Mr. Thompson is a full professor at Dalhousie Law School, where he has taught since 1982. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1980 and has been executive director of Dalhousie Legal Aid Service for two stints, 1982-85 and 1991-94. He now teaches Family Law, Evidence and Civil Procedure, having been awarded the Dalhousie Law Students' Society/Dalhousie Law Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching Law for 2002. Mr. Thompson has published articles on a variety of topics in the Canadian Journal of Family Law, the Canadian Family Law Quarterly, and the Family Court Review. He has presented papers on various subjects for the National Judicial Institute.