Downtown Book Launch: Corporate Law and Sustainability from the Next Generation of Lawyers

Book Launch

Please join us on Thursday, November 3 from 5-7pm for the celebratory downtown book launch of Corporate Law and Sustainability from the Next Generation of Lawyers hosted at Bennett Jones LLP!

This unique and important book by Allard Law alumni gives voice to young lawyers offering new critical perspectives in the burgeoning field of corporate law and sustainability. Millennials are coming of age at a critical juncture in our climate and corporate history. At the event there will be a panel discussion on the future of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and corporate law amidst our intersecting sustainability crises. The panel will be followed by a wine & cheese reception.

Book contributors: Cristina Borbely, Selena Chen, Blair Feltmate, Catherine L.H. Lee, Julie Liang, Oludolapo Makinde, Megan Parisotto, Bikaramjit S. Sandhu, Erica Sandhu, Saul Wang, Asha Young, Sherry Yu. Edited by Carol Liao with Foreword by Joel Bakan, author and filmmaker of The Corporation and The New Corporation. 

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Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event by Massy Books, an Indigenous-owned local bookstore in Vancouver. Susgrainable Cookies, made from the rescued grains of local craft breweries by a UBC alumni business, will also be gifted to attendees.

Please register to confirm a spot as capacity is limited. Co-hosted by Bennett Jones LLP, the Centre for Business Law, Centre for Law and the Environment, Centre for Feminist Legal Studies, Allard Law & Business Society, & Allard Women's Caucus. Open to the public.

Qualifies for 1 CPD credit.

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