Péter Szigeti

Dr. Péter Szigeti received his SJD from Harvard Law School in 2015, and started teaching at the Faculty of Law of the University of Alberta in September 2018. He has held postdoctoral positions at New York University, McGill University and the European University Institute; and he also holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (2008), a Master 2 recherche from Université Paris I (2006), and a bachelor’s degree in Hungarian law from ELTE University, Budapest (2005). Professor Szigeti teaches property law, immigration law and jurisprudence. His varied research interests include the role of geographical information in law; the interactions between property law and environmental protection; jurisdiction, sovereignty and territoriality in international law; comparative immigration law; and international legal history.

Research

• Legal Theory
• Immigration Law
• Public International Law
• International Legal History
• Property
• Environmental Law
• Law & Geography

Teaching

• LAW440 Property Law (1L course, 60 students);
• LAW588B Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Law (Upper-year course, 40 students);
• LAW486 Jurisprudence: Methods of Interpretation (Upper-year seminar, 11 students);
• LAW599 Digital Law (Upper-year seminar, 22 students);
• LAW589 Moot Court Coaching (Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition).

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Law University of Alberta (2018)
• Hauser Global Post-Doctoral Fellow NYU School of Law (2017 — 2018)
• Boulton Fellow McGill University – Faculty of Law (2016 — 2017)
• Max Weber Fellow European University Institute (EUI) (2015 — 2016)
• SJD candidate Harvard Law School (2009 — 2015)
• Consultant FAO (2014 — 2014)
• Teaching Fellow Harvard University (2010 — 2012)
• Summer Associate Shearman & Sterling LLP (2010 — 2010)
• Associate Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz (2008 — 2009)