News & Announcements
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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
We’re delighted to welcome Dr. Moira Aikenhead back to the Allard School of Law in her new role as a lecturer. A recent graduate of Allard Law’s LLM and PhD programs, Dr. Aikenhead will be teaching Law 241: Torts and Law 281: Legal Research and Writing.
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New faculty job postings at Allard Law
The Peter A. Allard School of Law is recognized as one of the leading law schools in Canada. Allard Law invites applications for three faculty member appointments.
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Jun 26, 2024
New student award honours the remarkable mentorship of two notable figures at Allard Law
Thanks to a generous endowment, the newly established Elaine Borthwick and Allen Soroka Award in Law aims to help make law school more accessible to mature students.
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Jun 25, 2024
Indigenous alumni share their law school experiences over the last 50 years
Reconciliation begins with truth. This is the impetus behind a new project sharing the stories of Indigenous law school alumni, along with former faculty and staff, who studied and worked at Allard Law over the past 50 years.
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Jun 17, 2024
Experiences and insights from Allard Law students’ upper-year moots
Congratulations to all Allard Law students who participated in our upper-year moots! Three of our upper-year mooters shared what they took away from the experience.
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Jun 6, 2024
Allard Law Professor Hoi Kong recognized for teaching excellence
Allard Law professor Dr. Hoi Kong was awarded UBC’s Killam Teaching Prize and the George Curtis Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.
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May 22, 2024
Allard Law celebrates a historic gift to advance equity, diversity and inclusion and racial justice work
A $2.157 million gift from the Law Foundation of British Columbia will support the advancement of EDI and racial justice work at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC.
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Apr 5, 2024
It’s time to expand what we think of as "work," says Allard Law’s Supriya Routh
Allard Law Professor Supriya Routh has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Labour Law and Social Justice to examine how the law can more effectively support workers.