News & Announcements
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Young adult 'Rootbound Universe' takes aim at climate crisis misinformation
The climate justice movement needs new narratives, says Allard Law PhD student Grace Nosek. This fall she's releasing her new novel, Rootbound, and launching the immersive, online 'Rootbound Universe.'
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Statement on the passing of Peter A. Allard
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of Mr. Peter A. Allard, QC (BA’68, LLB ’71). Mr. Allard was a generous philanthropist and esteemed alumnus whose pursuit of advancing legal education and justice helped transform UBC.
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Allard Law grad Kelsey Jade Wong awarded Law Society’s gold medal
Allard Law graduate Kelsey Jade Wong has been recognized by the Law Society of BC for achieving the highest cumulative GPA at the law school over the course of her three-year degree. We spoke with Kelsey about why she chose to study law, how she stayed motivated, and what she’s planning next.
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Sep 19, 2016Responding to Gendered and Racialized Violence: Exploring the Role of Expert Witnesses
According to Professor Emma Cunliffe, the criminal legal system in Canada is failing to deliver on the Charter guarantee of equal protection and benefit of the law for women – especially for Indigenous women and girls.
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Sep 15, 2016Robert P. Pirooz, Q.C. donates $100,000 and names Bobinski Business Law Clinic
Today the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia received a funding commitment from alumnus Robert Pirooz. The commitment is sufficient to enable the law school to continue to operate its Business Law Clinic through spring 2017.
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Jul 25, 2016Lawyers’ Empire: Legal Professions and Cultural Authority, 1780-1950
The Canadian legal profession has, no less than the legal profession in other national contexts, been an energetic purveyor of historical myth, and Dr. Pue carefully sifts through some of the key errors in a professional apologetics that draws on historical representation.
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Jun 29, 2016Boilerplate: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Boilerplate takes away the right of people to legal remedies. In traditional law, if the company is negligent and the individual gets hurt, he or she can sue. However, if an individual signs a waiver saying that the company is not liable for its own negligence, suing the company becomes impossible.
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May 5, 2016The New Politics of Immigration and The End of Settler Societies
In her new book Professor Catherine Dauvergne argues that our global understanding of immigration has disappeared, replaced only by hostility and policy paralysis.
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Apr 11, 2016Towards the 21st Century Constitutionalism?
Dr. Jeffrey Meyers’ research is concerned with the difference between the formal legal order of the Canadian constitution and what some have termed the material constitution, comprised of the everyday reality individuals face in terms of their particular life conditions.