The University of Alberta Faculty of Law’s loss (for now) is the Canadian judicial system’s gain. Russ Brown, who until recently was “merely” a professor of law (and an associate dean) is now Mr. Justice Russell  Brown, a judge of the trial division of Alberta’s Queen’s Bench.

From http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/ja-nj/2013/doc_32849.html

The Honourable Russell S. Brown, an associate counsel with Miller Thomson LLP and associate professor of law at the University of Alberta, is appointed a judge of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta …

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