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Power, Gender, and Race in the Legal Profession

Carol Liao delivered the final keynote speech at the 43rd Annual Women in Law Dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, one week before the city went into COVID-19 lockdown. She spoke on power, gender, and race in the legal profession, and received a standing ovation following her speech.

Graduate Student Profile: Moira Aikenhead

Moira Aikenhead is a PhD Candidate at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, where she also completed her LLM. Her research is centred on the intersection of digital technologies and gender violence in Canadian criminal law. She has published on topics including the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, voyeurism, and privacy expectations in relation to sexual violence.

Graduate Student Profile: Elspeth Kaiser-Derrick

Environmental law in the age of climate disruption

In the spring of 2019, Professor Jocelyn Stacey gave her keynote address at the annual Women in Law event. The address queried what it means to do environmental law well in the age of climate disruption. It emphasized the relevance of environmental law to women in law – both women lawyers and community leaders. This blog post is a modified version of the keynote address.