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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Aug 5, 2021Taking a critical lens to property law: Meet Associate Professor Dr. Brenna Bhandar
Dr. Brenna Bhandar is a well-known property scholar and legal theorist—as well as an Allard Law graduate—and we’re delighted to have recently welcomed her back to the Allard Law community as an associate professor.
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Aug 2, 2021Vancouver Sun: Canadian universities must act now to protect their communities
Opinion: In this op-ed, Allard Law Professor Debra Parkes argues that there is a sound constitutional basis on which universities can require proof of vaccination status.
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Jul 23, 2021Drones, bots and the law: Meet Assistant Professor Kristen Thomasen
Kristen Thomasen is one of Canada’s leading experts in robotics law and policy, specializing in drone regulation and the privacy impacts of robotic technologies and artificial intelligence. In January 2021, she joined the Allard Law community as an assistant professor.
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Jul 21, 2021Professor Ngai Pindell named new Dean of Allard Law
Professor Ngai Pindell has been appointed as the new Dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Professor Pindell will be joining Allard Law from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he is International Gaming Institute Professor of Law.
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Jul 11, 2021Globe and Mail: Will new global tax co-operation benefit the world?
Opinion: In this op-ed, Professor Wei Cui writes that though many warn that the path to global tax cooperation is arduous, the declared goals of these efforts command broad public support.
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Jun 28, 2021Daily Hive: Indigenous law student fighting systemic racism in courtrooms
Allard Law student Aaron Pete, a member of the Chawathil First Nation, has become a powerful advocate through his work with the Native Courtworker & Counselling Association of BC.