Pamela Cyr
E-mail: cyr@law.ubc.ca
Phone: 604-827-3604
Fax: 604-822-9486
Office Location:
Allard Hall Room 154
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC

Pamela Cyr is the Assistant Dean of Career Services at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Pamela obtained her B.A. in History with a minor in Criminology from Simon Fraser University in 1995, and her LL.B. from the University of Victoria in 1999. She was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 2000, after summering and articling at Russell & DuMoulin (now Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP). Pamela practised general corporate-commercial and administrative litigation at Faskens from 2000 to 2002 and at Berardino & Harris (now Hunter Litigation Chambers) from 2002 to 2007. While at Faskens, Pamela served on the Student Committee, where she gained experience in the recruitment, interviewing, hiring and mentoring of summer and articling students. After leaving Faskens she maintained her involvement in student related training activities by volunteering as a supervising lawyer at U.B.C.'s Law Students' Legal Advice Program, and by leading students through the Nuremberg mock trial exhibit at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

Pamela joined the Faculty of Law as Associate Director of Career Services in July 2008 and has been Director of Career Services since December 2009. She also worked in Academic Services as the Acting Assistant Dean, Students (November 2012-January 2013) where she developed Allard Hall's first pre-exam wellness week for law students. When Pamela is not working at the Faculty of Law she enjoys pilates, barre fitness classes and hiking in the North Shore mountains with her golden retrievers Bailey and Joanie.

Jennifer Lau
E-mail: lau@law.ubc.ca
Phone: 604-827-5052
Fax: 604-822-9486
Office Location:
Allard Hall Room 155
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC

Jennifer Lau is the Associate Director of Career Services at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Jenn obtained her Interdisciplinary B.A. in Chinese Migration and Race Relations from UBC in 2003 and pursued graduate coursework in college student development theory and higher education administration at the University of Maryland - College Park. She graduated with a L.L.B. from UBC in 2008 and was admitted to the BC Bar in 2010. As a non-practicing member of the Law Society of British Columbia, Jenn provides summary legal advice on civil litigation matters at monthly Access Pro Bono clinics at the Gathering Place in Vancouver. During law school, Jenn summered at the UBC Law Students' Legal Advice Program and the Health Employers Association of British Columbia. She then served as a judicial law clerk at the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver before articling and practicing as a civil litigator at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP in Vancouver, BC.

Jenn's non-legal experience includes stints as an undergraduate student recruiter-advisor, UBC history teaching assistant in Southeast Asia and Los Angeles, teacher at a boarding school in northwestern Massachusetts, and intern at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. She sits on the executives of SOGIC BC, the Canadian Bar Association's queer lawyers section, and the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (BC). She previously sat on the Board of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of B.C. where she co-produced a documentary film on Chinese and First Nations intermarriage in BC. Jenn looks forward to working with UBC Law students and alumni in exploring the many career opportunities made available by a legal education. When not working at the Faculty of Law, Jenn trains in swinging trapeze, aerial silks, and aerial hoop at the Vancouver Circus School and has convinced many a fellow lawyer to let go of their inhibitions and fly.

Tracy Wachmann
E-mail: wachmann@law.ubc.ca
Phone: 604.822.0112
Fax: 604.822.9486
Office Location:
Allard Hall Room 156
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC

Tracy Wachmann is the Public Interest Coordinator at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Tracy obtained her B.A. in communications from Simon Fraser University in 1990, specializing in environmental risk perception. While at Simon Fraser University, Tracy was employed as the Student Academic Advisor for Interdisciplinary Studies. After realizing that she could affect social change more readily through the field of law, Tracy obtained her LL.B. (J.D.) from U.B.C. in 1994. Following a clerkship with the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Tracy was an articled student and associate with the boutique firm of Roberts & Griffin (now merged with Miller Thomson LLP), where she practiced general civil litigation and administrative law. In 2001, Tracy chose to become a sole practitioner with a focus on administrative law and began to specialize in the area of self-regulating professions. Since this time, Tracy has also worked in the field of public interest environmental law through West Coast Environmental Law and as a consultant to the Provincial Ministry of the Environment (formerly Water Land and Air Protection). Tracy has worked very closely with grassroots public interest community organizations in such diverse areas as land use planning and community support for families. Tracy is the mother of two children and has tailored her career towards maintaining a sustainable work/life balance.
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Cassandra Piroutz - Program Assistant
E-mail: careers@law.ubc.ca (general career-related inquiries)
Phone: 604.822.0846
Fax: 604.822.9486
Allard Hall Room 160
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC

Cassandra Piroutz is the Program Assistant of Career Services at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. She obtained her Honours B.A. in Theatre and Music from the University of Waterloo, where she found her passions for arts administration and student affairs. In 2012, after five busy years at UW and a nine-month contract with The Banff Centre, she found herself in Vancouver. Cassandra enjoys brunching, hiking and volunteering, and is thrilled to be part of the UBC community.