern ational procedural law, in-

cluding conf‌lict of laws a nd internationa l commercial arbitration. She

is the author of Castel & Walker, Canadian Conf‌lict of Laws and Hals-

bury’s Laws of Canada: Conf‌lict of L aws, and is the general e ditor of the

recent editions of The Civil Litigation Process: Cases and Materials. Pro-

fessor Walker is the common law advisor to the Federa l Courts Rules

Committee, and she was an international advisor to the American Law

Institute Project on Transn ational Principles and Rules of Civil Proced-

ure. As Oxford’s 2010 Leverhulme Visiting Professor, she will develop

ways to introduce procedural law into the undergraduate curriculum.

Lorne Sossin, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., LL.B., LL.M., J.S.D. is a Profes sor at

the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, where he h as been teaching

since 2002. Prior to th at, he was on the faculty of Osgoode Hall L aw

School. At the University of Toronto, he is a former Associate Dean

(2004–2007) and is the in augural Academic Director of t he Centre

for the Legal Profession. Professor Sossi n’s areas of expertise include

civil litigation, administ rative l aw, the legal profession, and the legal

process. He h as written several books and numerous a rticles on t hese

subjects, including Administrative Law in Contex t (co-edited w ith Col-

leen Flood) and Boundaries of Judicial Review: The Law of Justiciability in

Canada. Professor Sossin is the recipient of several awards for teaching

and scholar ship, including the 2009 OCUFA Award for Excellence i n

Tea ch i ng .