Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content
Jonathan Shapiro

Jonathan Shapiro

University Teaching Fellow

20072022

Research activity per year

Personal profile

About

Jonathan Shapiro practiced law for 10 years with the Department of Justice Canada prior to joining the faculty of the law school. His primary area of teaching is in working with students to develop practical legal skills such as persuasive legal writing and oral advocacy.
 
His areas of substantive teaching interest include: Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law and Immigration Law. He has also taught Introduction to Law for several years, which is a course offered by the law school to non-law school students. 
 
His primary research interest is the intersection of criminal law and administrative areas of law, particularly where there are overlapping interests, such as the use of immigration measures as a way of dealing with national security threats. 

Contact Information

Schulich School of Law
Weldon Law Building
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2

Related documents

Education/Academic qualification

LLM, Columbia Law School

LLB, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

BA (Hons), University of British Columbia

Research Interests

  • Legal Writing
  • National Security
  • Oral Advocacy

Disciplines

  • Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Legal Writing and Research
  • Legal Education
  • Immigration Law
  • Administrative Law

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where Jonathan Shapiro is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
  • 1 Similar Profiles
View full fingerprint