Chair of Natural Resources Law
The Chair of Natural Resources Law was established through the generous donations from the Calgary legal community and a number of resources companies. The role of the holder of the Chair is to teach and conduct research in the areas of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law within the Law Faculty, and to interact closely with members of the legal profession engaged in practice in the field. Over the years an eminent scholar with an international reputation was appointed to the Chair.
In September 2002, Al Lucas accepted the first full-time appointment as Chair of Natural Resources law. During his six-year tenure as Chair, Lucas enhanced the relationship the Faculty of Law has with the profession and the natural resources community both locally and internationally. Professor Nigel Bankes (left) how now taken on the role as Chair of Natural Resources Law.
The first incumbent of the Chair was Professor Peter Cumming of Osgoode Hall Law School. Since that time, the Chair has been held by:
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Professor Alastair Lucas |
University of Calgary Law Faculty |
1979-81 |
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Professor Willis H. Ellis |
University of New Mexico |
1983 |
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Professor Owen Anderson |
University of North Dakota |
1984 |
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Professor Hans Jacob Bull |
University of Oslo and Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law |
1986 |
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Professor Eugene Kuntz |
acknowledged American oil and gas law expert |
1988 |
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Professor Richard Bartlett |
College of Law, University of Sask. |
1990 |
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Professor Adrian Bradbrook |
University of Adelaide, Australia |
1991 |
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Professor Lorne Giroux |
Laval University |
1992 |
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Dr. Albert Székely |
Mexico City |
1993 |
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Dr. Sandford D. Clark |
Melbourne, Australia |
1994 |
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Professor David E. Pierce |
Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas |
1995 |
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Dr. Leigh Hancher |
Erasmus University, Rotterdam |
1996 |
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Professor Alastair Lucas |
University of Calgary Law Faculty |
1997 |
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Andrew J. Roman |
Miller Thomson, Barristers & Solicitors |
1998 |
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Professor Noel Lyon |
Queen's University |
1999 |
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Professor Jamie Benidickson |
University of Ottawa |
2000 |
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Professor Eric R. Dannenmaier |
North-South Centre Environmental Law Program, |
2001 |
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Jay Todesco |
Alberta Energy Company |
2002 |
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Professor Alastair Lucas |
University of Calgary Faculty of Law |
2002-8 |
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Professor Nigel Bankes |
University of Calgary Faculty of Law |
2008- |