Dr. Deanne Sowter

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Deanne Sowter will join the Lincoln Alexander School of Law as an Assistant Professor on July 1, 2025. Professor Sowter’s research focuses on family law, gender-based violence, feminist legal theory, and legal ethics. She is interested in the family justice system, including the lawyers’ role, and exploring the limitations of the applicable legal principles to examine the ways that law and the professional rules governing lawyers could be more responsive to gender-based violence. Professor Sowter’s research has been generously supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council through a Vanier Scholarship, Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, and a Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s. She has published eleven peer-reviewed papers on the topics of family law, family violence, and legal ethics, and her work has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. Professor Sowter’s current research considers how family violence cases are decided in family law.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2025-07-01 — Present

Lincoln Alexander School of Law • Toronto

Teaching and researching in the areas of family law, gender-based violence, feminist legal theory, and legal ethics.

Requirements for Toronto Metropolitan University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.33
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Four-year undergraduate degree in chemical engineering or related field
Application Checklist
  • Transcripts
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Resume
  • Statement of Interest
Specialization Notes

Department of Chemical Engineering