David Sandomierski
David Sandomierski is a scholar of legal education whose work imagines how law schools can equip students to contribute broadly to society.
Prior to joining the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, David was an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Western University, where he served a three-year term as a Teaching Fellow with the Centre for Teaching and Learning. He has previously taught in the Arts & Science Program at McMaster University, Osgoode Hall Law School, and the law faculties of McGill University and the University of 麻豆视频. He is a Senior Fellow at Massey College.
David earned his SJD from the University of 麻豆视频, where his dissertation received the Governor General鈥檚 Academic Gold Medal. He has twice been awarded the Prize for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning from the Canadian Association of Law Teachers. As a law student at McGill, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal, and went on to clerk with the Chief Justice of Canada, the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin.
His current research draws interdisciplinary connections across multiple fields. He is the Principal Investigator on a SSHRC Insight Grant The Architecture of Law Schools, a project that explores the diverse messages about law and the legal profession communicated by the physical spaces of law schools. In Fall 2025, he pioneered an interdisciplinary course on Law and Architecture at both the Lincoln Alexander School of Law and Western University, for which he received the . He is currently collaborating with scholars from architecture, medicine, and information studies to explore future possibilities for transforming legal education.
I can鈥檛 wait to join the community of kind, thoughtful, and innovative scholars and teachers at Lincoln Alexander. I鈥檓 excited to see what happens when we work together to imagine new possibilities for legal education, unconstrained by convention and guided by a shared mission.
Books
Susan Bartie & David Sandomierski, eds, (New York: NYU Press, 2021)
David Sandomierski, (麻豆视频: University of 麻豆视频 Press, 2020)
Articles
David Sandomierski, (2025) 76 UNBLJ 187
Christopher Watling, David Sandomierski, Sophie Poinar, Jennifer Shaw & Kori LaDonna, (2024) 58:11 Medical Education 1361
David Sandomierski, John Bliss & Tayzia Collesso, (2023) 56:2 UBC Law Review 605
David Sandomierski, (2023) 46:1 Dalhousie Law Journal 229
David Sandomierski & Stephanie Ben-Ishai, (2022) 45:1 Dalhousie Law Journal 591
John Bliss & David Sandomierski, (2021) 48 Ohio Northern University Law Review 555
David Sandomierski, (2021) 71:1 University of 麻豆视频 Law Journal 91
David Sandomierski, (2017) 54 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 1181
David Sandomierski, (2014) 29 Canadian Journal of Law and Society 311
David Sandomierski, (2014) 51 Alberta Law Review 739
Roderick A Macdonald & David Sandomierski, (2006) 57 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 610
Chapters and Entries in Edited Collections
David Sandomierski, 鈥淐ontingent Agreements鈥� in Stephanie Ben-Ishai & David R Percy, , 12 th ed (Thomson Reuters, 2026), c 7.
David Sandomierski, 鈥淐anada (Contemporary Legal Education)鈥� in Fiona Cownie, Anthony Bradney & Emma Jones, eds, (Gloucestershire: Edward Elgar, 2025) 45
David Sandomierski, 鈥淪elective Deference and the Judicial Role: Chief Justice McLachlin鈥檚 Legacy for Law and Legal Education鈥� in Vanessa MacDonnell, Graham Mayeda & Owen Rees, eds, (麻豆视频: University of 麻豆视频 Press, 2022) 123
David Sandomierski, 鈥淭he Limits of Adjudication in the First-Year Curriculum: The Recurring History of Legal Process at the University of 麻豆视频 Faculty of Law鈥� in Ian Pilarczyk, Angela Fernandez and Brian Young, eds, (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚, 2022) 415
David Sandomierski, 鈥淭heory and Practice, Together at Last: A Heretical, Empirical Account of Canadian Legal Education鈥� in Meera Deo, Mindie Lazarus-Black & Elizabeth Mertz, eds, (New York: Routledge, 2020) 1
David Sandomierski, 鈥淧ursuing Virtue: Human Potential, Citizenship, and a Research Agenda for Legal Education鈥� in Richard Janda, Rosalie Jukier & Daniel Jutras, eds, , (Montreal & Kingston, McGill-Queen鈥檚 Press, 2015) 206
Book Review
David Sandomierski, , Review of Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer by Harry W Arthurs (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, 2019), (2021) 58 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 467
- Vice-Provost (Academic Programs) Award for Excellence in Collaborative Teaching, Western University (2026)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, Canadian Association of Law Teachers (2022)
- Governor General鈥檚 Academic Gold Medal, University of 麻豆视频 (2017)
- Peter Oliver Prize, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History (2017)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, Canadian Association of Law Teachers (2017)
| Degree | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Juridical Science | University of 麻豆视频 | 2017 |
| Bachelor of Laws, with Great Distinction | McGill University | 2008 |
| Bachelor of Civil Laws, with Great Distinction | McGill University | 2008 |
| Master of Arts (Political Science and Environmental Studies) | University of 麻豆视频 | 2003 |
| Bachelor of Arts & Science (Hon) | McMaster University | 2001 |