Daniel Dylan

Assistant Professor of Law at Lakehead University

2010 | Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada

"The faculty is intellectually diverse and exceptionally committed to educating their students. The curriculum is fantastic . . . The general commitment the law school has toward its law students’ success says a lot."

For Toronto native Daniel Dylan, MSU College of Law offered an opportunity to experience American college life while readying himself for a career practicing law in Canada.

Dylan earned a dual J.D. from MSU Law and the University of Ottawa after spending 10 years working in the film industry and as a technical writer. He is now an Assistant Professor of Law at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University. 

“It was a great opportunity to get two law degrees,” Dylan says of the dual degree program. “Much of the basis of the Canadian and U.S. legal systems is the same, but I realized how different the systems are as I became more educated It helped me, both from an intellectual perspective and from a practical one.

“Canada and the U.S. have very good ties, and my education is a good differentiator that I can offer to a prospective employer,” he adds. “It’s also diversified my own experience.”

Dylan spent two years of the four-year program in East Lansing and two in Ottawa. He says East Lansing’s culture and community was “absolutely fantastic.” A sports fan, he especially enjoyed attending football and basketball games.

The learning environment at MSU Law was “incredible,” says Dylan, who completed a highly competitive clerkship with a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in Lansing. “The faculty is intellectually diverse and exceptionally committed to educating their students,” he says. “The curriculum is fantastic—the way it’s taught and organized and the standards to which you’re held are really valuable. The general commitment the law school has toward its law students’ success says a lot.”