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Stephanie Ben-Ishai

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Stephanie Ben-Ishai
Academic background
EducationLLB., Osgoode Hall Law School
LLM., 2003, Harvard Law School
ThesisGender, consumer bankruptcy, and marital debt in Canada: drawing on the American experience (2003)
Academic work
InstitutionsOsgoode Hall Law School

Stephanie F. Ben-Ishai is a Canadian lawyer. She is a Distinguished Research Professor and full professor at Osgoode Hall Law School Osgoode Hall Law School. She was a Fulbright fellow and has authored or co-authored numerous books on insolvency, contract law, and corporate and commercial law.

Early life and education

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Upon graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School with her LL.B, Ben-Ishai served as a law clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario to Chief Justice McMurtry, Justice Laskin and Justice Sharpe.[1] She also practiced law at Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt law firm[1] before earning her LLM at Harvard Law School with a Fulbright fellowship.[2]

Career

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In 2003, Ben-Ishai joined the faculty at her alma mater, Osgoode Hall Law School.[1] By 2006, she was promoted to Associate Professor[3] and received the Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Summer Research Fellowship.[4] She also worked as a visiting professor at the University of Toronto and Monash University Faculty of Law.[5] During the following academic year, she received the Osgoode Hall Leave Fellowship for 2008-09[6] and later earned an INSOL International Scholar appointment.[7]

In 2010, she worked as a visiting professor at Monash University Law School and the University of Florida UF Levin College of Law.[5] On April 7, 2015, Ben-Ishai received an Osgoode Hall Research Fellowships to complete a project on student loan debt.[8]

Ben-Ishai took a sabbatical during the 2018–19 academic year and served as the Thomas Feeney Visiting Professor of Business Law at the University of Ottawa.[9] On June 21, 2019, Ben-Ishai was appointed a York University Distinguished Research Professor "in recognition of her exceptional scholarly achievements and substantial impact on the field of bankruptcy law."[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Annual Report: 2003-2004". digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca. 2004. p. 6. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Quest for Truth". digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca. Winter 2004. p. 28. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Annual Report: 2006-2007". digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca. 2007. p. 6. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Annual Report: 2005-2006". digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca. 2006. p. 7. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Stephanie Ben-Ishai". law.utoronto.ca. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Annual Report: 2007-2008". digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca. 2008. p. 5. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Annual Report: 2008-2009". digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca. 2009. p. 4. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  8. ^ "Professors Stephanie Ben-Ishai and Ruth Buchanan awarded Osgoode Hall Research Fellowships". osgoode.yorku.ca. 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "Stephanie Ben-Ishai". commonlaw.uottawa.ca. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "Stephanie Ben-Ishai Honoured as York University Distinguished Research Professor". dwpv.com. June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2020.