News & Announcements
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Ngai Pindell stepping down as Allard Law Dean in summer 2026
Ngai Pindell has chosen not to seek a second term as Dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law. He will continue on as part of the Allard Law community as a faculty member.
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Why you shouldn’t sue your cousin for food poisoning, and other holiday legalities
Thinking of suing those troublesome trespassing carolers? Allard Law's Professor Adam Hofri-Winogradow explains why holiday legal battles might not be worth it.
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Making global connections through law school exchange
Through UBC’s Go Global exchange programs, Allard Law students can spend a term or a full year attending law school at one of UBC’s partner institutions in international cities like Tokyo, London, Beijing or Sydney.
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Jul 29, 2024New Indigenous Community Legal Clinic project helps grieving families with estate administration
Legal Services Director Salima Samnani on the Grant of Probate Applications Project and the ICLC’s community impact.
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Jun 28, 2024Putting community at the core of sustainability research
Community-based research projects are instigating knowledge gathering, empowering communities and giving students a holistic look at legal structures they may not have encountered otherwise.
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Jun 26, 2024New 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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Jun 25, 2024Indigenous 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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Jun 17, 2024Experiences 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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Jun 6, 2024Allard Law Professor Hoi Kong recognized for teaching excellence
Allard Law professor Dr. Hoi Kong was awarded UBC’s Killam Teaching Prize and the George Curtis Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.