News & Announcements
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Statement on the passing of the Honourable Selwyn Romilly
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of the Honourable Selwyn Romilly (LLB ’66). Mr. Romilly was a highly respected judge, passionate mentor, role model and a trailblazer in the legal profession.
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Indictment the Podcast launches today – with stories from inside Canada’s criminal justice system
The search for a new approach to criminal justice is the driving force behind the Indictment podcast, launched today by Professor Benjamin Perrin.
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Norton Rose Fulbright renews support of the Corporate Counsel Externship Program with new $100,000 gift
The Allard School of Law is pleased to announce a gift of $100,000 from Norton Rose Fulbright to support the law school’s Corporate Counsel Externship Program for the next three years.
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Oct 13, 2016Maira Hassan, LL.M. Student
In her current undertaking in the research-based LLM at the University of British Columbia, inspired by her research work with Saskia Hufnagel on Women in International Policing, predominantly in the European context, Maira Hassan aspires now to dive into the Canadian perspective of women in peacekeeping under the supervision of Professor Benjamin Perrin.
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Oct 6, 2016Finding a Place for Rights at the Canada-US Border
A new multi-year research project launched by Professors Benjamin Goold, Efrat Arbel and Catherine Dauvergne investigates how borders operate as places of law.
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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.