Professor Tom Johnson is a Co-Director of Osgoode’s joint JD/MBA Program.  A member of the Osgoode Hall Law School faculty since 1987, he has served as Director of Osgoode’s Small Business Clinic and as Co-Director of Osgoode’s LLM Program in Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

Professor Johnson’s areas of teaching include contracts, commercial law (including bankruptcy and insolvency, capital market regulation, and secured transactions), infrastructure development, international business transactions, and international development.  In 2009, he was the recipient of the Osgoode Teaching Excellence Award.

His academic interests are focused in the areas of capital market regulation, secured transactions, infrastructure development and international development, and his publications include articles and reports on secured transactions, property law, and land tenure reform.

As a consultant to multilateral development agencies and various governments he has advised on financial sector reform, land tenure reform, institutional strengthening and the rule of law in countries such as Afghanistan, Columbia, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos.

Prior to joining Osgoode,  Professor Johnson taught at the University of Western Ontario.  He has also held visiting appointments at Aix-Marseilles III, the University of Saskatchewan's Program of Legal Studies for Native People, the University of Victoria, the University of Toronto and the University of Monash’s Prato Centre (Italy).

Areas of interest: Corporate/Commercial Law, Infrastructure Development/Project Finance, Law and Development