President Flanagan holds a BA (English and Philosophy) from Carleton University, a JD from the University of Toronto, a DEA in International Economic Law from Université Paris I-Sorbonne, and an LLM from Columbia University. He joined the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in 1991 and served as dean of law from 2005 to 2019. He was appointed President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta in 2020. His scholarly work spans property law, corporate law, and international trade law.