New Faculty Hire - Miriam Cohen

The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Miriam Cohen, as an Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2015.

Miriam comes to us from the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where she has worked as a staff lawyer since January 2011. Prior to this, Miriam worked at the International Criminal Court and at an international law firm in Montreal. Miriam is currently completing her doctoral studies with Leiden University, having received the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies award for doctoral studies. She will defend her thesis entitled “Civil dimensions of international criminal justice” later this year.

Miriam received her Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School in June 2009, [recipient of the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and John Peters Humphrey Scholarship] a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Cambridge University, UK in June 2008 (public international law and criminal law) and [recipient of The Right Honourable Paul Martin Sr. Scholarship] as well as both a Master of Laws (law and technology and business law) and LL.B. from the Université de Montréal, 2010 and 2006 respectively.

Miriam’s primary teaching and research interests include human rights, environmental law, public and private international law, international criminal law, alternative dispute settlement, international organizations, criminal law and procedure and comparative law. Miriam’s publications have appeared in law journals in Canada, the United States and Brazil. Miriam is a member of the Quebec Bar since 2009.