About Us

The Schulich School of Law is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a city with a youthful spirit, rich history, and scenic waterfront. We are a vibrant, collegial, and close-knit community of faculty and students from around the world. We live the Weldon Tradition of unselfish public service—of giving back and making the world a better place.

Our Programs

Ranked among the world's top 100 law schools in 2019 by Times Higher Education, we offer both graduate and undergraduate programs in law. 

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Faculty & Research

Our faculty mix imagination with our innovation to push legal research in bold new directions and to make significant contributions to legal knowledge.

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Latest News

Former colleagues, friends, and family gathered for the inaugural Meinhard Doelle Legacy Lecture to acknowledge his contributions to environmental law.
Professor Jennifer Llewellyn and the Restorative Research, Innovation, and Education Lab work to shift the approach of institutions and legal systems to be more restorative.
Learn how two alumni from the Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq (IB&M) Initiative are giving back to their school and communities.
Schulich Law 1L student Maggie MacInnis won a ticket to observe a Q&A session in the House of Commons with Canada’s next Supreme Court Justice.
The Office of the Associate Dean Academic is pleased to introduce myschulich.dal.ca to the law school community.
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