Richard McLaren (academic)
Richard McLaren | |
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| Born | Richard Henry McLaren 1945 |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer, professor |
| Known for | McLaren Report |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario University of London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sports law, bankruptcy, insolvency and business law |
| Institutions | University of Western Ontario |
Richard Henry McLaren OC (born 1945) is a law professor at Western University in Ontario, Canada, specializing in sports law. In 2015, he was one of the three members of the WADA Commission, an independent panel commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russian sports. He was awarded the Order of Canada with the grade of officer in 2015.