In December 2020, she was named the dean of the Faculty of Law, with a term to commence January 1, 2021.
[1] Brunnée received a doctorate in law at Johannes-Gutenberg Universität and an LLM from Dalhousie University's faculty of law, the latter in 1987.
She began teaching at the University of Toronto in 2000, and has remained there since.
[2] Ingrid Wuerth describes Brunnée's view in international law theory as constructivist.
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