Randal Graham | |
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 Randal Graham in 2021. | |
| Born | Randal N.M. Graham Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Occupation(s) | Law scholar, lawyer, novelist |
| Employer | The University of Western Ontario |
Randal Graham is a Canadian law professor, novelist, and the Goodmans LLP Faculty Fellow in legal ethics at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law. [1]
Originally from Peterborough, Ontario, [2] Graham earned a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy from the same institution in 1999. [1] While completing his dissertation, Graham worked under the supervision of Peter Hogg, for whom he had worked as a research assistant throughout his time in the LL.B. program. [3]
From 1996 to 1997, Graham clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada under Mr. Justice John Sopinka after which he practised commercial law at Goodmans LLP. [1] He served as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick before coming to the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law in 2002, soon earning tenure and full professorship. [1] In 2005, Graham was named "Faculty Scholar" for the international impact of his research. [1] He has won awards for outstanding teaching, including the Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching, Western University's highest teaching-related honour. [1] [4] [5]
In 2016, Graham testified in front of the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Senate of Canada regarding Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying) relating to euthanasia in Canada. [6]
In 2017, Graham published his first novel, Beforelife, [7] followed by its sequel, Afterlife Crisis, in 2020. [8] Raoul Bhaneja narrated the audiobook version of Afterlife Crisis. [9] The third novel of the trilogy, Nether Regions, was released in September 2022. [10]
Beforelife won the Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for Fantasy Fiction. [11] Both Beforelife and Afterlife Crisis were top ten finalists for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. [12] [2] [13]
Singer-songwriter, Treasa Levasseur, described Graham's Afterlife Crisis for CBC Radio The Next Chapter (radio program) as ". . . a sprawling, intellectual yet humorous book - like if Life of Brian by Monty Python was 14-and-a-half hours long and was written by a law professor at Western University." [9]
Heather McBriarty of The Miramichi Reader described Graham's Nether Regions as ". . . a hilariously thought-provoking romp of a book in the finest tradition of Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, and Terry Pratchett. [14] McBriarty noted, "Graham draws from both today's headlines and ancient myths to create a world like no other, and never hesitates to ask huge philosophical questions in the most outlandish of settings." [15]
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