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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Aug 16, 2023
Allard students reflect on their summer jobs
Four Allard Law students shared their highlights from their first summer jobs as law students.
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Aug 8, 2023
Rise Women’s Legal Centre lawyer Vandana Sood on her path to a career in social justice
Vandana Sood is the supervising lawyer at Rise Women’s Legal Centre's student legal clinic. In this Q&A she discusses her experience at Rise and shares some advice for anyone who might be interested in a social justice focused legal practice.
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Jul 21, 2023
Meet your Orientation leaders
Orientation Leaders Jessy Oduro-Kwachie and Emma Good take a look back at their own first-year law experiences and give a few tips on how the Class of 2026 can make the most of their time at Allard Law.
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Jul 19, 2023
Vancouver Sun: BC can be a leader in legal protection for people harmed by AI
Op-ed: Allard Law's Kristen Thomasen and BC Law Institute's Karen Campbell say that federal moves to regulate the AI industry won’t help people harmed by AI get compensation for injuries and losses.
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Jul 7, 2023
Gaining confidence through Allard Law’s legal clinics and externships
The prospect of making the jump from the classroom to the law office – or the courtroom – can be daunting. We spoke with Allard Law students and a new grad about what they took away from their time at three of our Clinic and Externships program.
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Jun 27, 2023
Books reviews by Allard profs: 'Deliberative Peace Referendums' and 'Making the Case'
Professors Erez Aloni and Jocelyn Stacey review two new books by their Allard Law colleagues: 'Deliberative Peace Referendums' and 'Making the Case: 2SLGBTQ+ Rights and Religion in Schools.'