Christopher Essert

Christopher Essert, BA (McGill), JD (Toronto), LLM, JSD (Yale Law School) is a Professor at the Faculty of Law and the Associate Dean of the JD Program. He teaches and researches in private law, property and tort theory, and legal and political philosophy.

He is the author of Property Law in the Society of Equals (Oxford University Press, 2024). His work has appeared in journals including Philosophy & Public Affairs, Legal Theory, Law & Philosophy, Jurisprudence, the McGill Law Journal, and the University of Toronto Law Journal. 

Professor Essert serves as a member of the International Advisory Panel for the American Law Institute’s project on the Restatement of the Law (Fourth), Property and has  participated in consultations regarding the National Housing Strategy. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the School of Cities.

Prior to joining the UofT Faculty of Law, Professor Essert was Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University, and a Visiting Professor at UCLA School of Law. He also served as law clerk to Justice Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada, and articled at Paliare Roland LLP.