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Richard A. Haigh serves as Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, while holding dual leadership roles as Director of York’s Centre for Public Policy and Law and Co-Director of the Part-Time LLM program in Constitutional Law. Previously, he was Associate Director of the Graduate Program at Osgoode Professional Development until December 2007, with earlier experience as Senior Lecturer at Deakin University (Melbourne), Senior Advisor at the National Judicial Institute (Ottawa), and Legal Research and Writing Lecturer at Osgoode.
His research centers on Constitutional Law, Public Law, and Equity and Trusts, with specialized focus on freedom of conscience and religion intersections in legislative policy. Key investigations include whistleblowing frameworks, dialogue theory applications, freedom of expression in noise by-law contexts, federalism dynamics, Charter rights analysis (particularly sections 2, 7, 15), and empirical studies of Supreme Court interveners. His work consistently bridges theoretical constitutional principles with practical governance challenges.
Publications reflect concentrated expertise in Canadian constitutional interpretation, notably the 2015 chapter on statutory interpretation within Emond's Public Law framework. His scholarship demonstrates recurring engagement with judicial reasoning processes, religious liberty tensions, and institutional roles in constitutional dialogue.
Professor Haigh actively supervises LLM candidates in constitutional matters, emphasizing federalism, Charter rights implementation, and intervention strategies before appellate courts. His directorship of the Centre for Public Policy and Law cultivates interdisciplinary collaboration on pressing legal-policy intersections, including legislative drafting standards and judicial review mechanisms.
