Donald M. McRae

2003 Read Medal Recipient

LL.B. (Otago), LL.M. (Otago), Dipl.Int.Law (Cant.), F.R.C.S.

Donald McRae specializes in the field of international law and has been an Advisor for Canada in several international fisheries and boundary arbitrations. He was Chair of the first dispute settlement panel set up under the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, and has sat on subsequent panels. He was also Chair of the first dispute settlement panel set up under the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement. He is currently on the roster of panelists for NAFTA and the World Trade Organization. In 1988, he was appointed the Chief Negotiator for Canada for the Pacific Salmon Treaty. Professor McRae currently holds the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law and is a former Dean of the Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa. He was a Professor, Visiting Lecturer and Associate Dean at the Universities of Otago, N.Z., Western Ontario, British Columbia, Cambridge, Hebei, China, Windsor, and Houston Law School, Mexico City. Professor McRae served as President of the CCIL (1990-1992). His publications are principally in the field of International Law and he is Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law.