Patrick Macklem

Biography

Patrick Macklem is the William C. Graham Professor of Law and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He holds law degrees from Harvard and Toronto, and an undergraduate degree in political science and philosophy from McGill. He served as Law Clerk for Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada and as a constitutional advisor to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. He is a recurring Visiting Professor at Central European University. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Stanford Law School and UCLA School of Law. In 2003, he was selected as a Fulbright New Century Scholar, taught at the European University Institute, and was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School. In 2006-2007, he was a Senior Global Research Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law. In 2007-2008, he was a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Patrick Macklem is the William C. Graham Professor of Law and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He holds law degrees from Harvard and Toronto, and an undergraduate degree in political science and philosophy from McGill. He served as Law Clerk for Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada and as a constitutional advisor to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. He is a recurring Visiting Professor at Central European University. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Stanford Law School and UCLA School of Law. In 2003, he was selected as a Fulbright New Century Scholar, taught at the European University Institute, and was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School. In 2006-2007, he was a Senior Global Research Fellow at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law. In 2007-2008, he was a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Research Interest

Aboriginal Law Canadian Constitutional Law Charter of Rights Comparative Constitutional Law International Human Rights Law Legal Theory Public International Law