Martin Friedland

Lawyer and writer Martin Friedland is one of the nation’s foremost legal scholars. He taught at Osgoode Hall before joining the Faculty of Law at U of T, where he served as dean from 1972 to 1979. He has lent his expertise to a number of committees and commissions on legal issues and has written extensively on criminal law and the administration of justice. For his outstanding contributions to the legal system, Friedland was recognized with the Molson Prize, the Mundell Medal, the Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Award and the Sir John William Dawson Medal, among other accolades.