Staff & Faculty Directory

Karin Mickelson joined the Faculty as Assistant Professor in 1991 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998. She has taught in the areas of international law, international environmental law, real property, environmental law and legal theory, and has supervised and co-supervised graduate students in a wide range of areas including international environmental law, international legal theory and international human rights. She has also served as the faculty advisor to UBC teams participating in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Stephanie Mui is the Assistant Dean, Career Services Office. She received her B.A. from the University of British Columbia and her J.D. from the Peter A. Allard School of Law. She is responsible for developing and managing career services opportunities for Allard law students and alumnae, and building and maintaining Allard’s legal, business, and non-profit network. She also provides career advising services to Allard law students and recent alumni.

Russell Nesbitt is a proud member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia and a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law. With over a decade of experience collaborating with Indigenous communities and organizations, Russell is dedicated to fostering inclusivity. He strives to create a warm and welcoming environment for Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent individuals within the legal community.

Kris provides administrative support to select faculty, the FAC Council/Curriculum Committee and the Centre for Asian Legal Studies. 

Carlos is the Coordinator, Equity Diversity & Inclusion at the Allard School of Law.

Neil is an environmental justice, law, and planning scholar whose research examines large-scale social and ecological disruption within British Columbia’s settler colonial era. Neil’s postdoctoral research is an exploration of the Fisheries Act in the context of the diitiida/the Jordan River Watershed on South Vancouver Island. diitiida/the Jordan River Watershed was once among the most abundant salmon-supporting ecosystems on southern Vancouver Island and the traditional territory of the Pacheedaht and Ditidaht Nation.

Professor Parkes joined the Allard School of Law in July 2016. She was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba from 2001 to 2016 where she served a term as Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) from 2013-2016. She has also been a visiting researcher at the University of Woollongong and the University of Sydney. She was Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law from 2009-2013 and President of the Canadian Law & Society Association from 2007-2010.