We are proud to announce the appointment of Samantha Craig, Brandon Montour, and David Sandomierski to our exceptional faculty at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. Drawing on a diverse range of legal expertise, research interests, and teaching experience, these scholars will enrich student learning, strengthen research capacity, and advance the mission of the law school.
Samantha Craig, Acting Assistant Professor
“I am so excited about the opportunity to bring Anishinaabe law to TMU. Lincoln Alexander Law’s commitment to furthering the study of Indigenous laws through practical learning is the type of work that deserves to be highlighted as a path toward reconciliation. I am honoured to be part of that work.”
Samantha Craig is Anishinaabe-Kwe from the Chippewas of Rama First Nation with mixed ancestry. She is from the Marten clan and is a mother, an auntie, a sister, and a daughter. Samantha graduated from Seneca Polytechnic in 2014 with a Law Clerk Diploma; from York University in 2016 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in political science; and in 2019 from Osgoode Hall Law School with her JD. Samantha is now undertaking her LLM through OsgoodePD and is expected to graduate in the summer of 2026. Her masters work focuses on the reinvigoration of Anishinaabe legal systems through the use of material cultural objects, specifically quillwork, as law.
Called to the bar in November 2020, Samantha has since practiced as Associate General Counsel for her First Nation. Samantha is passionate about her work which involves the opportunity not only to guide her community toward sound legal decisions, but also allows her to be involved in the reinvigoration of Anishinaabe law, governance, and justice. As in-house counsel, Samantha’s practice includes a wide range of subjects from contract law to employment, environmental, health, education, child wellbeing, and even estates law.
In addition to her work in her First Nation, Samantha has strong ties with her alma mater, serving as Co-Chair of Seneca Polytechnic’s Indigenous Education Council as well as a member of the polytechnic’s Board of Governors. Samantha also works with the youth in her community through her facilitation of the Indigenous Youth Justice Program. Samantha’s passion for supporting and empowering the next generation has also been fostered through her work as an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she teaches a course titled Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law.
Brandon Montour, Assistant Professor
“I look forward to advancing the decolonization of legal education through the resurgence of Indigenous legal orders in the curriculum and the cultivation of meaningful community partnerships – work that is uniquely supported at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law.”
Brandon Tehsenrehtanion Montour is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk, Wolf Clan) of Kahnawà:ke and a citizen of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. He joins the Lincoln Alexander School of Law as an Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Aboriginal Law and as the Founding Director, Indigenous Law and Resurgence, where he will lead the development of an institute that bridges scholarship, law, policy, and practice – bringing together scholars, students, knowledge holders, and community members to advance Indigenous law, resurgence, and justice. Brandon holds a BA with Great Distinction from Concordia University, a BCL and JD from McGill University, and an LLM from the University of Toronto where he is completing his SJD under Professor John Borrows.
Brandon’s scholarly work and approach to teaching is informed by his lifelong upbringing as a Kahnawà:ke Mohawk. His research is community-focused and geared towards the resurgence of Mohawk and Haudenosaunee law. Brandon has shared his research at community and international forums and has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship in recognition thereof. His work has been published in the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, the Indigenous Law Journal, and the Osgoode Hall Law Journal.
Prior to joining Toronto Metropolitan University, Brandon was a Loveland Research Fellow at the University of Toronto and a Dean’s Graduate Fellow at the University of Victoria where he taught Transsystemic Property Law in the joint degree program in Canadian Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders. He also teaches in the Professional LLM in Dispute Resolution program at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Brandon has served his community across different roles and organizations including as Chairperson of the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board and on the Board of Directors of Kahnawà:ke Shakotia’takehnhas Community Services. In 2025, he was appointed by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawa?:ke as an adjudicator to the inaugural Kahnawa?:ke Administrative Tribunal – a cornerstone of the Kahnawa?:ke justice system and the first-of-its-kind for a First Nations community in Canada. Brandon hears a broad range of public and private matters, including but not limited to membership and residency, licensing, worker’s compensation, and complaints against elected Chiefs.
David Sandomierski, Associate Professor
“I can’t wait to join the community of kind, thoughtful, and innovative scholars and teachers at Lincoln Alexander Law. I’m excited to see what happens when we work together to imagine new possibilities for legal education, unconstrained by convention and guided by a shared mission.”
David Sandomierski is a scholar of legal education whose work imagines how law schools can equip students to contribute broadly to society.
Prior to joining the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, David was an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Western University, where he served a three-year term as a Teaching Fellow with the Centre for Teaching and Learning. He has previously taught in the Arts & Science Program at McMaster University, Osgoode Hall Law School, and the law faculties of McGill University and the University of Toronto.
David earned his SJD from the University of Toronto, where his dissertation received the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal. He has twice been awarded the Prize for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning from the Canadian Association of Law Teachers. As a law student at McGill, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal, and went on to clerk with the Chief Justice of Canada, The Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin.
His current research draws interdisciplinary connections across multiple fields. He is the Principal Investigator on a SSHRC Insight Grant The Architecture of Law Schools, a project that explores the diverse messages about law and the legal profession communicated by the physical spaces of law schools. In Fall 2025, he pioneered an interdisciplinary course on Law and Architecture at both the Lincoln Alexander School of Law and Western University, for which he received the Vice-Provost (Academic Programs) Award for Excellence in Collaborative Teaching. He is currently collaborating with scholars from architecture, medicine, and information studies to explore future possibilities for transforming legal education.
