Peter A Allard School of Law

Staff & Faculty Directory

  • Gordon Christie

    Professor

    Professor Christie has a LL.B. from the University of Victoria, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has taught in universities in Canada and the United States, in Faculties of Law, and Departments of Philosophy and Indigenous Studies. Most recently he was an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School (1998 - 2004), where he also acted as Director of the Intensive Program in Aboriginal Lands, Resources and Governments.

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    • Indigenous Legal Studies
  • Robert Clifford

    Assistant Professor
    Co-Academic Director, Indigenous Legal Studies

    Robert is WSÁNEĆ and a member of the Tsawout First Nation, his home community; he carries the name YELKATŦE, which was passed to him by his late grandfather, Earl Claxton Sr.  His PhD research uses community participation methodologies to explore the ways WSÁNEĆ laws are generated by and reflect the values, philosophies, lands, and worldviews of the WSÁNEĆ people.

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    • Centre for Law and the Environment
  • Gareth Coghlan

    Manager, Enrolment Services

    Gareth is responsible for the operational and administrative functions of the Admissions and Recruitment Office, including the implementation and maintenance of admissions systems, the processing of applications, and the management of first-year registration. He also offers advising for applicants and participates in the recruitment initiatives as part of the Admissions team.

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    • JD Admissions
  • Wei Cui

    Professor

    Professor Wei Cui joined the law faculty at the University of British Columbia in 2013. His research and writing span a wide range of topics in tax law and policy, including international taxation, tax administration and compliance, tax and development, the value added tax, and tax and spending policies targeted at the labor market. His current research projects examine the design of international taxation in light of the evolution of international trade, and compare redistributive policies in democratic v. authoritarian countries.

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    • Centre for Asian Legal Studies
    • Centre for Business Law
  • Emma Cunliffe

    Professor

    Dr Emma Cunliffe is a Professor in the Allard School of Law.  Dr Cunliffe studies how courts decide the facts of contested cases.  She is particularly interested in expert evidence, the operation of implicit bias, and legal processes regarding gendered and racialized violence, particularly those regarding Indigenous people. Dr Cunliffe is also a member of the evidence-based forensic initiative, which is based at the University of New South Wales.

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    • Centre for Feminist Legal Studies
  • Catherine Dauvergne, KC

    Professor

    Professor Dauvergne has been working in the area of refugee, immigration, and citizenship law over the past quarter of a century.  For a decade she held the Canada Research in Migration Law.  In 2012, Dauvergne was named a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation in recognition of her contributions to public discourse in Canada. In 2019 she was honoured with a Queen’s Counsel designation.

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    • Centre for Feminist Legal Studies
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