Jennifer Lau

As Career Advisor, Graduate Studies, Jenn provides individualized career coaching for Allard’s graduate law students, including those who are internationally trained lawyers or international law school graduates who are completing the National Committee on Accreditation process. She is passionate about helping law students and new graduates transition to the professional workforce. Jenn holds a BA (’03) and an LLB (’08) from UBC and was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2010. Her career includes practice as a litigator and serving as a judicial law clerk at the British Columbia Supreme Court. Jenn is also a founding board member of the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC. Prior to her current role, Jenn served in various student services roles at Allard Law for 11 years, including as Director of Career Services, and as Acting Assistant Dean of Students during the spring and summer of 2020. Jenn also spent a number of years as Director of Professional Resources at a national business law firm, where she was involved in all aspects of the recruitment, training, and performance management of the firm’s summer and articling students and associates.