Vanessa MacDonnell
Biography:
VANESSA MACDONNELL is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at uOttawa and Co-Director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre. Her research focuses on Canadian constitutional law, constitutional theory, comparative constitutional law, and criminal law. She is a Global Young Academy member and is completing a SSHRC-funded project on quasi-constitutional legislation.
Vanessa holds a J.D. from the University of Toronto and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and is pursuing doctoral studies at McGill University. She has served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada and held various research fellowships globally. Vanessa teaches a range of law courses, including criminal law, constitutional law, and a seminar on the Supreme Court of Canada.
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