Visiting Scholars at UBC Law
UBC Law welcomes visiting faculty and visiting scholars from around the world. If you are interested in visiting UBC Law, we have several endowed visiting chairs, a visiting program at the law school's Centre for Asian Legal Studies, and a program for self-funded visiting faculty and visiting scholars.
Endowed Visiting Chairs
Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS) Visiting Scholar Program
Self-Funded Visitors
Office Space and Other Resources
General Information
Endowed Visiting Chairs
UBC Law has two endowed chairs - the Walter S. Owen Chair and the Douglas McK.Brown Chair. Details will be posted under Available Faculty Positions when these positions are open.
Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS) Visiting Scholar Program
For those working on law and policy in Asia, please go to the Centre for Asian Legal Studies Visiting Scholar Program for information about application procedures, administrative fees, and application deadlines. View a list of CALS visitors.
Self-Funded Visitors
Visitor Categories
UBC Law also welcomes self-funded visiting faculty and visiting scholars. Visiting appointments are generally between one month and one year, but shorter and longer visits are possible.
Visiting faculty includes professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and lecturers who have continuing appointments at other universities or academic institutions. Visiting faculty members are usually on sabbatical and are expected to return to their home institutions at the end of the visit.
Visiting scholars are generally graduate students from other universities who wish to conduct research at UBC Law. The UBC Graduate Student International Research Mobility Award provides up to $1500 for graduate students at other institutions to conduct research at UBC. Information and application details are available here.
If you are a graduate student at another institution and wish to take courses while you are visiting UBC, then you must apply as a visiting graduate student.
Detailed information on the different visitor categories at UBC is available here.
UBC Law Faculty Sponsor
All visitors require a full-time UBC Law faculty member as sponsor. If you have not identified a sponsor, then please review the faculty profiles to identify faculty members who are working in your field of interest and area of research. Send an e-mail (including your research plan and current curriculum vitae) to a faculty member working in your area and ask if they might be willing to act as your faculty sponsor.
Application Form and Supplementary Materials
Once you have secured a faculty sponsor, please complete the Visiting Faculty / Visiting Scholar Application Form and send it to the address indicated on the form. In addition to the application form, please include the following supporting documents:
- current curriculum vitae (including name, position, and contact information of 2 referees)
- for visiting faculty: letter from Dean or Department Head on letterhead paper indicating continuing academic appointment
- for visiting scholars: letter from graduate program supervisor or employer on letterhead paper indicating program of study or employment
- copy of e-mail from a UBC Law faculty member confirming their willingness to act as the faculty sponsor
Applications are reviewed three times a year in February, June and October. We will notify you on receipt of your application. If your application is accepted, we will mail a letter of invitation to your office address.
Due to limitations in space and resources, UBC Law is not able to accommodate all visiting applications.
Office Space and Other Resources
The Law Library and other libraries on campus have lots of open-table and open-carrel workspaces that are available to the public. UBC also have free WI/FI for all members of the public on its Vancouver Point Grey campus.
Office Space
UBC Law has shared office space for Visiting Faculty and Scholars that is available for $300CDN per month. The fee includes:
- desk and chair with lockable cabinet in a shared office;
- access to a multi-purpose room which is bookable in advance for meetings;
- access to the research cluster common room (includes a kitchen area with sink, microwave and fridge);
- use of a printer/photocopier; and
- access to telephones in shared offices.
Please indicate in the application form whether you would like shared office space. Payment is due when you arrive. Please note that shared office space is limited and will be allocated if requested and if available.
WI/FI and Electronic UBC Library Resources
UBC provides free WI/FI access for all members of the public on its campus, but only those with Campus Wide Login (CWL) ID have access to the UBC secure WI/FI system, which provides access to the electronic resources in the UBC Library system. All Visiting Faculty and Scholars will be provided with instructions to register for a CWL ID.
General Information
Public Events
All visitors are welcome to attend the many public events at UBC Law, including speaker series, Faculty Colloquium, lectures, and other events. Please go to the UBC Law Events calendar for a listing of upcoming events.
Foreign Academics and Visitor/Work Visas
Once you have received UBC Law's letter of invitation, please contact the nearest Canadian Immigration Office in your home country to determine what visas and/or work permits are required. Immigration information on the UBC website is available here.
Please note that UBC Law faculty and staff will not be able to answer questions regarding visitor/work visas or foreign visits. It is the visitor's responsibility to ensure that he/she is legally entitled to be a visiting faculty or visiting scholar at UBC and UBC Law. A visiting appointment is always subject to the approval of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).
Accommodations
Visitors are responsible for finding their own accommodation. UBC provides Information on on-campus housing options.
All visitors are welcome to attend the many public events at UBC Law, including speaker series, Faculty Colloquium, lectures, and other events. Please go to the UBC Law Events calendar for a listing of upcoming events.
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