Preston Jordan Lim
Assistant Professor of Law
Biography
Preston Jordan Lim is an assistant professor of law at ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ University Charles Widger School of Law. His teaching and research interests include public international law – particularly China’s relationship with the international legal system – and comparative constitutional law, with a focus on Canadian constitutional interpretation. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in general law reviews such as theÌýUniversity of British Columbia Law ReviewÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýQueen’s Law JournalÌýas well as in specialist law reviews such as theÌýCornell International Law JournalÌýand theÌýAsia-Pacific Law & Policy Journal. He has also written extensively for newspapers and popular outlets, ranging from theÌýGlobe and MailÌýtoÌýLawfare.
Lim holds an AB (summa cum laude) from Princeton University, a Master in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University, where he studied as a Schwarzman Scholar, and a JD from Yale Law School. He has served as a Policy Advisor to the Honourable Erin O’Toole—then foreign affairs critic in Canada’s House of Commons—as well as a law clerk to the Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and to Chief Justice Richard Wagner of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Practice Experience
- Judicial Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Canada (Office of the Registrar)
- Judicial Law Clerk, Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Summer Student,ÌýMcCarthy Tétrault - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Policy Advisor to The Honourable Erin O'Toole, Parliament of Canada
Recent Publications
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A modest and principled proposal for civil justice reform in Ontario, Article, Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, August 2024
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Nourishing the Living Tree: Vincent MacDonald and His Constitutional Thought, Article, Dalhousie Law Journal, July 2024
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A History of Law in Canada, Volume Two: Law for a New Dominion, 1867–1914, Book Review, Saskatchewan Law Review2024
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Sino-Canadian Relations and the Securitization of Domestic Law, Article, Revising to Resubmit2024
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Broadcast Media, National Committee on US China Relations, May 2024
Recent Presentations
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'Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop', The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade., Osgoode Society for Legal History, Online. September 2024
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'Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, Annual Meeting 2024', Nourishing the Living Tree: The Constitutional Thought of Vincent MacDonald, Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia. May 2024
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'Conflict, Cooperation and Commemoration: Examining Interactions in the Past', Nourishing the Living Tree: Vincent MacDonald and his Constitutional Thought., Tri-History University Conference, University of Guelph. March 2024
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'15th Annual Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation Originalism Works-in-Progress Conference', "The Great Depression and Canada’s Originalist Decade", University of San Diego School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law. February 2024
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'Junior International Law Scholars Association Annual Meeting', The Xinjiang Forced Labor Crisis and the Future of International Labor Law , Cornell Law School/Junior International Law Scholars Association, Cornell Law School. January 2024
Office:ÌýRm 237, John F. Scarpa Hall
Phone:Ìý610-519-6526
Fax:Ìý610-519-6837
Courses and Seminars
- China and International Law
- Constitutional Law II
- Public International Law
Education
- Yale Law School, JD
- Schwarzman Scholars, Master of Global Affairs
- Princeton University, AB (Near Eastern Studies)