Adam Dodek is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. His research focuses on public law, constitutional law, legal ethics, and the legal profession.^[1] Dodek also serves on the Board of Directors for CanLII.^[2]

Dodek completed his undergraduate education at McGill University and then attended Harvard Law School.^[3]

After completing law school, Dodek received a Fulbright Scholarship to research Israeli constitutional law while clerking at the Supreme Court of Israel.^[1][3] He was called to the bar in California, practiced in San Francisco, and then clerked for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.^[3] He then returned to Canada and clerked for Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada.^[1]

Following his clerkship at the Supreme Court of Canada, Dodek worked at Borden Ladner Gervais and later served as the Chief of Staff for the Attorney General of Ontario.^[1]

Dodek joined the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law in 2008. He served as Vice Dean of Research from 2012-2014, and as Dean of the Common Law Section from 2018-2021. He is currently a Full Professor at the law school.^[1]

Dodek has taught courses in public law, legal ethics, professional responsibility, torts, and a seminar on the Supreme Court of Canada.^[1] In 2012 he was awarded the Capital Educators Award as one of Ottawa's top teachers.^[4]

Dodek is the author of more than 50 articles and book chapters. His books include The Canadian Constitution, 3rd Edition (2024) and Solicitor-Client Privilege (2014), which won the Walter Owen Book Prize in 2015.^[5]