Peter A Allard School of Law

Affiliated Faculty

The Peter A. Allard School of Law is home to internationally-recognized scholars in environmental law and related fields. 

Get to know the Centre for Law and the Environment's affiliated faculty: 

  • Natasha Affolder

    Professor

    Natasha Affolder is a Professor and a former Associate Dean Research and International at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. She is a leading scholar in transnational environmental law whose research explores some of the most challenging and complex issues of our time.

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  • Hassan Ahmad

    Assistant Professor

    Hassan Ahmad is an Assistant Professor at the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. He writes and researches on topics related to corporate governance and accountability, climate change litigation, the separation of powers, transnational torts, the interaction of domestic jurisdiction and liability principles with international law, business and human rights law, and the emerging field of law and political economy.

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  • Nicole Barrett

    Assistant Professor of Teaching
    Director, International Justice and Human Rights Clinic

    Nicole Barrett is Director of the International Justice and Human Rights (IJHR) Clinic at Allard Law, where she teaches international human rights, international criminal law international humanitarian law as well as a seminar on human trafficking law and policy.

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  • Robert Clifford

    Assistant Professor

    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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  • Alexandra Flynn

    Associate Professor

    Professor Alexandra Flynn’s teaching and research focus on municipal law and governance, administrative law, property law, and experiential education. She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers, public reports, media articles, and a book on how cities are legally understood in law and how they govern, including the overlapping geographies and governance of city spaces, and the formal and informal bodies that represent residents.

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    • Indigenous Legal Studies
  • Douglas Harris

    Professor and Nathan T. Nemetz Chair in Legal History

    Douglas Harris joined the Allard School of Law in 2001. He teaches and writes in the areas of property law and legal history. His earlier published work focussed on the regulation of Indigenous fisheries in British Columbia, and he is the author of two award-winning books Fish, Law, and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia (U of T Press) and Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925 (UBC Press).

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  • Andrea Hilland, KC

    Assistant Professor

    Professor Hilland's research compares Indigenous and colonial laws to challenge discriminatory theories of colonial supremacy and Indigenous inferiority that have been upheld and perpetuated through the contemporary colonial legal system.

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    • Indigenous Legal Studies
  • Carol Liao

    Associate Professor; UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow
    Principal Co-Investigator, Canada Climate Law Initiative

    Professor Carol Liao researches in the areas of corporate law and sustainability, climate governance, gender and racial justice. She is the recipient of the Influential Women in Business Award from Business in Vancouver, the Women of the Year Award from BCBusiness, and was named as one of Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by the Women's Executive Network. She teaches Business Organizations, Contract Law, and seminars in corporate law.

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    • Centre for Asian Legal Studies
    • Centre for Business Law
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    • Centre for Law and the Environment
  • Karin Mickelson

    Associate Professor

    Karin Mickelson joined the Faculty as Assistant Professor in 1991 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998. She has taught in the areas of international law, international environmental law, real property, environmental law and legal theory, and has supervised and co-supervised graduate students in a wide range of areas including international environmental law, international legal theory and international human rights. She has also served as the faculty advisor to UBC teams participating in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

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  • Graham Reynolds

    Associate Professor
    Associate Dean, Research and International

    Dr. Graham J. Reynolds teaches and researches in the areas of copyright law, intellectual property law, property law, intellectual property and human rights, and technology and access to justice. His current research focus is the intersection of intellectual property and human rights, as well as the relationship between intellectual property and social justice.  

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    • Dean's Office
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