Prof. Stephen Waddams appointed University Professor

Prof. Stephen Waddams has just received the University's highest honour:  appointment as a University Professor.  This honour is a great testament to Stephen's remarkable scholarly career and his foundational contributions to legal scholarship in Canada and beyond.

From the University of Toronto Bulletin:

A specialist in private law, legal theory and legal history, Waddams holds the Goodman/Schipper Chair at the Faculty of Law where he has been teaching since 1968. Author of numerous books, law review articles and notes, his published books are landmarks in their respective fields and include the seminal treatise The Law of Contracts, cited consistently by courts in Canada and beyond since it was published in 1977. In addition to his legal scholarship, Waddams' contributions to law reform have been exceptional in their quality, number and importance, having served as director, co-director and research director for several influential Ontario law reform commission reports. Waddams has received numerous honours during his career including the David W. Mundell Medal awarded annually by the attorney-general to an Ontario writer for distinguished contributions to law and letters. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was appointed to the first named chair at the Faculty of Law.

Chosen in recognition of unusual scholarly activity and pre-eminence in a particular field of knowledge, University Professors receive a modest research stipend for five years and retain the title until retirement when it becomes University Professor Emeritus. The number of active University Professors, according to the selection procedures, should not exceed two percent of tenured faculty. The late Northrop Frye, one of the 20th century's pre-eminent English scholars and literary critics, was the first faculty member to receive the honour in 1967.