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

The student-organized event, led by the Dalhousie Feminist Legal Association (DFLA), was designed to offer a safe and inclusive space to make meaningful career connections.
Creating Integrated Restorative Communities for Locally Engaged Solutions (CIRCLES-NS), led by Professor Jennifer Llewellyn, is one of four projects funded through Research Nova Scotia's new Focused Research Investments initiative.
UNITE and CIRCLES-NS are two of four projects announced by Research Nova Scotia as part of a $27-million investment, the largest to date and the first to use the Focused Research Investment fund.
Dalhousie’s faculty of law has risen 11 spots to 89th in the world, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings By Subject.
David H. Michels is part of the nationwide editorial team that recently won a Canadian Law Blog Award for Best Legal Papers, Reports, or eBooks of 2024.
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