Faculty directory

Ted L. McDorman

B.A. (Toronto) 1976, LL.B. (Dalhousie) 1979, LL.M. (cum laude, Dalhousie) 1982, called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1980.

Professor McDorman joined the Faculty of Law in 1985 and was promoted to Professor in 2001. His teaching areas include public international law, international trade law, international ocean and environmental law, and private international law (conflicts of law).

He taught Canadian constitutional law for many years and has also taught Canadian environmental law and comparative Asian law. He has a cross-appointment with the Department of Geography and is an Associate of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives. Professor McDorman has been a visiting professor at institutions in Thailand, Sweden, the Netherlands and Canada. He has over 100 publications in the areas of ocean law and policy, international trade law and comparative constitutional law. Since 2000, he has been the editor-in-chief of Ocean Development and International Law: The Journal of Marine Affairs.

He has undertaken a variety of projects for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, including: the drafting of legislation, conducting workshops and report writing on fisheries and fisheries trade. He has also written reports for the governments of Canada, Quebec and British Columbia.

From 2002 to 2004, Professor McDorman was Academic-in- Residence with the Bureau of Legal Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa. In the spring of 2007, he was the Fulbright Visiting Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

Professor McDorman has been seconded to the Legal Bureau of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). He started his assignment on May 1, 2011. He is currently based at DFAIT headquarters in Ottawa and is working primarily on Arctic-related matters.

Ted L. McDorman
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
PO Box 1700, STN CSC
Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2
Canada

Email: Ted L. McDorman
Fax: 250-721-8146
Tel: 250-721-8181

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