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Adelina Iftene
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Associate Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
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Three weeks ago I started digging into Dalhousie's finances and ended up mostly with some hard questions. I have now spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to answer them.

If you wanted 8000 words assessing claims about one university's financial constraints, do I have a treat for you.
September 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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The latest issue (vol 61 no 3) of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal is now available on CanLII, with contributions by Kevin Banks, Nicholas Fraser, Colton Fehr, Adelina Iftene, Kim Brooks, C L Ostberg, Matthew Wetstein, Simon Wallace, Travis Dumsday, and more! #legalcommentary zurl.co/cGcwE
September 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Today I, along with over 40 law professors from across the country, sent an open letter to @advocates-soc.bsky.social urging them to reconsider their decision to cancel a planned keynote talk by Tareq Hadhad, a Syrian-Canadian who is widely known as the founder of @peacebychocolate.bsky.social.
We write to you as law professors from across Canada to express our profound disappointment in your decision to cancel a planned keynote address by Tareq Hadhad at your end-of-term dinner, ostensibly as a result of Mr. Hadhad's social media commentary which referred to the Israeli action in Gaza as a genocide. We feel no need to reiterate Mr. Hadhad’s impressive story as a refugee, entrepreneur, and general Canadian success story, as presumably these are the reasons you had planned to invite him in the first place. Likewise, there is no need to litigate the horrific human cost of the ongoing violence, as well as the volume of analysis, including from leading authorities on international law, that has concluded that the situation is appropriately described as genocide. However, we feel the need to write because we are deeply disturbed by the implications of this decision for your organization, and for the broader role of the legal community as a bulwark of democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. In the context of a rising global tide of authoritarianism, we have watched in horror as powerful democratic institutions in the United States, including major law firms and universities, have buckled to government demands that they align their speech and conduct with the whims of the President. In the majority of cases, those demands specifically targeted speech which was critical of Israel or otherwise supportive of Palestinian human rights. This trend has been consistent with a broader rise in anti-Palestinian racism, and efforts to remove Palestinian perspectives from the public discourse. Put simply, the willingness to defend pro-Palestinian expression has become the canary in the coalmine for an organization’s ability to effectively foster diverse perspectives, and ultimately, to act as a meaningful force for democratic values. It is disturbing to see that, faced with this test, the Advocates' Society has profoundly failed, and decided that the path of lea…
April 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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We are proud to share the publication of the first article of 56:1 by @adelinaiftene.bsky.social and Allison Hearns! Read the full article in Volume 56, Issue 1 of the OLR! rdo-olr.org/sentencing-v...
March 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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This is a friendly reminder about this year's Innis Christie Lecture in Labour and Employment Law, which is taking place on Thursday at 4:30pm. We hope to see you there!

For more information on the speaker and topic: www.dal.ca/faculty/law/...
March 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Tomorrow! Join us! All welcome!
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March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM