Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law - Admin
- meshel@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
Tamar is an Associate Professor and CN Professor of International Trade. She holds a J.D. from the University of British Columbia, and a B.A. (Hons), LL.M., and SJD from the University of Toronto.
Tamar is a global expert in arbitration. She has practiced, researched, taught, and consulted in the arbitration field in an international law firm in Vancouver, as Deputy Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, Research Fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law in Luxembourg, legal advisor to the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, Scholar-in-Residence with WilmerHale International Arbitration Group in London, England, and lecturer at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law and at Osgoode Hall's Professional LLM in International Business Law Program.
Tamar has authored over 50 publications, as well as amicus briefs to the United State Supreme Court. Her arbitration scholarship has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Israel, and the Supreme Court of Texas, among others, and was most recently funded by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant and by the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research. Tamar's monograph Arbitration Law: Statutes, Cases, and Commentary was published in 2026 with LexisNexis Canada. She is also a co-author on the 5th edition of Arbitration, published in 2026 with West Academic.
Research
- Canadian arbitration law
- US arbitration law
- International commercial arbitration
- Comparative arbitration law
Teaching
Arbitration law
Corporations
Tort law
Courses
LAW 430A - Torts
The law of negligence, damages, intentional interferences with persons, property and chattels, the law of strict liability, occupiers' liability, nuisance, defamation, the economic torts, the future of tort law.
LAW 430B - Torts
The law of negligence, damages, intentional interferences with persons, property and chattels, the law of strict liability, occupiers' liability, nuisance, defamation, the economic torts, the future of tort law.
LAW 451 - Corporations Law
The laws governing corporations including: pre-incorporation matters; the corporation as a legal person; the tortious, criminal, regulatory, and contractual liability of the corporation; fiduciary duties in general and in commercial relationships, especially in the context of directors and officers, corporate social responsibility; corporate management; shareholder rights; and shareholder remedies.
LAW 599 - Seminars on Specialized Legal Topics
These seminars will cover specialized topics of emerging importance in the law at a senior level. The particular topic covered would vary dependent on the availability of Faculty with necessary teaching competence, student interest, and the needs of the legal profession. Sections may be offered at an increased rate of fee assessment; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations sections of the Calendar.
Scholarly Activities
Other - Arbitration Law: Foundational Principles and Recent Developments
Started: 2026-04-14
In this webinar, I explain some of the foundational principles of Canadian arbitration law and discuss recent statutory and jurisprudential developments in the commercial, family, employment, and consumer arbitration contexts.
Arbitration Law: Foundational Principles and Recent DevelopmentsOther - Podcast Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
On March 21, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski. At issue is district court jurisdiction to proceed with litigation pending appeal (of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration) in arbitration cases under the Federal Arbitration Act. Join to hear from Dr. Tamar Meshel as she breaks down the case and argument.
Podcast Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski - Post-Argument SCOTUScastOther - Podcast Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski - Post-Decision SCOTUScast
On May 23, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski. At issue was whether a court or an arbitrator must decide which contract governs where parties have agreed to two contracts — one sending arbitrability disputes to arbitration, and the other either explicitly or implicitly sending arbitrability disputes to the courts. Join to hear Professor Tamar Meshel break down the decision and discuss its potential ramifications.
Podcast Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski - Post-Decision SCOTUScastOther - The Arbitration Conversation
Professor Amy J. Schmitz interviews Prof. Meshel on the latest developments in arbitration on Episode 17 of The Arbitration Conversation.
The Arbitration ConversationOther - What I'm working on-Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Started: 2025-11-19
In this video, Professor Tamar Meshel talks about two of her recent arbitration projects. The first project is a forthcoming book on Canadian arbitration law: "Arbitration Law: Statutes, Cases, and Commentary". The book provides lawyers, academics, and law students with a comprehensive overview of arbitration law in all Canadian jurisdictions and in several practice areas including commercial, family, employment, consumer, and international. The second project is an article examining the impact of the recently enacted Chapter 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act in the United States on the enforcement of arbitration agreements in cases involving sexual assault/harassment disputes. The article presents the results of a detailed qualitative and quantitative study of state and federal court decisions interpreting Chapter 4 and concludes that it has not been applied consistently nation-wide. The Article offers preliminary suggestions as to how the judicial disagreements concerning Chapter 4 may be resolved.
What I'm working on-Institute for Transnational Arbitration