Nikos Harris, KC

Professor of Teaching
BA (SFU), LLB (UBC)

Profile

Nikos Harris is an award-winning professor who also has extensive experience as appellate counsel. He has authored numerous articles on issues in criminal law and evidence, and his writing has been cited in trial and appellate judgments across Canada. Nikos has served as a guest speaker for a number of organizations including Continuing Legal Education, the Trial Lawyers Association, Crown Counsel of British Columbia and judicial education conferences. He is also is an advocacy advisor for the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute which assists counsel in preparing submissions for the Supreme Court of Canada. Nikos served as a judicial clerk at the British Columbia Court of Appeal and was a Raymond Herbert Award recipient.

Nikos strongly supports open source access to legal education materials, and has published two major open source educational resources on Evidence and Criminal Law on CANLII.

Research and Publications

To learn more about my research, please visit my PURE Research profile. You can also access my works on the following sites: 

Courses

  • Criminal Law and Procedure
  • The Law of Evidence
  • Ethics

Publications

The Long and Complex Journey From Allegation to Proof of a Crime: Cases and Commentaries, Canadian Legal Information Institute, 2026 CanLIIDocs 978, https://canlii.ca/t/7nsrs

"To Lecture Capture or Not to Lecture Capture? The Answer for Legal Education Appears to be a 'Regulated Yes'" (2026) 49:1 Dal LJ 97, https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol49/iss1/6/

"The Fundamentals of the Law of Evidence: Cases and Commentaries", Canadian Legal Information Institute, 2026 CanLIIDocs 24, https://canlii.ca/t/7nr4q

"Access to Justice and Rowbotham Applications:  Challenging the Myth of the Simple Trial", (2023), Vol. 101 (3) Canadian Bar Review 645: https://cbr.cba.org/index.php/cbr/article/view/4879

“Testimonial Privilege: The Scope of Protection Against Self-Incrimination Afforded by Section 13 of the Charter”, in Perspectives on Evidentiary Privileges”, (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2019). 

"The Risks of Technology in the Law Classroom: Why the Next Great Development In Legal Education Might Be Going Low-Tech" (2018) 51:3 UBC L REV 773 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3264944

“R. v. Seruhungo: The Supreme Court of Canada "Substantially" Affirms a Powerful Tool to Protect Against Wrongful Convictions Caused by Vetrovec Witnesses” (2017) 38 C.R. (7th) 64

Publications listed on the Allard Research Portal.

Nikos Harris

Research Interests

  • Criminal law and criminal justice
  • Legal education

In The News

  1. CanLII: Spotlight on CanLII’s New Ebooks: Expanding Access to Canadian Legal Scholarship in 2026
  2. Using AI to support law students and expand access to justice
  3. New open-access guide aims to demystify the rules of evidence
  4. Shaping law and legal education for the future
  5. You may approach the (virtual) bench — taking the anxiety out of first-year law mooting
  6. ILS Summer Intensive in Tort Law builds community, provides skill development and Indigenous legal perspectives
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Affiliated Events

  1. Inaugural Lecture by Professor Nikos Harris, KC – Irreconcilable Differences: The Fundamental Incompatibility of the Adversarial System of Justice and Self-Representation Sep 24, 2026- 5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
  2. Effective Learning Strategies – 1L Academic Success Lecture Jan 19, 2027- 3:30 pm — 5:00 pm
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Affiliated Blog Posts

  1. Students teams compete at 2021 Peter Burns Mock Trial Competition
  2. Peter Burns Mock Trial Competition 2020 Recap
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