{{Short description|Canadian legal scholar}} '''Adam Dodek''' is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. His research focuses on public law, constitutional law, legal ethics, and the legal profession.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dodek, Adam |url=https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-law/common-law/faculty/dodek-adam |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=Faculty of Law - Common Law Section |language=en}}</ref> Dodek also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for CanLII.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=A Warm Welcome to Three CanLII Board Members |url=https://blog.canlii.org/2023/12/07/a-warm-welcome-to-three-canlii-board-members/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The CanLII Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Education and early career == Dodek completed his undergraduate education at McGill University and then attended Harvard Law School.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=About Me – Adam Dodek |url=https://adamdodek.com/?page_id=14 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=adamdodek.com}}</ref>
After completing law school, Dodek received a Fulbright Scholarship to research Israeli constitutional law while clerking at the Supreme Court of Israel.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was called to the bar in California, practiced in San Francisco, and then clerked for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<ref name=":1" /> He then returned to Canada and clerked for Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada.<ref name=":0" />
Following his clerkship at the Supreme Court of Canada, Dodek worked at Borden Ladner Gervais and later served as the Chief of Staff for the Attorney General of Ontario.<ref name=":0" />
== Research and teaching == Dodek joined the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law in 2008. He served as Vice Dean of Research from 2012 to 2014, and as Dean of the Common Law Section from 2018 to 2021. He is currently a Full Professor at the law school.<ref name=":0" />
Dodek has taught courses in public law, legal ethics, professional responsibility, torts, and a seminar on the Supreme Court of Canada.<ref name=":0" /> In 2012 he was awarded the Capital Educators Award as one of Ottawa's top teachers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian Bar Association - Professor Adam Dodek of University of Ottawa wins 2015 Walter Owen Book Prize |url=https://www.cba.org/News-Media/Press-Releases/2015/Prof-Adam-Dodek-of-University-of-Ottawa-wins-2015 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=www.cba.org}}</ref>
Dodek is the author of more than 50 articles and book chapters. His books include ''The Canadian Constitution, 3rd Edition'' (2024) and ''Solicitor-Client Privilege'' (2014), which won the Walter Owen Book Prize in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Dodek |url=https://www.osgoodesociety.ca/book-author/adam-dodek/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History |language=en-US}}</ref>
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