Bill Flanagan (academic)

William F. Flanagan is a Canadian academic. In March 2020, his appointment was announced as the next president of the University of Alberta, succeeding David H. Turpin in July 2020. He previously served as the dean of the faculty of law at Queen's University from to 2005 to 2019.[1]

Flanagan was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the son of two teachers. He attended Carleton University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, then the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, earning a J.D. degree in 1985. He also earned a DEA from the University of Paris in 1986 and a master's degree in law from Columbia Law School in 1989. In 1987, he served as a law clerk for Supreme Court of Canada justice Willard Estey. He joined Queen's University's faculty of law in 1991.[2] He taught international trade and investment, property law and corporate law, and founded the International Law Spring Program at the International Study Centre in the United Kingdom at Queen's University..[3]

References

Writer's Handbook (2018-09-10). "Dean of Law to step down in June | The Journal". Queensjournal.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
"Former Queen's dean of law to become 14th president of the University of Alberta". Folio.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
Waters, Christopher Peter Michael (2006). British And Canadian Perspectives on International Law - Google Books. ISBN 9004153810. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

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[1] Writer's Handbook (2018-09-10). "Dean of Law to step down in June | The Journal". Queensjournal.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

[2] "Former Queen's dean of law to become 14th president of the University of Alberta". Folio.ca. Retrieved 2020-03-20.

[3] Waters, Christopher Peter Michael (2006). British And Canadian Perspectives on International Law - Google Books. ISBN 9004153810. Retrieved 2020-03-20.