Michelle Roy McSpurren

Michelle Roy McSpurren is a full-time professor in the Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies at Sheridan College. Professor Roy McSpurren has taught a variety of legal subjects to paralegal, law clerk, business, accounting, and marketing students at various colleges. She has over ten years of teaching experience and has been teaching at Sheridan College for seven years. Professor Roy McSpurren currently teaches in the Paralegal Program at Sheridan College, in addition to acting as Academic Advisor in that program.

Professor Roy McSpurren holds an LLB degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and is a member of the Ontario Bar. She obtained her MA from York University, specializing in English. Her BA (Hons) degree, conferred by that same university, emphasized creative writing in addition to English.

Professor Roy McSpurren’s areas of academic interest include legal writing, legal research, paralegal practice management, torts, contracts, and business law. She regularly teaches courses in all these areas. Prior to teaching, Professor Roy McSpurren worked in legal publishing for several years and has edited and contributed to journals, newsletters, and other publications in the areas of contracts, torts, education law, condominium law, corporate law, and business law.