Yasmin Dawood

Yasmin Dawood is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law.

Professor Dawood's research focuses on election law, voting rights, the law of democracy, U.S. constitutional law, Canadian constitutional law, comparative election law, and democratic theory. Her articles have appeared in the Georgetown Law Journal, Election Law Journal, International Journal of Constitutional Law, University of Toronto Law Journal, NOMOS (forthcoming), Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence (forthcoming), and Studies in Law, Politics and Society. Her research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Connaught Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation.

Professor Dawood received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. She received an Honours B.A. in Political Science at the University of Toronto. Professor Dawood is admitted to the Bar of New York and she practiced law with the firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York. Prior to joining the Faculty of Law in 2009, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto. Professor Dawood has a courtesy appointment with the Department of Political Science.

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