News & Announcements
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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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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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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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Sep 11, 2020
Don’t be fooled by the corporation’s ‘makeover,’ documentary warns
"The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel" premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s based on Professor Joel Bakan’s new book, "The New Corporation: How “Good” Corporations are Bad for Democracy."
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Sep 3, 2020
Allard Law's Tracy Wachmann Receives President's Award
We are pleased to announce that Tracy Wachmann, Public Interest Coordinator at the Allard School of Law, is a recipient of this year’s President’s Staff Award in the category of Community Engagement. This prestigious UBC award is given annually to staff who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and excellence within the UBC community.
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Aug 26, 2020
Rise Up: Community Clinic is Busier than ever During Pandemic
While much of the world was forced to shut down at the start of the pandemic, the Rise Women’s Legal Centre, located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, had to quickly find ways to continue their operations online.
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Aug 19, 2020
Assessing Vancouver as an Innovation Hub
“Law and the Development of Entrepreneurial Regions,” the latest research project by Assistant Professors Camden Hutchison and Li-Wen Lin, which recently won SSHRC Insight Development Grant funding, examines the economic and legal environment for startup companies in Vancouver.
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Aug 11, 2020
Allard Law Welcomes Assistant Professor Samuel Beswick
We are fortunate to welcome some new faces to Allard Hall this summer. Over the coming weeks, you’ll learn more about each of these faculty members and the important research and educational leadership expertise they bring to the Allard School of Law community.
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Aug 7, 2020
Advancing Climate Governance
A new research hub of the Canada Climate Law Initiative will provide guidance to corporate and pension boards on effective climate governance.