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Brandon D. Stewart is a Lecturer at Monash University's Faculty of Law, affiliated with the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies (CLARS) and the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI). He holds visiting/adjunct roles at institutions like Sydney Law School and the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on tort law, access to justice, legal education, and empirical legal studies. He has practiced commercial litigation and served as a research fellow for Halton Community Legal Services.
Education:
- JSD in Law, Yale University (2020)
- LLM as a Fulbright Fellow, Yale Law School (2018)
- JD (Silver Medal), University of Ottawa (2013)
- BA (Honours, Gold Medal) in Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University (2010)
Research Interests: Dr. Stewart examines public authorities' climate liability, noise-related battery law, and community legal clinic innovations. His work bridges doctrinal analysis with empirical methods, addressing private law jurisprudence and pure economic loss liability. Recent projects include empirical studies on apex courts' private law decisions and post-Mallon pure economic loss doctrine in Australia.
Awards & Funding:
- Recipient of Fulbright Fellowship (2017)
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2019)
- Emerging Researcher Grant (2022)
- Supported by Legal Aid Ontario and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Teaching & Advocacy: Teaches Torts and Litigation/Dispute Resolution in Monash's JD/LLB programs. Co-founded Canada's first conference on 'Teaching Wellbeing in Law.' Committed to student success/wellbeing, integrating pedagogical innovations with legal scholarship.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with CLARS/ACJI on access-to-justice initiatives. Advises community legal clinics on service delivery models leveraging Legal Aid Ontario partnerships.
