Rory Gillis joined the Faculty of Law as an Assistant Professor in 2021. His research focuses on tax law, public law and comparative law, and has been published in leading peer-reviewed law journals, such as the American Journal of Comparative Law and the University of Toronto Law Journal. He is also a co-author of Canadian Income Tax Law, 7^th ed (LexisNexis, 2023).

Prior to joining Western, Rory was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. He received his doctorate in law (SJD) from the University of Toronto, and his BA (summa cum laude) and JD from Yale University, where he was a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Following law school, Rory served as a law clerk to Justice Morris Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada and practiced law in Toronto.

Rory’s teaching includes Income Taxation; Constitutional Law; Social Policy and the Tax & Transfer System; and Issues in Tax Law & Policy.