Errol Mendes is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa and a former senior advisor of the Privy Council of Canada. His teaching, research, and consulting interests include corporate law and governance, labor standards, diversity and ethics in the workplace, global governance, international business and trade law, constitutional law, and international law. Professor Mendes has been a project leader for conflict resolution, governance and justice projects. Professor Mendes received an LL.B. from the University of Exeter, England, and an LL.M. from the University of Illinois. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1986.