Program or Research Centre |
Description |
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Research |
This research project addresses the challenge of coordinating local compliance with international trade and human rights standards in the Asia-Pacific region. The project includes interview and archival research on trade and human rights dispute resolution in Canada, China, Indonesia, India and Japan, and includes local Case Studies selected and developed with Canadian policy needs in mind. The results of the research enables interdisciplinary scholars and policymakers in Canada and internationally to establish more effective mechanisms for ensuring coordinated compliance with international trade and human rights standards. |
British Columbia Law Institute |
The British Columbia Law Institute is an independent research institution dedicated to modernizing and simplifying the law and adapting it to modern social needs, promoting improvement of the administration of justice and respect for the rule of law, and promoting and conducting scholarly legal research. |
The Centre for Asian Legal Studies |
The Centre has four major programs of teaching and research: Chinese Legal Studies, Japanese Legal Studies, Korean Legal Studies, and Southeast Asian Legal Studies. |
Centre for Law and the Environment |
Here you will find information about the courses, professors, research, scholarships and other natural resources law-related activities at the UBC law school. |
China Law Links |
The 2013 China Law Links program has been developed specifically to meet the needs of those in the Canadian legal community preparing for business projects in China or with Chinese firms in Canada. |
Feminist Legal Studies/Centre for Feminist Legal Studies |
The Faculty of Law is nationally and internationally renowned for its scholarship and teaching in Feminist Legal Studies. The Centre for Feminist Legal Studies was established in 1997 and is currently housed in Rooms 424 and 422 of Allard Hall. The Centre's purpose is to enhance the visibility of feminist legal studies at UBC and to strengthen cooperation in research, teaching, and graduate student supervision between scholars working within the Faculty of Law and elsewhere at UBC, as well as links and collaborations between scholars working in different university and community settings in British Columbia, Canada, and internationally. |
Indigenous Legal Studies
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The Faculty of Law is a leader in Indigenous legal education in North America. Since 1975, over 180 Aboriginal students have graduated from the Faculty of Law with a bachelor of laws degree. Many of those are now leaders who have helped to redefine Indigenous legal issues in Canada. |
UBC Law Innocence Project |
The Innocence Project at the UBC Faculty of Law reviews claims of wrongful conviction to find the truth. The mission of the Project is to investigate and identify cases of wrongful conviction and assist in securing the release of individuals who have been wrongly convicted. |
International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy |
Founded in 1991, the Centre is a Vancouver-based, independent, non-profit institute, officially affiliated with the United Nations. We are dedicated to making a substantial contribution to national and international efforts to reduce crime and improve justice. |
Law and Social Justice |
The Specialization in Law and Social Justice recognizes students who focus part of their legal studies on areas related to the use of law to achieve social justice. It also gives students who are interested in Law and Social Justice and public interest law guidance as to choice among courses in the upper year curriculum. It enables these students to show to prospective employers that they have gained expertise in relevant legal fields. |
Law and Society |
UBC is home to a lively, diverse, and vibrant "law and society" community encompassing established scholars, junior academics, and students in many disciplines. |
Law Students' Legal Advice Program |
LSLAP is a non-profit society run by law students at the University of British Columbia which offers free legal advice and legal representation at clinics located throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional District. |
National Centre for Business Law |
UBC Law is home to the new National Centre for Business Law, which provides a robust, interdisciplinary and empirical research environment for research and scholarship in business law and finance policy, focused on both domestic and international comparative law. The Centre offers outstanding educational programs in business law for J.D./LL.B., graduate and professional students, enhancing the quality of students' learning experience by increasing engagement with contemporary business law issues. The Centre's goal is to become a focal meeting place to enhance the intellectual exchange among the business law community, including scholars, judges, financiers, business leaders, legal practitioners, in-house counsel, government policy-makers and community members. |
South China Seas Informal Working Group |
Since 1990 a series of workshops on "Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea" have been held in Indonesia under the auspices of the Research and Development Agency within the Department of Foreign Affairs. These non-governmental gatherings have been convened to explore ways to engender cooperation among the nations bordering on the South China Sea. |
Tax Law |
Studying tax at UBC law means joining a vibrant and exciting community of scholars, practitioners, leading social and economic policy thinkers, and students. On these webpages you'll find information on UBC's tax faculty and course offerings, and general information related to academic tax work, research, and practice. |
