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Shelley McGill is a professor in the Policy and Law area of the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University and adjunct faculty at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She is a lawyer holding a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Western University and a Master of Laws (LLM) from York University. Professor McGill is a member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario and was a partner in the firm of Sims Clement Eastman prior to joining Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a Deputy Judge of the Ontario Small Claims Court, a division of the Superior Court of Justice and an author of The Law and Business Administration in Canada, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th editions.
Professor McGill has published more than 20 academic journal articles and has received distinguished article awards from the American Business Law Journal and the Journal of Legal Studies Education. The International Academy of Legal Studies in Business named Professor McGill as a finalist for the Holmes Cardozo Research Award in 2015. She has designed and implemented dispute resolution processes for organizations including the Better Business Bureau and Kitchener Small Claims Court.
At the Lazaridis School, Professor McGill has served as Director of Undergraduate Business Programs and thereafter, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Business Programs. Professor McGill teaches Business Law in the BBA, MBA and MIPP programs.
Business law , consumer protection and access to justice. In 2012, Professor McGill was awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant to study access to justice in small claims court.
- 2019 Cited in the Supreme Court of Canada case of TELUS v Wellman (2019) SCC 19 (dissenting opinion)
- 2015 Holmes Cardozo Research Award Finalist.
- 2013 Best Paper Presentation Award, 2013 Conference of the Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
- 2012 Faculty Merit Award, Wilfrid Laurier University.
- 2012 Distinguished Proceedings Paper, 2012 Annual Conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
- 2012 SSHRC Insight Development Grant
- 2011 Outstanding Employment Law Paper, 2011 Annual Conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
- 2010 Distinguished Article Award, American Business Law Journal.
- 2009 Faculty Merit Award, Wilfrid Laurier University.
- 2008 Distinguished Article Award, Journal of Legal Studies Education.
- 2016 McGill, S., "Business Dominance in The "People's Court": An Empirical Assessment of Business Activity in the Toronto Small Claims Court" 33 Windsor Y.B. Access J. Vol 33 pp. 69 - 115.
- 2015 McGill, S., "The Evolution of Small Claims Court: Rising Monetary Limits and Use of Legal Representation" 32 Windsor Y. B. Access J. Vol. 32 p 173 - 213.
- 2014 McGill, S., “This is the Law that National Money Mart Built: One Company’s Role in Constructing Canadian Consumer Arbitration Law” Canadian Business Law Journal, Vol. 55, pp. 1 - 30.
- 2014 McGill, S. & Tracey, A.M., "The Next Chapter: Revisiting The Policy in Favor of Arbitration in the Context of Effective Vindication of Statutory Claims" Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol 31(3), pp. 547 - 577.
- 2013 McGill, S., “The Social Network and the Legal Environment of Business: An Opportunity for Student Centered Learning” Journal of Legal Studies Education, Vol. 30(1), pp. 45 – 97.
- 2012 McGill, S., “Is it Worth the Paper it’s Written On? The Search for an Improved Model for Small Claims Court Judgment Enforcement” Journal of Legal Studies in Business, Vol. 17, pp. 1 – 26.
- 2011 McGill, S. and Baetz, M., “Technology Use Codes of Conduct: Is it a Choice Between Shaping the Organizational Culture and Effective Legal Enforcement?” Employee Rights & Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 15(2) pp. 379 – 410.
- 2011 McGill, S., “Consumer Arbitration After Seidel v. TELUS” Canadian Business Law Journal, Vol. 51(2), pp. 187 - 210.
- 2010 McGill, S., "Consumer Arbitration Clause Enforcement: A Balanced Legislative Response" American Business Law Journal, Vol. 47, pp. 363 - 411 .
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