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Staff Directory
Leon Trakman

Career Profile


Academic Appointments
Professional Appointments
ADR Appointments
Consultancies
Boards of Directors
Academic Committees


Academic Appointments

Dean and Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, 2002

Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis, 1999

Professor of Law, Dalhousie Law School, 1975-1999

Visiting Professor, Wisconsin Law School, 1992/93

Visiting Professor of Law, University of Cape Town, 1990

Bora Laskin National Fellow, Canada, 1997/98

Killam Professor, Killam Foundation, 1986

Visiting Professor, Tulane Law School, 1983

Bolton Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 1982

Lecturer in Law, Cape Town, 1971/02



Professional Appointments

Principal, Trakman and Associates, 2000

President, LET Commercial Consultants, 1984-1990



ADR Appointments

On board or panel of various international arbitration and mediation associations, including, inter alia,

The International Center for Dispute Resolution
The American Arbitration Association (AAA)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
International Mediation Centre (IMC)
World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO)
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC)



Consultancies

Consultant to international organizations, governments, bar and business associations

Consultant to Canadian Government on Constitutional Challenges, Human Rights and Aboriginal Justice, 1999-2000

Consultant to the Canadian Bar Association on the efficient resolution of commercial disputes, 1995-97

Trade adjudicator, appointed by US, Canadian and Mexican Governments

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 1994-2001

US-Canada Free Trade Agreement, 1993

Constitutional Consultant to ANC and Law Commission, 1990-91

Consultant, Constitutional Reform in Canada, 1986-8, 1983



Boards of Directors

Various companies and public interest boards

Currently, Board of Directors, Webwise

Member, Board, International Mediation Center, 1995-97

Past board member, inter alia, Gotra Chemical Company, Wondor Products, Heleon Investments.



Academic Committees

Chair or member, various national, university and law school committees on education, 1975-present, including:

Past Chair, Legal Education, Canadian Bar Association

Past Chair, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Selection Committee, Law, Philosophy and Political Science, Canada

Past Chair, Committee 11, SSHRCC, Canada

Past Chair, Senate, Committee on Committees, Dalhousie University; Graduate Studies, Long Range Planning, Academic, and Student Liaison Committees

Most recently on National Selection Committee, Molson Prize Committee and Bora Laskin National Fellowship Committee


For a more complete list of appointments and publications, see www.trakmanassoc.com.