Christopher Essert

Christopher Essert, BA (McGill), JD (Toronto), LLM, JSD (Yale Law School) is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and the Associate Dean of the JD Program. He teaches and researches in private law, property and tort theory, and legal and political philosophy.

His work has appeared in journals including Philosophy & Public Affairs, Legal Theory, Law and Philosophy, Jurisprudence, the McGill Law Journal, and the University of Toronto Law Journal. His main current research project is a book on property law and theory, defending an account of property law and its relation to equality.

Professor Essert serves as a member of the International Advisory Panel for the American Law Institute’s project on the Restatement of the Law (Fourth), Property and has  participated in consultations regarding the National Housing Strategy. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the School of Cities.

Prior to joining the UofT Faculty of Law, Professor Essert was Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University, and a Visiting Professor at UCLA School of Law. He also served as law clerk to Justice Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada, and articled at Paliare Roland LLP.