Dr. Cristie Ford is a leading scholar, nationally and internationally, in the fields of regulation and governance, securities and financial regulation, and administrative law. She has published extensively in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, and has authored two books: Innovation and the State: Finance, Regulation, and Justice (Cambridge University Press: 2017); and Canadian Securities Regulation (5th ed., co-authored with the Right Honourable David Johnston and Kathleen Rockwell). Her work in both securities regulation and administrative law has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada. Recent publications include “The Legal Innovation Sandbox” (with Quinn Ashkenazy, forthcoming Am J Comp L 2025), and “Regulation as Respect” 86 Law & Contemp Probs 133-155 (2023).
Professor Ford is an award-winning researcher and teacher, and served as Associate Dean for the Research and the Legal Profession. She has served on local, national, and international task forces advising regulators and governments, and has been featured or interviewed in media outlets including Bloomberg, the Globe and Mail, the New York Times, the Vancouver Sun, and the Wall Street Journal (Marketwatch).
Professor Ford obtained her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Columbia Law School, where she also taught as a lecturer, clinic supervisor, and Associate-in-Law. Before joining academia, she practiced law in Vancouver and New York, the latter as a senior litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She is a non-practicing member of the Law Society of BC and the New York state and federal bars.
