Staff & Faculty Directory

Jake Xiang supports student awards and faculty administration at Allard Law. He has a background in student services from the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning with a focus on accounting (currently completing his DAP at Sauder). He enjoys the "logic and numbers" side of university life. When he's not managing award cycles, you can find him camping, fishing, or exploring BC's waters on a paddleboard.

Dana is the JD Admissions Advisor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Dana holds a BA (Hons) in International Business from the University of Huddersfield in the UK, where she also played a key role in advising international students and assisting with their enrollment in the Business School. She then worked as an Admissions and Recruitment Specialist at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, streamlining the admissions process for incoming MBA students. 

Prior to joining the Allard School of Law in 1992, Claire Young practiced law with the Alberta Attorney-General's department for several years and taught law at the University of Western Ontario from 1984-1992.She is the co-author of two books and the author of numerous articles on tax law and policy. Her other research interests include feminist legal theory and sexuality and the law. She was awarded the University of British Columbia Killam prize for excellence in teaching in 1998 and 2002.

Margot Young is Professor in the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. After studying at the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, and the University of California, Berkeley, Professor Young began her teaching career at the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria.  In 2002, she moved to the University of British Columbia.

Emily Zarychta (she/her) is the Public Interest Coordinator at the Allard School of Law, where she promotes public interest law to Allard Law JD and graduate students, and enhances the public interest law career opportunities and resources available to students. Emily received her BA from the University of Manitoba and her JD from the University of Victoria. She was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2021, and practiced human rights law at a non-profit social justice law firm in Vancouver prior to joining Allard.