News & Announcements
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Opportunities and challenges for BC housing ahead of the election
Researchers at the UBC Housing Research Collective, based at Allard Law, outline opportunities and challenges for housing in the province ahead of voting next month.
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Dr. Carol Liao named to Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers list
Allard Law Professor Dr. Carol Liao, who is an expert in corporate law, sustainability and climate governance, has been named one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer.
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Legal Bootcamp opens doors and brings the law to life for BC high school students
Every year, the Vancouver Summer Mentorship Society brings BC high school students to Allard Hall for an intro to law school and the legal profession.
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Nov 17, 2022
Professor Karin Mickelson recognized with Jim Taylor faculty award
Professor Karin Mickelson has been awarded the Jim Taylor, QC Faculty Scholar Award. The award honours Allard Law faculty who have consistently gone above and beyond, giving more than their fair share of time and energy to the Faculty.
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Oct 28, 2022
Human rights and the law across borders: Meet Assistant Professor Dr. Hassan Ahmad
Dr. Hassan Ahmad is a scholar, advocate and activist who studies the law’s transformative role in making the global economy more humane for marginalized communities. On July 1, he joined Allard Law as an assistant professor.
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Oct 18, 2022
Making the case for open-access law texts
Dr. Samuel Beswick has created Canada’s first online open-access tort law casebook.
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Oct 17, 2022
New book gives millennial perspective on corporate law and sustainability
A group of young lawyers say corporate law can help change the status quo in a new book on law, business and the intersecting environmental, social and economic sustainability crises.
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Oct 5, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada to hear Safe Third Country appeal
Since 2004, the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement has blocked asylum seekers in the US from making refugee claims in Canada. In this Q&A, Professor Efrat Arbel discuses her work on the case and what’s at stake.
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Sep 20, 2022
Labour law through a social justice lens: Meet Associate Professor Supriya Routh
Supriya Routh is a leading labour and employment law researcher, whose work straddles the disciplines of law, political philosophy and sociology.