News & Announcements
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Free, interactive Green Rights and Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy explores the rights of nature
The two-day academy featuring world-renowned speakers is free and open to anyone interested in how law and activism can protect the natural world.
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New initiative at UBC looks to the future of AI and criminal justice
The UBC AI & Criminal Justice Initiative launches this fall at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Led by Professor Benjamin Perrin, the initiative includes practical educational resources and a new upper-year seminar and symposium for students.
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Helping students hone their legal reasoning, writing and research skills: Meet Lecturer Moira Aikenhead
A recent graduate of Allard Law’s LLM and PhD programs, Dr. Moira Aikenhead is teaching Law 241: Torts and Law 281: Legal Research and Writing.
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Oct 5, 2022Supreme Court of Canada to hear Safe Third Country appeal
Since 2004, the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement has blocked asylum seekers in the US from making refugee claims in Canada. In this Q&A, Professor Efrat Arbel discuses her work on the case and what’s at stake.
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Sep 20, 2022Labour law through a social justice lens: Meet Associate Professor Supriya Routh
Supriya Routh is a leading labour and employment law researcher, whose work straddles the disciplines of law, political philosophy and sociology.
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Sep 16, 2022Fernanda Bruce on counselling with compassion and curiosity
This fall, we’re delighted to welcome Fernanda Bruce as the Student Wellbeing Counsellor at Allard Hall.
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Sep 14, 2022Honouring the legacy of Peter A. Allard, QC
With a legacy of generosity, Mr. Allard is remembered as a visionary who possessed a keen legal mind and a passionate commitment to honesty and integrity.
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Sep 12, 2022Leadership one-on-one with Ngai Pindell
Allard Law Dean Ngai Pindell discusses leadership, who inspires him and strengthening relationships in the law school community in the latest UBC Leadership one-on-one series.
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Aug 31, 2022The ripple effects of Allard Law’s new award for Black law students
We spoke with the recipients of Allard Law’s first-ever award to support incoming Black law students — Ateshia Irabor, Nonye Ngwaba and Stephanie Okeke — about their first year of law school and the award’s impact.