Graduate Student Directory

Reina Magistro Nadler is a doctoral candidate at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. Her dissertation research evaluates the uptake of neuroscientific knowledge and techniques into legal processes and institutions, with special attention to the implications of this neuro-technocratic turn for the democratic character of society. Reina’s studies have been supported by a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and by the Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize for Killam Doctoral Scholars. She has recently acquired an additional specialization in the intersection of neuroethics and trans studies.

Vitus is a doctoral student at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, and an Allard Scholar Graduate Fellowship Awardee. His research interests are Comparative constitutional law, Constitutionalism, Natural resources governance and sustainability, and Global governance and transnational law. His doctoral research examines the efficiency of parliamentary oversight over natural resource contracts in sub-Saharan Africa within the context of the theories of good governance and institutionalism. 

Meghan Robinson is a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is completing her doctoral research on the possibility of giving Māori and Tsilhqot'in environmental legends human rights in both Aotearoa and British Columbia as a means to protect Indigenous knowledge alongside the environment.

Co-Supervisor: Stepan Wood

Prince was called to the state bar of Ohio in 2020. He was formerly a Legislative Fellow at the Ohio Legislative Service Commission, where he served as a member of the Tax and Economic Development Drafting Group. Prince's research interests include labour and employment law, labour law theory, contract law, and law and sociology.

Supervisor: Dr. Supriya Routh

David Watson is a doctoral candidate at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. He researches in the field of international trade and intellectual property law. He is a recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship and the University of British Columbia Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF).

Drew was a staff lawyer with the University of Calgary's Public Interest Law Clinic from 2018-2022. His work focuses on access to information law, administrative secrecy, species at risk, resource law, and environmental liabilities. His Alberta law specific writing can be found on the University of Calgary law blog.