Peter A Allard School of Law

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  • Dr. Yuvraj Joshi
    Aug 18, 2021

    The law and social change: Meet Assistant Professor Dr. Yuvraj Joshi

    Dr. Yuvraj Joshi is an expert on constitutional and comparative law, racial equality law, gender and sexuality law, and human rights, and we’re thrilled to welcome him as our newest faculty member. We spoke with Dr. Joshi about his current research and why he’s excited to be teaching the upper-year seminar Law and Inequity this fall.

  • Kristen Thomasen
    Jul 23, 2021

    Drones, bots and the law: Meet Assistant Professor Kristen Thomasen

    Kristen Thomasen is one of Canada’s leading experts in robotics law and policy, specializing in drone regulation and the privacy impacts of robotic technologies and artificial intelligence. In January 2021, she joined the Allard Law community as an assistant professor.

  • Handcuffs and fingerprints
    Feb 17, 2021

    Immigration Detention in the Age of COVID-19

    Learn about Professor Efrat Arbel and PhD Candidate Molly Joeck’s burgeoning research on shifts in the legal regulation of Immigration Detention in response to COVID-19, and the unexpected progressive possibilities ushered in by the global pandemic.

  • Image by Federico Gastald
    Dec 14, 2020

    Changing the locks on the Canada-US border

    In a post-COVID world, research at Allard Law may help illuminate a once-unexamined Canada-US border. (Originally published in Trek Magazine. Image by Federico Gastaldi.)

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