Cynthia Chewter
Instructor
Email: cynthia.chewter@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1029
Mailing Address:
- Advocacy
- Civil Litigation
- Criminal Law
- Domestic Violence
- Family Law
- Human Rights
- Judicial Independence
- Mooting
Education
- BA (Toronto)
- BA (McMaster)
- LLB (Dalhousie)
Bar admissions
- Nova Scotia, 1996
Bio
Professor Chewter practiced law for six years, primarily in the areas of family law, criminal law, civil litigation, human rights, and ADR. In 2002, she was appointed a Presiding Justice of the Peace with the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. Her judicial work also includes appointments as an adjudicator with the Small Claims Court of Nova Scotia (2003–2004) and as a Board of Inquiry under the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act (2003–2015).
She was a Professional Development Instructor with the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society for 10 years and taught part-time at the Schulich School of Law for nine years prior to joining the faculty full-time in 2015. She was nominated for the Law Student Society and Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2013–2014 and 2016–2017.
Teaching
- Legal Research and Writing (LAWS 1004)
- Legal Ethics (LAWS 1008)
- Second Year Moot (LAWS 2201)
- Civil Procedure (LAWS 2061)
- Family Law (LAWS 2110)
- Torts (LAWS 1006)
- Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies (LAWS 2226)
- Public Law Placement (LAWS 2238)
- Nova Scotia Supreme Court Family Division Placement (LAWS 2175)
Research interests
Professor Chewter’s research interests include legal responses to domestic violence in family law, search warrants, trial and appellate advocacy and the independence of the judiciary.
