Assistant Professor Malcolm Lavoie promoted to Associate Professor

Assistant Professor Malcolm Lavoie has been promoted to Associate Professor, with tenure, at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.

Lavoie, who joined the Faculty in 2015, researches in the areas of property law, Aboriginal law, federalism, and the intersection between private law and constitutional law. He is the author of numerous publications, including articles in the University of Toronto Law Journal, the McGill Law Journal, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, the UBC Law Review, the Dalhousie Law Journal, the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, the Supreme Court Law Review, and the Catholic University Law Review. His work has been widely cited, including by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Lavoie holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of British Columbia; MSc (Distinction) in Political Theory from the London School of Economics; BCL and LLB from the McGill University Faculty of Law; and LLM and SJD from Harvard Law School.

He served as a law clerk for the Hon. Justice Frans Slatter of the Alberta Court of Appeal (2012-2013) and for the Hon. Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada (2013-2014).

During the course of his graduate studies at Harvard, Lavoie was a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow, Fulbright Scholar, Weatherhead Center Graduate Research Fellow, and Project on the Foundations of Private Law Fellow. He was a recipient of the 2017 Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) Scholarly Paper Award, as well as the 2015 Harvard Project on the Foundations of Private Law Writing Prize.

In addition to his academic work, he has consulted with Miller Thomson LLP on legal files related to his areas of expertise, including commercial litigation, Aboriginal law, and energy regulatory matters. He has also argued before the Supreme Court of Canada. He currently serves as a member of the Alberta Judicial Council.

“I am deeply honoured by the University’s decision,” said Lavoie. “The award of tenure is a great privilege, though it also comes with ongoing responsibilities to contribute to the advancement of knowledge. I will continue to strive to uphold the traditions of this great institution and to be worthy of the trust placed in me by my colleagues in the Faculty of Law.”

Lavoie’s promotion to Associate Professor is effective July 1, 2021.