Shin Imai is Academic Director of the Intensive Program in Poverty Law at Parkdale Community Legal Services and Co-Director of the Latin American Human Rights Research and Education Network. He has also served as Director of the Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources and Governments and as Director of Clinical Education for the Law School. His research interests are Aboriginal law in Canada, indigenous rights in Latin America, alternative dispute resolution and clinical legal education. Professor Imai received Osgoode's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2004 and 2007.

Prior to his appointment to the Osgoode faculty in 1997, Professor Imai held positions with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General as counsel responsible for Alternative Dispute Resolution initiatives and as Coordinator of the Aboriginal Issues Group. He has also worked as a staff lawyer at Keewaytinok Native Legal Services in Moosonee and has had a private practice in Toronto.

Areas of interest: Clinical legal education, the role of courts in negotiations, Aboriginal law in Canada, indigenous rights in Latin America