Michael Deturbide, KC

Professor Michael Deturbide K.C. (LLB ’89, LLM ’97), former Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law, retired after 30 years at the Schulich School of Law. Deturbide, who joined the faculty in 1994, taught Business Associations, Commercial Law and Taxation Law, and developed and taught the Corporate Transactions course. His research interests include corporate law, media law and the impact of technology on the law. He helped establish Dalhousie University’s Master of Electronic Commerce Program and its Law & Technology Institute, was the law school’s longest-serving associate dean and received the Law Students’ Society (LSS) and Dalhousie Law Alumni Association (DLAA) Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2001. Deturbide is co-editor-in-chief and co-founder of the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology and is the author and co-author of several texts and case books on business and/or technology law, including the Walter Owen Book Prize winning Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada. His post-retirement plans include travel and family time at his cottage, as well as continuing his appointment as a commissioner of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission.