Rebecca Bromwich
Rebecca received her Ph.D. in 2015 from the Carleton University Department of Law and Legal Studies, and was the first ever graduate of that program. She was awarded a Carleton Senate Medal as well as the 2015 CLSA Graduate Student Essay Prize for her graduate work. Rebecca also has an LL.M. and LL.B., received from Queen’s University in 2002 and 2001 respectively, and holds a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Cincinnati. In 2018, Rebecca received a Certificate in Mediation from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. She received her MBA in 2022.
In addition to her several years teaching at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, Rebecca has taught at the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law, and at the University of Cincinnati. She has also been a columnist for the Lawyers Weekly and has authored and co-authored several legal textbooks for business managers, students and legal system practitioners, including lawyers, paralegals and police.
Rebecca has been an Ontario lawyer since 2003. She worked in private practice from 2003 – 2009, starting at a large firm, doing a wide range of litigation work. She also worked for six years as Staff Lawyer, Law Reform and Equality, to the Canadian Bar Association, then as a Policy Counsel with the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Subsequently, Rebecca did criminal prosecution work as a per diem Crown Attorney with the Ministry of the Attorney General in Ottawa.
Rebecca is a co-editor of Robson Hall Law School’s criminal law and justice blog: robsoncrim.com and is a research associate with the UK’s Restorative Justice for All Institute.
Rebecca is Chair of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Artificial Intelligence Working Group.
Rebecca is Senior Research Fellow, Restorative Justice for all International Institute, London, UK.
Her 2023 text on Corporate Social Responsibility and Law from Kendall Hunt is available at this link: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/corporate-social-responsibility-and-law-handbook
Research Interests
Rebecca’s research interests are in corporate social responsibility, ethics, and conflict resolution.