Liam Connelly

Mr. Connelly joined Athabasca in the spring of 2005 and currently teaches as a Tutor in Communications, Legal Studies, and Jurisprudence, and as an Academic Expert in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations. He holds a B.A. Honours in Legal Studies from Carleton University, with a focus on Law, Economy and History. Liam went back to his family's roots in Scotland where he studied Scots, English and European Law. He undertook his Articles and was called as a Barrister and Solicitor to the Bar of Alberta in 1998. He returned to the UK to undertake his Masters in Intellectual Property where he was awarded First for his Dissertation on The Inter Jurisdictional Treatment of Trademarks and Domain Names. That year he was awarded the Moraio Atoke Memorial Prize.

Mr. Connelly, as Senior Counsel lawyer at Corpus Juris Group advises small business in the areas of Intellectual Property, Privacy Law, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) issues and Employment Law and Wills and Estates. He worked in conjunction with Connelly Consulting for many years on legal / policy aspects of records and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) issues, for groups like the Edmonton Police Services and for Alberta Blue Cross. His current work also involves him in the realm of social justice issues dealing with AISH and CPPD and disability issues. His recent work also has him involved in the Alberta Law Commision, where he was involved in the report on Digital Wills and Digital Assets in Wills. He is involved in several non- profit boards and is a Proud Rotarian. He resides in St. Albert, Alberta.

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Research interests

• Law and Technology
• Law and Society

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Educational credentials

• BA Hons Law (Carleton)
• LL.B (Dundee)
• LL.M (Bucks - dist)

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Professional affiliations

• Member of the Law Society of Alberta