Sara Seck
Professor of Law; Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law; Director, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
Related information
Email: Sara.Seck@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-7715
Mailing Address:
6061 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
- Business, Human Rights & Environment
- International Environmental Law
- Sustainable Development & Natural Resources Law
- Climate Justice
- Private International Law
- Transnational Law & Legal Pluralism
Education
- BMus (MUN)
- MMus (Ottawa)
- LLB (Toronto)
- PhD (Osgoode)
Bar admission
- Ontario, 2000
Bio
I am originally from St. John’s NL, and have a pre-law professional background in music. I studied law in Ontario where I articled with a Bay Street business law firm. After completing a PhD in law at Osgoode Hall Law School, I joined Western University in 2007, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2013. I joined the Schulich School of Law in July 2017 where I am a member of MELAW and the Business Law faculty.
Teaching
- LAWS 2104: Environmental Law I
- LAWS 2153: Business & Environment
- LAWS 2005: Private international Law
Areas of supervision: Business, Human Rights & Environment, Sustainable Development & Natural Resources Law, Private International Law, Climate Justice
Research interests
I am particularly interested in the relationship between international human rights law, environment, and business law, with a focus on the rights of local and Indigenous communities, and global south perspectives on sustainable development. I have researched and published extensively on home stateduties and business responsibilities in the extractive industries context. More recently, I consider how lessons from this research as well as insights from feminist and relational theorists might inform approaches to environmental and climate justice.
