Job Description

Osgoode Hall Law School at York University invites highly qualified applicants for a Full Professor position for the Osler Chair in Business Law. The Chair is for a term of five years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional five-year period. The successful applicant is expected to have the necessary qualifications to be appointed as a professorial tenured professor. This is an open tenure-track appointment to the Professorial Stream to commence July 1, 2027.The Osler Chair in Business Law is intended for an outstanding and established scholar. Fields of specialization for the Chair are corporate law, corporate governance, regulation of competition, securities regulation, business transactions, commercial law, banking law, and trade regulation. Preferred candidates for the Chair will be expected to provide leadership in teaching and research in the area of business law and be widely recognized in the business law field with a substantial record of original and significant published research.External candidates must satisfy the requirements for a tenured appointment at Osgoode Hall Law School in addition to the requirements for appointment to the Chair. At the conclusion of the term of the Chair, where the Chairholder was an external candidate, they will continue to hold a full-time tenured appointment at Osgoode Hall Law School.