Student scholarship

A number of our JD students publish scholarly articles in academic journals during their studies or shortly after they graduate, based on research they conducted as part of their studies at the Faculty of Law. 

Listed below are some of these publications by JD students and recent graduates. Online versions are linked to in the title (subscription may be required). To see SJD student publications, see the SJD Profiles page.

JD students and recent graduates

Nik Khakhar (JD 2023) 

• Khakhar, N 'Reviewing Our Peers': Evaluating the Legitimacy of the Canadian Jury Verdict in Criminal Trials". (2022) 80:1 UTFLR 42. — This article received the JSD Tory Writing Award for Best Submission at the 2021 Canadian Law Student Conference.
  
• Khakhar, N. "'Unlocking Pandora’s Box?' Resolving the Clash of Infrastructure Amidst the Risks of Jury Secrecy" (2023) 81:2 UTFLR.

Robert Nanni, JD '21 – Winner of the Canadian Bar Association's 2020 English Langlois Prize

Adil Abdulla, JD ’20

• Abdulla, A. The Circumstances of Change: Understanding the Bedford/Carter Exceptions to Vertical Stare Decisis, 78 UTFLR 1 (2020)

• Abdulla, A. “Correcting Corrections: Resolving Confusion Over the Public Correction Requirement in the Ontario Securities Act”. 62:3 Can Bus LJ 310 (2019)

Tom Collins, JD ’20

• Collins, T. Common Intentions: The Standard of Review for Standard Form Wills, 39 Est. Tr. & Pensions J. 138 (2020)

Sara Tatelman, JD ’20

• Tatelman, S. The Floor of “Frugal Comfort”: Eliminating Payment in Kind Deductions from Minimum Wage, winner of the CBA’s 2020 Law Student Essay Contest

Étienne Cloutier, JD '18

• Cloutier, É. "A Tale of Two Metaphors: A Narrative Take on the Canadian Constitution." McGill LJ 64 (2018): 447.

Kerry Sun, JD ‘18

• Sun, K. “International Comity and the Construction of the Charter’s Limits: Hape Revisited” (2019) 45 Queen’s LJ 115

• Sun, K. “Corrective Justice and the Unlawful Means Tort: Is There a Right to Trade?” (2019) 28 Dal J Leg Stud 167

Ellie Marshall, JD ‘18

• Marshall,  E. “Legitimate Invasions: Lessons from the History of Canadian Consumer Reporting Legislation”. 16 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 277 (2018)

Samuel Mosonyi, JD '18

• Mosonyi, S., "Sentencing Guidelines for Canada: A Re-Evaluation". (2017) 22 Can Crim L Rev 275.

• Mosonyi, S. and Baker, D. "Bylaw Battles: Explaining Municipal-Provincial and Municipal-Federal Win-Rates." (2016) Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vo. 25, Issue 2, p. 11-22.

Chantelle Van Wiltenburg, JD '18

Van Wiltenburg, Chantelle. "“The Center Cannot Hold”: Nation and Narration in American Indian Law." American Indian Law Review 47.1 (2023): 127. https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1767&context=ailr

Veenu Goswami, JD '17

• Goswami, V. "Algorithms, Expression and the Charter: A Way Forward For Canadian Courts", (2017) 7:1 online: UWO J Leg Stud 2.

Peter Roy Cotton-O’Brien, JD '17

• Cotton-O’Brien, P.R. “A Case for Uniformly Abolishing the Rule Against Perpetuities in Canadian Trust Law” (2017) 36 Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal 230-249.

Andrew Mihalik, JD '16

• Anand, A. and Mihalik, A. "Coordination and Monitoring in Changes of Control: The Controversial Role of “Wolf Packs” in Capital Markets." Osgoode Hall Law Journal 54.2 (2017): 377-396.

Drew Beesley, JD '15

• Beesley, D. "Back to Basics: Sentencing Objectives at the International Criminal Court." Impunity Watch L.J. 6 (2016): 6.