Jennifer Koshan
Associate Professor
B.Sc., LL.B (Calgary), LL.M. (British Columbia)
Member of the Alberta bar.
Jennifer is on a one-year research and scholarship leave July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
Office: MFH4311
Telephone: 403.220.7329
Email: koshan@ucalgary.ca
Before joining the Faculty in 2000, Jennifer practiced for several years in the Northwest Territories as Crown counsel, and worked as the Legal Director of the B.C. branch of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), a non-profit equality rights organization. Jennifer served as Graduate Program Director from 2006-2011, and as Associate Dean (Research) from 2007-2011.
Jennifer's teaching interests are in the areas of constitutional law, equality and human rights.In April of 2010 Jennifer received a Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes the outstanding achievement and contributions to students in the classroom by exceptional teachers.
Jennifer's research interests are in the areas of constitutional law, equality and human rights, state responses to violence, legal theory, and public interest advocacy. She spent the fall 2011 term at New York University as a Global Research Fellow, conducting a comparative study of specialized domestic violence courts in Calgary and New York.
In 2004 Jennifer was awarded TUCFA's Community Service Award for her contributions to the equality seeking community. Jennifer regularly sits on LEAF case subcommittees, is a member of the Equality Effect's 160 girls volunteer legal team, and is a founding member of the Women's Court of Canada.
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