Staff & Faculty Directory

Before he joined the Allard School of Law in 1970, Steve Wexler was staff counsel at the National Welfare Rights Organization in Washington, D.C. His major academic interest is legal philosophy, particularly the work of Aristotle. Professor Wexler's own philosophical work is extremely eclectic. He has written about practicing law for poor people, the relationship of law and morals, the extent to which law is a rational activity and the centrality of burden of proof to legal thought.

Ella is the Director, Academic Services at Allard. She leads the Academic Services team in their work on course scheduling, registration, exams, and grade processing, and supports the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs with teaching evaluations, curriculum, and policy.

Prior to joining Allard, Ella worked in student services areas including recruitment, awards, peer programs, and academic advising at UBC and SFU. Ella holds a Bachelor of Science from UBC and is currently completing her Master of Education in Higher Education.

Professor Stepan Wood’s research relates to sustainability, globalization, transnational governance, voluntary environmental standards, climate change, environmental law, corporate social responsibility and social justice.

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.