Professor Weiler has been described by the Financial Post as "the foremost labour law scholar in North America ". After completing his LLB at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1964, Professor Weiler completed his LLM at Harvard University Law School in 1965, then served as an academic and arbitrator in Ontario (1965-73), and as Chair of the B.C. Labour Relations Board (1973-78). He was appointed as a Professor at Harvard University in 1979, where he continues today as the Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law. As Chair of the B.C. Labour Relations Board, he was the architect of the progressive provincial Labour Relations Code. He advised the federal government of Canada on drafting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and completed a comprehensive review of Ontario 's Workers Compensation system which resulted in the creation of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton as Chief Counsel to the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations (the Dunlop Commission). Among his influential publications: In the Last Resort (1974), Reconcilable Differences (1980), and Governing the Workplace (1990). Professor Weiler's latest books have included Sports and the Law (1998) and Entertainment, Media and the Law (2002).

For more information about Paul Weiler, go to the Lancaster House website and the Harvard faculty biography webpage.