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Mohammad Fadel

Professor

Faculty of Law

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Law
  • 416-946-0589 (Work)
  • University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Jackman Law Building, Room J484, 78 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C5, Canada

BIO

Mohammad H. Fadel is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Law, which he joined in January 2006. Professor Fadel wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on legal process in medieval Islamic law while at the University of Chicago and received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. Professor Fadel was admitted to the Bar of New York in 2000 and practiced law with the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York, New York, where he worked on a wide variety of corporate finance transactions and securities-related regulatory investigations. Professor Fadel also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer of the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the Honorable Anthony A. Alaimo of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Professor Fadel has published numerous articles in Islamic legal history and Islam and liberalism.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2006 - present
  • Canada Research Chair in the Law and Economics of Islamic Law
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Toronto, Canada1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2015
  • Visiting Professor
    Stanford University, Law School, Stanford, United States1 Apr 2021 - 30 Jun 2021
  • Kraemer Distinguished Scholar in Residence
    William & Mary College, Williamsburg, United States6 Feb 2018 - 7 Feb 2018
  • Hauser Global Visiting Professor of Law
    New York University, School of Law, New York, United States1 Sep 2013 - 31 Dec 2013
  • Visiting Professor of Law
    University of Virginia, School of Law, Charlottesville, United States2011 - 2020
  • Visiting Professor of Law
    National University of Singapore, School of Law, Singapore, SingaporeAug 2010 - Aug 2010
  • Visiting Professor of Law
    Notre Dame University, Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, United StatesApr 2010 - Apr 2010
  • Adjunct Instructor
    University of Virginia, Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, Charlottesville, United States1996 - 1996
  • Arabic Instructor
    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States1994 - 1995
  • Arabic Instructor
    Middlebury College, Summer Arabic Program, Middlebury (village), United States1993 - 1993

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate
    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP2001 - 2005
  • Judicial Clerk
    United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit2000 - 2001
  • Judicial Clerk
    United States District Court for the Southern District of Georiga1999 - 2000

DEGREES

  • JD
    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States1999
  • PhD
    University of Chicago, Chicago, United States1995
  • BA
    University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States1988

AVAILABILITY

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  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

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