News & Announcements
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Allard Law Professor Isabel Grant receives UBC’s highest faculty honour
Professor Isabel Grant has been named a University Killam Professor – the highest honour UBC can confer on a faculty member.
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Should we recognize robot rights?
In this Q&A, Allard Law professor Benjamin Perrin and law student Nathan Cheung discuss a new upper-level course that explores whether robots need rights.
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Celebrating the launch of the Canada Climate Week Xchange 2025
Dr. Carol Liao discusses a new initiative co-founded by the Canada Climate Law Initiative, the Toronto Stock Exchange and other Canadian organizations that aims to support Canada’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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Dec 12, 2023Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation boosts UBC Innocence Project’s capacity with new $100,000 gift to establish investigation fund
The Allard School of Law is pleased to announce a gift of $100,000 from the Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation, which will provide critical funding for the activities of the UBC Innocence Project.
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Nov 21, 2023Statement in response to incident of anti-Black racism at Dean Atuguba’s Faculty Colloquium Lecture
A message from Dean Ngai Pindell regarding an incident of anti-Black racism on November 9, 2023.
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Nov 21, 2023The Conversation: British Columbia’s proposed bill on ‘alternative shelter’ risks doing serious harm to unhoused people
Op-ed: Allard Law Professors Alexandra Flynn and Stepan Wood and Osgoode Law Professor Estair Van Wagner argue that a proposed bill ignores the barriers that make many shelters inaccessible.
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Nov 8, 2023Alum Audrey Wong on Elimin8Hate and this year’s Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Allard Law grad Audrey Wong discusses her work to end anti-Asian racism and a new film featuring Professor Efrat Arbel at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival.
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Nov 1, 2023Why is the law different when you’re unhoused?
A new report co-authored by Allard Law Professor Dr. Alexandra Flynn found the personal property rights of unhoused people in Canada are systematically undermined.
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Oct 24, 2023For my family: Indigenous Legal Studies student Vaughn Beaulieu-Mercredi on his law school journey
Allard Law student Vaughn Beaulieu-Mercredi says law school wasn't something he’d seriously considered. He says it was his family’s support that got him here.