Professor Sealy-Harrington joined the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law in 2024 as an Associate Professor and the Chair of Equality Law. Before joining Windsor Law, Professor Sealy-Harrington was an Assistant Professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, where he was awarded “Professor of the Year” by the student body and “Person of the Year” by the faculty association for his steadfast defence of academic and Palestinian freedom.

As an academic, Professor Sealy-Harrington researches constitutional law (with a focus on equality rights), criminal law, and critical legal theory. And as Counsel at Power Law, Professor Sealy-Harrington strategically mobilizes criminal and constitutional law to advance the interests of marginalized communities. He has litigation experience before all levels of court, including as lead counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada. And a majority of his practice involves pro and low bono work for non-profit organizations promoting human rights and social justice, both in Canada and abroad. Before joining Power Law, Professor Sealy-Harrington completed three judicial clerkships—two at the Supreme Court of Canada (for Justice Clément Gascon) and one at the Federal Court (for Justice Donald J. Rennie, now of the Federal Court of Appeal). He also previously worked for two years at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, where his practice focussed on commercial litigation and intellectual property.

Education:

B.Sc. (Mathematics), University of British Columbia (2010)
J.D., University of Calgary (2013)
LL.M., Columbia Law School (2019)
J.S.D., Columbia Law School (Ongoing)

Primary Expertise:

Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Critical Race Theory

Representative Publications

Joshua Sealy-Harrington, “Righteous student activism and evolving anti-Palestinian reprisal in Canada” (2024), online: Canadian Dimension 

Joshua Sealy-Harrington, “The Charter of Whites: Systemic Racism and Critical Race Equality in Canada” (2023) 39 Windsor Y B Access Just 544

Joshua Sealy-Harrington, “‘Silly Anecdotes’: From White Baselines to White Juries in R. v. Chouhan” (2023) 108 SCLR (2d) 109