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Alana Klein is an Associate Professor at the McGill University Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Her research and teaching focus on health law, criminal law, and human rights, with particular attention to marginalized groups in decentralized systems and governance accountability.
- Education: JSD (Columbia, 2011), LLM (Columbia, 2005), BCL, LLB (McGill, 2002), BA (Concordia, 1997)
Her research integrates Canadian and comparative constitutional law, international law, and criminal law, examining intersections between public health and legal systems. She has explored topics such as HIV criminalization, cannabis policy reform, and social rights enforcement.
Her publications include analyses of proportionality in criminal law, jurisdictional challenges in health governance, and legal pluralism in human rights. She received a MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Grant in 2020 for her work on pandemic governance.
- Scientific Awards:
- McGill MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding (2020)
Klein has held positions at Columbia Law School and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour. She combines policy analysis with academic scholarship, particularly in health and human rights.
