Ross completed a Master of Laws in 2014 at the University of Ottawa, where she also sat on the Civil Law Section faculty council as a graduate student representative. Prior to attending uOttawa, she completed a BCL and an LLB with a major in commercial negotiation and dispute settlement at McGill University. She later completed a PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. Ross also holds a BA with distinction in French from the University of Alberta and an honours BA with distinction from McGill University.
Prior to joining the faculty of the Schulich school, Ross taught transnational law and cultural law at Allard Law School at the University of British Columbia, where she is a Killam laureate and an SSHRC postdoctoral fellow. Her research examines the intersection of law, culture and the city. Recently, she published her first book, Law and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the City (Routledge).
Ross is remembered fondly by her former professors at the University of Ottawa, who are immensely proud of her. For Sophie Thériault, vice-dean of the Civil Law Section, “Dr. Ross is one of the most accomplished, inspiring and promising scholars that I have had the chance to meet. Her trailblazing research at the intersection of law, culture and the city offers an innovative and timely perspective on the fields of urban legal studies, law and society, and property law. Firmly grounded in several disciplines, including law, anthropology and ethnology, Sara is well versed in a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. During her PhD, she developed a new, interdisciplinary methodological approach, ‘urban legal anthropology,’ that in itself is an invaluable contribution to knowledge.”
Congratulations, Dr. Ross, on this achievement.