Stephen Smith

BSc (Alta 1999), JD (Queen’s 2003), LLM (Harv 2005)
Barrister and Solicitor of the Province of Alberta (Canada 2005)

I was appointed a Senior Lecturer in the faculty in 2011.

Born, raised and educated in the Great White North of Canada, I obtained my first law degree from a university that was founded in the middle of the nineteenth century by immigrants proud of their Scots heritage—not from Otago, but from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Subsequent to that, I served as a clerk to the justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. In 2005, I was admitted to the bar as a barrister and solicitor in the Province of Alberta.  Along the way, I also worked in the litigation department of a large multinational law firm and earned my Masters of Law degree from Harvard Law School. In 2005, I was a Visiting Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

Research Interests

International criminal law, international humanitarian law, comparative constitutional law, criminal law, evidence, church & state, legal history

Availability to students : Open door policy—drop by Room 8.N.6 or e-mail/phone to set up an appointment

Contact Details

Tel: 03 479 8851
Office: 8th Floor - 8N6 Richardson Building
Email: stephen.smith@otago.ac.nz

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