Jennifer Koshan
 ___________________________ Jennifer Koshan Telephone: (403)220-7329 |
B.Sc., LL.B (Calgary), LL.M. (British Columbia). Before joining the faculty in 2000, Professor Koshan 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. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of constitutional law, equality and human rights, state responses to violence, legal theory, and public interest advocacy. In 2004 Professor Koshan was awarded TUCFA's Community Service Award for her contributions to the equality seeking community. In April of 2010 Professor Koshan received a Students' Union Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes the outstanding achievement and contributions to students in the classroom by exceptional teachers. Professor Koshan served as the Associate Dean (Research) for four years and the Graduate Program Director for five years, until June 30, 2011. She is on a one-year research and scholarship leave July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. Professor Koshan will be spending 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.
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