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CURRICULUM VITAE—JOHN C KLEEFELD 1. Personal

University of New Brunswick PO Box 4400 Faculty of Law, 41 Dineen Drive Fredericton NB Canada S7N 5A6 office: (+1) 506.453.4635 cell: (+1) 506.260.5513 home: (+1) 506.451.9095 email: [email protected] skype: johnkleefeld twitter: @UNBKleefeld SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=1720949 web: http://www.unb.ca/kleefeld citizenship: Canadian spouse: Jean Louise Emmerson

2. Academic & Professional Credentials § BA (Honours Economics), University of Waterloo, 1991 § LLB, University of British Columbia, 1998 § LLM, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, 2002 § Member of Council, Law Society of New Brunswick, 2017– § Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan, 2010–2017 (practising) § Member, Law Society of British Columbia, 1999– (currently non-practising)

3. Employment, Appointments & Distinctions

3.1 University of New Brunswick § Professor (Tenured) and Dean of Law, July 2017–

3.2 University of Saskatchewan § Associate Professor, Tenured, July 2015–June 2017 § Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, October 2009 to June 2015

3.3 Leaves § Sabbatical leave, January 2016–December 2016

3.4 Distinctions, Honours, Fellowships, Scholarships § Dean’s List, University of Waterloo, 1990

§ The Advocate Prize for Legal Writing, University of British Columbia (UBC), 1996

§ Blake, Cassels and Graydon Prize in Canadian Constitutional Law, UBC, 1998

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§ Bruce McColl Memorial Prize in Alternative Dispute Resolution, UBC, 1998

§ Fraser & Beatty Prize for Best Corporate Law Essay, UBC, 1998

§ Visiting Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, 2009

§ University of Saskatchewan Provost’s Award for Outstanding Innovation in Learning, 2012

§ STLHE/Brightspace Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning, 2015

§ Teaching Fellow, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness (January–June, 2017)

3.5 Associate Memberships or Positions § Visiting Professor and Guest Lecturer, Principles of Civil Law, Libera Università Internazionale degli

Studi Sociali (LUISS) Guido Carli, Rome, Italy, October 2009

§ Chargé de cours, Responsabilité civile (Torts), Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de droit (Programme de common law et droit transnational), Sherbrooke, Quebec, 27 June–8 July 2011; 22 June–6 July 2012

§ Instructor, Advanced Dispute Resolution, Osgoode Professional LLM Program in ADR, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Toronto, Ontario, 20–23 September 2011; 18–21 September 2012

3.6 Previous Positions § President, Kleefeld Building Maintenance Ltd., Cambridge, 1982-87

§ Research Analyst, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Technology, Toronto, Jan-April 1988 (co-op term)

§ Project Officer, Ministry of Skills Development, Toronto, September-December 1988 (co-op term)

§ Teaching Assistant, Economics Department, University of Waterloo, 1989-90

§ Economic Analyst, Ontario Hydro, Toronto, 1989-91

§ Senior Planner & Hearings Analyst, Ontario Hydro, Toronto, 1991-93

§ Information & Privacy Coordinator, Ontario Hydro, Toronto (concurrent with above position)

§ Financial Analyst, BC Hydro, Vancouver, 1994-95 (contract positions)

§ Consultant, Vancouver, 1993-96

§ Articled Student, BC Gas Utility Ltd., Vancouver, April-August 1997 (summer articles)

§ Associate Lawyer, Branch MacMaster, Vancouver, 2000-02

§ Sole Practitioner, Kleefeld & Co., Vancouver, 2002-03

§ Articled Student and Associate Lawyer, Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver, 1998-2000; 2003-07

§ Small Claims Mediator, BC Provincial Court, 2004-09 (part-time, concurrent with other positions)

§ Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia, 2001-2005

§ Lecturer & Director, Legal Research & Writing Program, University of British Columbia, 2007-2009 § Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan, 2009–2016 § Associate Professor (Tenured), University of Saskatchewan, 2016–17

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4. Dissemination of Knowledge 4.1 University of New Brunswick Year Course/Activity Inst. Enrl. 2018–19 Law 1303—Foundations of Law Lec. 93 Law 2313—Professional Conduct Lec. 50 Coach, Canadian National Negotiation Competition (Renna Eliakis, Lucas MacArthur, Carolyn Suley, Fatima Zahra) 4 2017–18 Law 2313—Professional Conduct Lec. 32 Directed Research (Jennifer Davis: Interest Arbitration in New Brunswick) 1 Coach, Canadian National Negotiation Competition (Michael Carver, Jennifer Davis, Tony Granville, Vicki MacDonald) 4 4.2 University of Saskatchewan, Scheduled Instructional Activity Year Course Inst. Enrl. 2017 (T2) Law 498.3—Art of the Judgment Sem. 13 2015-16 Law 212.6—Tort Law Lec. 64 Law 430.3—Negotiation Lec. 20

Law 490.3—Saskatchewan Law Review (Noah Wernikowski: Examining the Exam—Use of the LSAT in Canadian Law School Admissions) 1

2014-15 Law 212.6—Tort Law Lec. 62 Law 498.3—Art of the Judgment Sem. 13

Law 490.3—Saskatchewan Law Review (Julia Kindrachuk: Statutory Immunity from Charter Damages: Ernst v Encana) 1 Law 495.3—Directed Research (Katherine Pocha: Internships at the 1 Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission) Law 495.3—Directed Research (Craig Mracek: Advanced Legal Writing) 1

First-Year Dispute Resolution Program Lec. 124 2013-14 Law 212.6—Tort Law Lec. 63 Law 498.3—Art of the Judgment Sem. 9

Law 490.3—Saskatchewan Law Review (James Steele: Four Venomous Scorpions: An Analysis of the Personal Relations of Justices Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas and Robert Jackson) 1

First-Year Dispute Resolution Program Lec. 126 2012-13 Law 212.6—Tort Law Lec. 62 Law 430.3 (Section 1)—Negotiation Lec. 20 Law 430.3 (Section 2)—Negotiation Lec. 19 First-Year Dispute Resolution Program Lec. 124 2011-12 Law 212.6—Tort Law Lec. 63 Law 430.3—Negotiation Lec. 20 Law 495.3—Directed Research (Adam North: Gambling class actions) 1 Law 490.3—Saskatchewan Law Review (Tyson Bull: A Tale of Two Class Actions) 1 First-Year Dispute Resolution Program Lec. 124

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Year Course Inst. Enrl. 2010-11 Law 212.6—Tort Law Lec. 61 Law 495.3—Directed Research (Sabina Arulampalam: Apology and the Law) 1 Law 490.3—Saskatchewan Law Review (Léa Lapointe: Readability in the Law) 1 First-Year Dispute Resolution Program Lec. 123 2009-10 Law 212.6—Tort Law Lec. 61 Law 430.3—Alternate Dispute Resolution Lec. 20 4.3 University of British Columbia, Scheduled Instructional Activity Year Course Inst. Enrl. 2008-09 Law 496A—Directed Research (Geoff Rawles: Law, Literature and Writing) 1 Law 495C—Directed Research (Christina Bulbrook: Women in the Judiciary) 1 2008-09 Law 430C.1—Advanced Legal Research Lec. 40 2008-09 Law 477D.1—Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Lec. 16 2008-09 Law 430D.1—Advanced Legal Research Lec. 15 2008-09 Law 430D.2—Advanced Legal Research Lec. 15 2008-09 Law 498—Mediation Advocacy Competition Sem. 4 2007-08 Law 430C.1—Advanced Legal Research Lec. 28 2007-08 Law 430C.2—Advanced Legal Research Lec. 46 2007-08 Law 477D.1—Negotiation & Dispute Resolution Lec. 15 2007-08 Law 430D.1—Advanced Legal Research Lec. 15 2007-08 Law 430D.2—Advanced Legal Research Lec. 15 2006-07 Law 170—Law in Context (Legal Profession) Lec. 200 2001-05 Law 435C.001—Mass Torts & Class Actions Lec. 15 4.4 University of Saskatchewan, Unscheduled Instructional Activity

2015-16 - Judge, Dentons Negotiation Competition

2014-15 - Judge, Dentons Negotiation Competition; Coach, ABA Negotiation Competition - Guest Lecturer, Negotiation Module, GSR 984—Thinking Critically (U of S, 9 March 2015) - Guest coach, Environmental Law Moot Team (U of S, 27 January 2015) - Mediator, International Commercial Mediation Competition (Practice Session)

2013-14 - Guest Lecturer, KIN 240—Pedagogy in Physical Setting (L. Gusthart, U of S, 19 March 2014) - Judge/Coach, Gale Cup Moot, U of S, 24 January 2014)

2012-13 - Guest Lecturer, KIN 240—Pedagogy in Physical Setting (U of S, 27 & 28 November 2012) - Cut it Out! Say More with Less—And Say it Better (LRW, F. Hoehn, U of S, 26 October 2012) - Judge, Fraser Milner Casgrain Negotiation Competition (U of S, 28 September 2012)

2011-12 - Judge, MacDougall Gauley Securities Moot (Practice Session) - Mediator, International Competition for Mediation Advocacy (Practice Session) - Academic Support Lecture, Tort Law

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2010-11 - Judge, Fraser Milner Casgrain Negotiation Competition (Local Round—U of S, October 2010) - Coach, ABA Negotiation Competition (Regional Round—Willamette University, November 2010) - Cut it Out! Say More With Less—And Say it Better (Open Workshop, U of S, November 2010) - Judge, International Competition for Mediation Advocacy (Toronto, March 2011) - Lecturer, Law 384.3—Civil Procedure (substitute instructor—March 2011)

2009-10 - Mediator, U of S Team, Canadian National Mediation Advocacy Competition

2008-09 - Faculty Advisor and Coach, UBC Team, Canadian National Mediation Advocacy Competition - Coordinator, First Year Curriculum & Competitive Moots, University of British Columbia

2006-07 - Supervising Lawyer, Law Students Legal Advice Program, Kitsilano Clinic and PWA Clinic - Judge, International Client Counselling Competition, Western Regional Rounds - Judge/Mediator, University of British Columbia Moot Court

4.5 Postgraduate Students—Committee or External Member Type Name Degree Subject Time Frame

Committee Sarah Buhler LLM Law (Clinical Legal Education)1 2010-2011

External Lee Todd MA Pol Sci (NGOs in Mediation)2 2011-2012

Committee Eleni Arvanitis LLM Law (Insolvency & Mass Torts)3 2012-2013 Committee4 Adam Hawboldt MFA English (Soju: A Novel) 2011-2013 Committee Adam North LLM Law (Ethics of Lawyers’ Billing) 2014-2015 External Wuraola Dasylva LLM ADR in Mergers & Acquisitions5 2017

4.6 New or Revised Teaching Materials Developed or Authored 2013-14 J. Kleefeld. Art of the Judgment: Online Materials 2011-13 J. Kleefeld. Tort Law: Supplementary Materials, U of S, 95 pp. 2010-11 J. Kleefeld and R. Hansen. Tort Law: Supplementary Materials, U of S, 169 pp. 4.7 Substantially Revised or New Courses Developed and Approved

§ Negotiating in Complex Environments: Business, Organizational and Public Disputes6 § Art of the Judgment7

1 S. Buhler, 2011. University of Saskatchewan, Painful injustices: Clinical legal education and the pedagogy of suffering. Online:

http://ecommons.usask.ca/handle/10388/etd-03232011-140745. 2 L. Todd, 2011. University of Saskatchewan, Non-governmental organizations in mediation: The case of Aceh.

Online: http://ecommons.usask.ca/handle/10388/ETD-2011-08-74. 3 E. Arvanitis-Zorbas, 2012. University of Saskatchewan, Resolving mass tort cases under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement

Act in Canada: learning from the United States experience. Online: http://ecommons.usask.ca/handle/10388/ETD-2012-11-882. 4 A. Hawboldt, 2013. University of Saskatchewan, Soju. Committee chair; thesis defended in August 2013. 5 W. Dasylva, 2012. University of Manitoba, Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes and Mergers & Acquisitions. 6 This course was intended to be a joint offering among the College of Law, Edwards School of Business, and Johnson-

Shoyama School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan, with seats allocated to JD, MBA and MPA students to provide a collaborative learning opportunity for students in all three schools. It was approved by the College of Law on 21 March 2011 but never offered in the original format due to resource constraints, chiefly in the MBA program.

7 New seminar approved by University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2013; commenced January 2014.

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4.8 Publications on Teaching & Learning8 § J. Kleefeld and D. Pohler, 2019. Teaching and Learning the Anchoring Effect. Brock Education: A

Journal of Educational Research and Practice (forthcoming).

§ J. Kleefeld and K. Rattray, 2016. Write a Wikipedia Article for Law School Credit—Really? Journal of Legal Education, 65:3, 597-621.

§ J. Kleefeld and P. Farnese, 2015. Incorporating a Creative Project in First-Year Law. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL through the Lenses of the Arts and Humanities), 6:2, Article 8.9

§ J. Kleefeld and M. Keet, 2011. Getting Real: Enhancing the Acquisition of Negotiation Skills Through a Simulated Email Transaction. Journal of Arbitration and Mediation, 1:2: 23-52.10

§ J. Kleefeld, 2010. Write Me a Memo. Canadian Legal Education Annual Review, 4: 217-228.11

§ J. Kleefeld, 2003. Rethinking ‘Like a Lawyer’: An Incrementalist’s Proposal for First Year Curriculum Reform. Journal of Legal Education, 53, 254-266.

4.9 Teaching & Professional Improvement Workshops, Conferences & Courses

§ Senior University Administrators Course, Centre for Higher Education Research & Development: Winnipeg, June 2015

§ Canadian Association of Law Teachers/Association of Canadian Clinical Legal Educators, Annual Conference: Victoria, June 2015

§ Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Annual Conference: Vancouver, June 2015

§ Canadian Association of Law Teachers/Congress, Annual Conference: Ottawa, June 2015

§ Sharing Academic Practices Fortnight, U of S, 2015 (presenter and attendee at various sessions)

§ Course Design Institute, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness, February 2013

§ 2d & 3d Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposia, Saskatoon, 2012-13

§ (Re)assessing Legal Education: Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, Oxford, 2012

§ “Learning Portfolios in Higher Education,” Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness, 2010

§ “Understanding and Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,” U of S, 2010

§ Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference: Victoria, 2010

§ Faculty Certificate Program on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, UBC, 2008-2009

§ Instructional Skills Workshop, Teaching & Academic Growth Department, UBC, 2007

§ Court Mediation Program, BC Dispute Resolution Practicum Society, 2004

§ Civil Mediation, Continuing Legal Education Society, 1998 (Fundamentals), 1999 (Advanced)

4.10 Teaching Awards or Recognitions

§ STLHE/Brightspace Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning (2015)

§ Provost’s Award for Outstanding Innovation in Learning (2011/2012)

§ Nominated for University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union Teaching Excellence Award (2011/12)

8 All publications listed here are refereed and are cross-listed under Category 5.2. 9 http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cjsotl_rcacea/vol6/iss2/8/. 10 http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934479. 11 http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934380.

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§ Nominated for New Teacher Award at University of Saskatchewan (2010/2011)

§ Nominated for George Curtis Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence (UBC) in 2007/2008

4.11 Other Teaching-Related Activities

§ Guest Lecturer, Law 170, Law in Context, UBC Faculty of Law, 2006/2007

§ Adjunct Professor, Law 435, Mass Torts and Class Actions, UBC Faculty of Law, 2001/02-2005/06

§ Guest Lecturer, Advanced Legal Research, UBC Faculty of Law, 1999/2000-2000/2001

§ Supervisor for Ms. Sandhya Kohli, Major Research Paper for LLM in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Osgoode Professional Development Program (Fall 2013)

§ Supervisor for Hon. William English, Major Research Paper for LLM in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Osgoode Professional Development Program (Spring 2013)

5. Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity 5.1 Books, Chapters in Books, Other Works

§ J. Kleefeld, 2016. “Concurrent Fault at 90: A History of Ontario’s Negligence Act and Canada’s Uniform Contributory Fault Act” in Eoin Quill and Raymond J Friel, Damages and Compensation Culture: Comparative Perspectives, Oxford: Hart, 2016) 217-299.12

§ J. Kleefeld, 2015. Editor and co-author, Dispute Resolution: Readings and Case Studies, 4th ed, Toronto: Emond Publishing.13

§ J. Kleefeld and R. Hayley, 2014. “Discovery, Trial and Relief Available” in J. Walker and G. Watson, eds, Class Actions in Canada: Cases, Notes and Materials, Toronto: Emond-Montgomery, 299-327.

§ J. Kleefeld and C. Piché, 2014. “Settlement” in J. Walker and G. Watson, eds, Class Actions in Canada: Cases, Notes and Materials, Toronto: Emond-Montgomery, 173-221.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2005, 2013. “Boilerplate” anthologized in James R Elkins, ed, Lawyer Poets and That World We Call Law, New York: Pleasure Boat Studio, 153-154.14

§ J. Kleefeld, 2013. Review of D. Nolan and S. Meredith, eds, OSCOLA: The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities, 4th ed, Oxford: Hart, 2012. Dalhousie Law Journal, 36,1: 269-280.15

§ J. Kleefeld, Homo legislativus: Missing Link in the Evolution of ‘Behaviour Modification’? in J. Kalajdzic, ed, Accessing Justice: Appraising Class Actions Ten Years After Dutton, Hollick & Rumley. Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2011, 169-217.16

§ J. Kleefeld, 2007. Review of R.P. Mulheron, The Modern Cy-Près Doctrine: Applications & Implications, London: UCL Press, 337 pp, 2007. The Canadian Class Action Review, 4:1: 203-10.17

§ J. Kleefeld, 2006. Review of A. Kaplan, Pension Law, Toronto: Irwin Law, 691 pp, 2006. The Advocate, 64: 865-70.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2002. Top of the Class: The Supreme Court of Canada’s Endorsement of Class Actions. Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.

12 See http://www.hartpub.co.uk/BookDetails.aspx?ISBN=9781849467971. 13 See http://www.emond.ca/dispute-resolution-readings-and-case-studies-4th-edition.html. 14 Originally, a peer-reviewed poem in The Dalhousie Review, a literary journal. See Category 12. 15 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2307897. 16 Simultaneously published in a special issue of the Supreme Court Law Review and cross-listed under Category 13. 17 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2185503.

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5.2 Publications in Refereed Journals18 § J. Kleefeld and D. Pohler, 2018. Teaching and Learning the Anchoring Effect. Brock Education: A

Journal of Educational Research and Practice (forthcoming).

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. Promoting and protecting apologetic discourse through law—A survey and critique. Oñati Socio-Legal Series (forthcoming).

§ J. Kleefeld and K. Rattray, 2016. Write a Wikipedia Article for Law School Credit—Really? Journal of Legal Education, 65:3, 597-621.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2015. The Contributory Negligence Act at Seventy. Saskatchewan Law Review, 78(1): 31-126.

§ J. Kleefeld and P. Farnese, 2015. Incorporating a Creative Project in First-Year Law. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: 6:2 (SoTL through the Lenses of the Arts and Humanities), Article 8.19

§ J. Kleefeld, 2013. The Donoghue Diaries: Lord Atkin’s Research Notes in Donoghue v Stevenson. Juridical Review, 3: 375-450.20

§ J. Kleefeld and M. Keet, 2011. Getting Real: Enhancing the Acquisition of Negotiation Skills Through a Simulated Email Transaction. Journal of Arbitration and Mediation, 2: 23-52.21

§ J. Kleefeld, 2010. Write Me a Memo. Canadian Legal Education Annual Review, 4: 217-228.22

§ J. Kleefeld, 2010. From Brouhahas to Brehon Laws: Poetic Impulse in the Law. Law and Humanities, 4: 21-61.23

§ J. Kleefeld and A. Kennedy, 2008. ‘A Delicate Necessity’: Bruker v. Marcovitz and the Problem of Jewish Divorce. Canadian Journal of Family Law, 24: 205-282.24

§ J. Kleefeld, 2007. Thinking Like a Human: British Columbia’s Apology Act. University of British Columbia Law Review, 40: 769-808.25

§ J. Kleefeld, 2005. Boilerplate. The Dalhousie Review, 85: 132-3. § J. Kleefeld and A. Srivastava, 2005. Resolving Mass Wrongs: A Command-Consensus Perspective.

Queen’s Law Journal, 30: 449-499.26

§ J. Kleefeld, 2003. Rethinking ‘Like a Lawyer’: An Incrementalist’s Proposal for First Year Curriculum Reform. Journal of Legal Education, 53, 254-266.27

§ J. Kleefeld, 2001. Class Actions as Alternative Dispute Resolution. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 39: 817-841.28

§ J. Kleefeld, 1998. Westcoast Energy Inc v NEB: Revisiting the Division of Powers Over Transportation, Communication & Resource Development. National Journal of Constitutional Law, 10: 69-113.29

18 Includes refereed articles on teaching and learning, cross-listed under Category 4.8. 19 Online: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cjsotl_rcacea/vol6/iss2/8/. 20 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2470647. 21 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934479. 22 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934380. 23 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1937496. 24 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1937546. 25 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1937545. 26 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2185407. 27 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2184556. 28 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2184536. 29 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2186682.

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5.3 Publications in Non-Refereed Journals & Blog Posts § J. Kleefeld, 2017. “The Wikipedia Manifesto” (17 January 2017) Educatus Blog.30

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “How Students Are Learning Medicine and Collaborative Skills, And Transforming Wikipedia” (24 January 2017) Educatus Blog.31

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “What Does It Mean to Say That “Anyone Can Edit” Wikipedia?” (31 January 2017) Educatus Blog.32

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “Wikipedia’s Gender Bias – and What Your Students Can Do About It” (7 February 2017) Educatus Blog.33

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “WikiProjects, Article Importance, and Article Quality: An Intimate Relationship – Part 1” (14 February 2017) Educatus Blog.34

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “WikiProjects, Article Importance, and Article Quality: An Intimate Relationship – Part 2” (28 February 2017) Educatus Blog.35

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “Creating Articles with Wikipedia’s ‘Requested Articles’ Feature” (14 March 2017) Educatus Blog.36

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “Wikipedia’s Ways of Knowing – Part 1” (11 April 2017) Educatus Blog.37

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “Wikipedia’s Ways of Knowing – Part 2” (30 May 2017) Educatus Blog.38

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. “Putting it All Together” (21 June 2017) Educatus Blog.39

§ J. Kleefeld, 2016. “Standard of Review: The Great Passion of Canadian Law?” (9 November 2016) Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine, Guest Blog.40

§ J. Kleefeld, 2015. Facets of Fairness: Kidd v Canada Life Assurance Company and the Approval of Class Action Settlements. The Canadian Class Action Review, 10:1-2: 33-80.41

§ J. Kleefeld, 2011. Homo legislativus: Missing Link in the Evolution of ‘Behaviour Modification’? Supreme Court Law Review, 53:2: 169-217.42

§ J. Kleefeld, 2010. Equity. Legal Studies Forum, 34:2: 587.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2008. Elegy to Six Who Heard. Legal Studies Forum, 32:2: 465-6.

§ J. Kleefeld and A. Ning, 2006. Invoking and Participating in Mediation in British Columbia. The Scrivener, 15: 30-2.

30 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/01/17/the-wikipedia-manifesto/. 31 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/01/24/medicine-and-wikipedia/. 32 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/01/31/what-does-it-mean-to-say-that-anyone-can-edit-wikipedia/. 33 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/02/07/wikipedias-gender-bias-and-what-your-students-can-do-about-it/. 34 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/02/14/wikiprojects-article-importance-and-article-quality-an-intimate-

relationship-12/. 35 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/02/28/wikiprojects-article-importance-and-article-quality-an-intimate-

relationship-22/. 36 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/03/14/creating-articles-with-wikipedias-requested-articles-feature/. 37 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/04/11/wikipedias-ways-of-knowing-part-1/. 38 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/05/30/wikipedias-ways-of-knowing-part-2/. 39 Online: https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2017/06/21/putting-it-all-together/. 40 Online: http://www.slaw.ca/2016/11/09/standard-of-review-the-great-passion-of-canadian-law/. 41 Tenth anniversary edition, in which the articles were reviewed by an expert guest editor. 42 Online: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2056046. Special edition, in which the articles were reviewed by an expert guest editor.

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§ J. Kleefeld, 2004. Administrative Tribunals and the Constitution: Reclaiming the Grail. Advocates' Quarterly, 29: 54-71.43

§ J. Kleefeld and T.S. Woods, 2004. Mediation by Regulation: The British Columbia Experience. The Expert and Dispute Resolver, 9: 22-24.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2004. Rhyme and Reason (sub nom The Dreadfulest Thing of All). The Advocate, 62: 351-63.

§ C. E. Jones and J. Kleefeld, 2002. Whiten v. Pilot: Safe Harbour for Punitive Contract Damages? The Advocate, 60: 507-17.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2002. Class Actions in Canada. For the Defense, 44:3; 60-1.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2000. Pinochet and Locobail: English Developments in the Law of Bias. The Advocate, 58: 851-65.

§ J. Kleefeld, 1999. Prince Jefri Bolkiah v. KPMG: House of Lords Holds Accountants to Solicitors’ Duty of Confidentiality in ‘Chinese Walls’ Case. The Advocate, 57: 223-34.

5.4 Invited Papers/Abstracts in Published Conference Proceedings

§ J. Kleefeld, 2001. ADR and Professional Regulation. Self-Governing Professions: Regulatory Issues. Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.

§ J. Kleefeld and W. Branch, 2000. Settling a Class Action (or How to Wrestle an Octopus). Proceedings from the Canadian Institute Conference on Litigating Toxic Torts and Other Mass Wrongs, December, Toronto, ON.

§ M. Baird and J. Kleefeld, 1999. The Charter and Administrative Law: Applicability, Jurisdiction and the Power to Grant Remedies. Charter Update 1999. Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.

§ J. Kleefeld and J. Wiltshine, 1999. The Business Cases: Corporate Claims Under the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms. Charter Update 1999. Vancouver: Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.

5.5 Contributed (Non-Invited) Papers/Abstracts in Published Conference Proceedings

§ J. Kleefeld and D. Pohler, 2014. Translating Academic Research into Classroom Pedagogy: Negotiator Cognition and Decision-Making Bias (4th Annual U of S SoTL Symposium).

§ J. Kleefeld, 2013. Ple@ Bargaining: Lessons Learned from Teaching Email Negotiation in the Criminal Justice Context (3rd Annual U of S SoTL Symposium).

§ J. Kleefeld and J. Narwal, 2013. Ple@ Bargaining: Lessons Learned from Teaching Email Negotiation in the Criminal Justice Context (6th Annual SoTL Commons, Savannah GA).

5.6 Book Reviews & Review Articles

§ J. Kleefeld, 2017. Review of E. Berry, Writing Reasons: A Handbook for Judges, LexisNexis, 158 pp, 2015. McGill Law Journal, 63:1, 191–199.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2011. Review of M. Chapman, The Snail and the Ginger Beer: The Singular Case of Donoghue v Stevenson, London: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill, 211 pp, 2010. Alberta Law Review, 49: 245-250.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2010. Review of G. Pun and M. Hall, The Law of Nuisance in Canada, Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 291 pp, 2010. The Advocate, 68: 767-71.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2010. Review of M. Benson, The Skills and Ethics of Negotiation, Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan, 588 pp, 2007, J. Macfarlane, The New Lawyer: How Settlement is Transforming the

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Practice of Law, Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 280 pp, 2008, and C. Hancyz, T. Farrow and F. Zemans, The Theory and Practice of Representative Negotiation, Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 322 pp, 2008. Saskatchewan Law Review, 73: 145-150.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2010. Review of G. Kennedy, Negotiation: An A-Z Guide, London: Profile Books, 256 pp, 2009. Arbitration, 76: 187-88.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2006. Review of J. Cassels and C. Jones, The Law of Large-Scale Claims: Product Liability, Mass Torts and Complex Litigation in Canada, Toronto: Irwin Law, 510 pp, 2005. University of British Columbia Law Review, 39: 233-38.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2006. Review of S. Kadri, The Trial: A History, from Socrates to O.J. Simpson, London: Random House, 459 pp, 2005. The Advocate, 64: 295-98.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2004. Review of Obiora Chinedu Okafor and Obijiofor Aginam, eds, Humanizing Our Global Order: Essays in Honour of Ivan Head, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 214 pp, 2003. The Advocate, 62: 933-35.

5.7 Invited Lectures and Invited Conference Presentations

§ J. Kleefeld, 2016. Settlement Advocacy Skills Workshop. Dispute Resolution Conference 2016, Vancouver, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 16 September 2016.

§ J. Kleefeld and J. Narwal, 2016. Getting (More) Real: Lessons from an Extended Simulated Email Negotiation in a Criminal Justice Context. Dispute Resolution Conference 2016, Vancouver, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 16 September 2016.

§ J. Kleefeld, 6 May 2016. The Apology Act Ten Years Later. Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica de Oñati (Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law), Gipuzkoa, Spain, 5-7 May 2016.

§ J. Kleefeld, 23 May 2014. Concurrent Fault at 90. Compensation Culture Conference, Limerick University, Limerick, Ireland, 22-23 May 2014.

§ J. Kleefeld and P. Farnese. 10 April 2014. Incorporating a Creative Component in First-Year Law. SoTL Through the Lenses of the Arts and Humanities Symposium, McMaster University, Hamilton.

§ J. Kleefeld, 3 May 2012. Email W@rs!!—Lessons Learned from Simulated Email Negotiations (Keynote Speaker for Conflict Resolution Saskatchewan Inc., Spring Conference 2012).

§ J. Kleefeld, 17 June 2011. What Happened in Mediation? Minimally Invasive Approaches to Adducing the Evidence. Canadian Conference on Judicial Mediation. Montreal, Quebec, 16-17 June 2011.

§ J. Kleefeld, 29 March 2011. Homo legislativus: Missing Link in the Evolution of ‘Behaviour Modification’? Accessing Justice: Appraising Class Actions Ten Years After Dutton, Hollick & Rumley. University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, March 28-29, 2011.

§ J. Kleefeld, 19 January 2011. Experiencing Dispute Resolution at the College of Law. Experiential Learning & Innovation Fair, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

§ J. Kleefeld, 3 May 2010. From Brouhahas to Brehon Laws: Poetic Impulse in the Law. Annual Western Canada Emerging Scholars Workshop, University of Saskatchewan College of Law.

§ J. Kleefeld, 21 January 2010. Thinking Like a Human: British Columbia’s Apology Act. Canadian Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Branch, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

§ J. Kleefeld, 27 October 2009. Class Actions—A Comparative Overview. Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS) Guido Carli, Rome, Italy.

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§ J. Kleefeld, 22 October 2009. The Command-Consensus Model of Dispute Resolution: An Application to Large-Scale Claims. Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio Chieti Pescara, Pescara, Italy and Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali (LUISS) Guido Carli, Rome, Italy.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2006. Rudd v Trossacs Investments Inc.: Should Mediators Ever Be Witnesses? BC Mediator Roster Society, September, Victoria BC.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2006. Rudd v Trossacs Investments Inc.: Should Mediators Ever Be Witnesses? Joint meeting of ADR and Civil Litigation Sections of Canadian Bar Association, May, Vancouver BC.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2006. Introduction speech for Thomas Woods (now Hon. Thomas Woods) on being awarded the University of British Columbia Alumni Award of Distinction, April, Vancouver BC.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2004. Class Actions: The Emerging Canadian Landscape. New Brunswick Branch of Canadian Bar Association, October, Fredericton New Brunswick.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2002. Statutory Research & Interpretation: The Value-Added Approach. Canadian Bar Association Legal Research Section meeting, February, Vancouver British Columbia.

5.8 Conferences Attended and Papers Contributed § J. Kleefeld. 25 May 2012. The Donoghue Diaries. Paisley Snail International Conference, Paisley.

§ J. Kleefeld and P. Farnese. 30 April 2012. Incorporating a Creative Component in First-Year Law. Second Annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium, Saskatoon.

§ J. Kleefeld and P. Farnese. 1 April 2012. Incorporating a Creative Component in First-Year Law. (Re)assessing Legal Education—47th Annual Conference of the Association of Law Teachers, Oxford.

§ J. Kleefeld and M. Keet, 21 June 2010. Cross-University Teaching & Learning: Responding to New Negotiation Realities. Transformation: Law as (Re)Discovery—Conference of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers, Victoria.

§ J. Kleefeld, 2004. Modern Responses to Mass Wrongs: A Command-Consensus Perspective. Tenth Int’l Social Justice Conference of the International Society for Justice Research, July, Regina.

§ CAREB/CAURA West Conference on TCPS II (25–27 November 2010, Saskatoon.) 5.9 Research Grant and Contract Information

§ Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) Research Fellowship, 2011 (“Are Judgments Readable?”)

§ Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness, 2010-2011 (“Pilot Project in Alternative Assessment for First-Year Law Students”)

5.10 Professional Practice

I have practice experience in civil law, utility regulation, pensions and benefits, and class actions. I have conducted trials and appeared before all levels of courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and have acted pro bono in a number of these cases. I also have experience as both a private and court-annexed mediator. Counsel work includes the following court and tribunal decisions: § Starovic v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2012 FC 827 § Withler v Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 12 § Canada (Attorney General) v Walsh, 2008 FCA 220 § Robinson v Robinson, 2006 BCSC 663, 54 CCPB 79, add’l reasons 2007 BCSC 408 § Kaburda v College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia, 2000 BCSC 16, (2000) 19 Admin LR (3d) 297 § AG Armeno Mines and Minerals Inc. v PT Pukuafu Indah (1999) 174 DLR (4th), aff’d 2000 BCCA 405

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5.11 Consulting Work Undertaken § Federation of Law Societies of Canada, National Committee on Accreditation—Tort Law

Examiner for Canada, appointed for a 5-year term in July 2015 (resigned in 2018)

6. Service to the University 6.1 Departmental and College Committees

§ Curriculum Committee, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law, 2010-2015 § Ethics and Discipline Committee, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law, 2011-2013 § Moot Review Committee, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law, 2012-2013

6.2 University Committees

§ Academic Program Task Force, University of Saskatchewan, (appointed March 2013)44 § Teaching, Learning and Academic Resource Committee, University of Saskatchewan, 2013-2014 § Teaching and Learning Committee, University Council, University of Saskatchewan, 2010-2013 (3-

year appointment; vice-chair in 2011-2012; chair in 2012-2013; oversaw merger of Teaching and Learning Committee and Academic Resources Committee in 2013)

§ Biomedical Research Ethics Board, University of Saskatchewan, 2010-2013 (three-year term) 6.3 Professional Offices and Committee Activity Outside University

§ Roster Mediator, Fee Mediation Program, Law Society of British Columbia, 2008-10 § Board Member, Western Canada Society to Access Justice, August 2007-March 2009 § Director, Western Canada Society to Access Justice, 2007-09 § Clinical Lawyer, Western Canada Society to Access Justice, 2006-08 § Vice-chair, Pensions & Benefits Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 2006-07 § Secretary, Pensions & Benefits Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 2005-06 § Pro Bono Law of British Columbia, Program Evaluator, 2005 § Provincial Court Mediator, Provincial Court of British Columbia, 2004-09 § Chair, Legal Research Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 2003-04 § Member, Legal Research Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 2000-02 § Vice-Chair, Legal Research Subsection, Canadian Bar Association, 2001-02 § Member, Assistant Editor, University of British Columbia Law Review, 1995-97

6.4 Public and Community Contributions

§ Executive Council Member, Law Students Legal Advice Program, UBC, 1997 § Clinician/Advocate, Law Students Legal Advice Program, UBC, 1995-98 § Emergency Aid Counsellor, Canadian Cancer Society, Vancouver BC, 1994-99 § Division Chair, Canadian Cancer Society, Vancouver BC, 1998-99

44 https://words.usask.ca/transformus/reports/. The task force reported on 30 November 2014.

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6.5 Peer Reviews § I have reviewed publications for Alberta Law Review, Canadian Bar Review, Canadian Legal Education

Annual Review, McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution, McGill Law Journal, Melbourne University Law Review, Queen’s Law Journal, Saskatchewan Law Review, Sydney Law Review, Journal of Law and Society, Teaching and Learning Inquiry, University of British Columbia Law Review, Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice and Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research

§ In August 2013, I served as the external reviewer of the English publications of Catherine Piché, in connection with her application for promotion to associate professor at l’Université de Montréal.

6.6 Disciplinary Decisions

§ In the matter of a complaint by Barbara von Tigerstrom regarding Individual Directed Research and by Michael Plaxton regarding Remedies and In the matter of [student name redacted] (7 June 2012) Decision and Report of the Hearing Board (University of Saskatchewan College of Law)45

§ Hearing of Alleged Breaches of the General Regulations on Conduct by [student name redacted] (merits: 26 February 2018; penalty: 28 April 2018) Report of the Board of Deans (University of New Brunswick)46

6.7 Media Requests

§ I respond from time to time to interview requests, story assistance or both. Examples in which I have worked closely with journalists are Chris Guly, “Legal database class action settlement nixed” (11 April 2014) 33:45 The Lawyers Weekly 3;47 Jeff Gray, “Why lawyers fees at centre stage in Money Mart case” (12 April 2011) The Globe and Mail, Law page;48 and Jacques Poitras, “Gallant government's judge-moving bill questioned by legal expert” (6 June 2016) CBC News (NB).49

45 Chair and primary decision writer in a serious academic offence hearing. 46 Chair and decision drafter in a serious non-academic offence hearing. 47 See http://www.lexisnexis.com/ca/legal/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5BXK-CGW1-DYH7-

R0F8&csi=281512&oc=00240&perma=true. 48 See http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/the-law-page/why-lawyers-fees-at-centre-stage-in-

money-mart-case/article577734/. 49 See http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/judges-bill-constitutionality-questioned-1.3617676.

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