Joanna Langille

Joanna Langille is an Assistant Professor at the University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Law. Joanna’s research focuses on private international law, international trade law, private law, and legal theory.

Originally from Nova Scotia, Joanna has an undergraduate degree in philosophy and political science from the University of Toronto. As a Commonwealth Scholar, she obtained an MPhil in international relations at Balliol College, University of Oxford. She received her JD from NYU Law, where she studied as a Furman Scholar and an Institute for International Law and Justice Scholar. She completed her SJD at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law as a Trudeau Scholar and a SSHRC Bombardier Scholar.

Prior to her appointment at Western in 2018, Joanna was a Furman Fellow and an Institute for International Law and Justice Fellow at NYU School of Law. She has held visiting researcher positions at Yale Law School, the University of Groningen’s philosophy department, and the University of Toronto’s Munk School for Global Affairs. She has consulted for parties and authored amicus briefs in a variety of World Trade Organization and North American Free Trade Agreement disputes, and has worked with the World Trade Organization and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. Joanna clerked for the judges of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, and is licensed to practice law in New York and Ontario.