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 law schools by the Times Higher Education 2025 World University Rankings by Subject and the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject, we offer both graduate and undergraduate programs in law.
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.
Latest News
PhD student Loveth Ovedje (LLM ’24) was one of 12 finalists sharing their game-changing research in three minutes or less in Dal’s annual research competition.
Kevin Berk and Sean Farmer (LLB '11) joined the Schulich School of Law as Purdy Crawford Fellows for this academic year.
Dalhousie’s Faculty of Law is among the top 150 universities in the world to study law, and fourth in the country, according to the QS World University Subject Rankings.
The annual sketch-comedy moot, organized by the Weldon Literary Moot Society, saw justice brought to Neverland while raising $2,500 for the Halifax Humanities Society.
They explored issues ranging from the impacts of arctic shipping to the legal implications of northern grocery subsidy mismanagement to ocean sustainability concerns around fisheries subsidies.
In the Media
- Professor Rob Currie ft in "If it comes to it, Canadian courts can and must be ready to resist U.S. annexation"
- Professor Emeritus Rollie Thompson ft in "Fixing family law"
- Professor Elaine Craig ft in "Unreliability of ‘sexting’ in determining sexual intention"
- Professor Emeritus Wayne MacKay ft in "Legal column: A new plan to wipe hundreds of unproclaimed laws off the books"
- The Schulich School of Law ft in "QS world university subject rankings for 2025 out now: See where Dal excelled"
Upcoming Events
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Competitive Moot Information Session
March 28, 2025, 11:30 AM -
Classes End
April 1, 2025, 8:00 AM -
Exams Begin
April 3, 2025, 8:00 AM -
Indigenous Blacks & Mi'kmaq Initiative Information Session
April 3, 2025, 5:30 PM -
Indigenous Blacks & Mi'kmaq Initiative LSAT Prep Session
April 5, 2025, 9:00 AM
