Author Archives: Jassmine Girgis

About Jassmine Girgis

B.A. (Calgary); LL.B. (With Distinction) (Western); LL.M. (Cambridge); member of the Ontario Bar. Professor Jassmine Girgis joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary in 2008. Prior to the University of Calgary, Professor Girgis was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario. Professor Girgis teaches and researches in the areas of director and officer liability, corporate, commercial, contract and bankruptcy and restructuring law. In 2007, she received a Second Annual Lloyd Houlden Research Fellowship to undertake research in the area of director and officer liability to creditors during insolvency and in the fall 2008, she will be embarking on a cross-Canada tour to present her research findings. She also serves as the Academic Member of the editorial review board for the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals (CAIRP). Before joining Western, Professor Girgis was awarded the Paul Martin Scholarship, a full scholarship to undertake her graduate work at the University of Cambridge, where she graduated in 2006. Prior to that, she was the Silver Medalist in her graduating year from Western Law (2004) and served as the Law Clerk to the Honourable Mr. Justice J. Edgar Sexton of the Federal Court of Appeal in 2005. Her Bachelor of Arts was obtained at the University of Calgary.