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February

 

Feb 1, 2012

February E-Newsletter
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Feb 2, 2012

UBC Law Welcomes the Honourable Frank Iacobucci, C.C., Q.C.
On February 9th, Mr. Iacobucci will present a lecture at Allard Hall as part of the J. Donald Mawhinney lectureship in professional ethics.
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Feb 3, 2012

UBC Law Alumni and Professor appointed Queen's Counsel.
On December 22, 2011, Attorney General Shirley Bond announced that twenty-eight B.C. lawyers were appointed Queen's counsel, including Professor Christine Boyle and ten UBC Law alumni.
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January

 

Jan 1, 2012

January E-Newsletter
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Jan 11, 2012

UBC Hosts the 2012 Law Games
Over 600 participants from 16 law schools gathered for four days of competition and camaraderie at the 2012 Law Games held for the first time at UBC.
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Jan 24, 2012

Read the Latest Issue of the UBC Law Alumni Magazine
The UBC Law Alumni magazine is an annual publication that comes out each fall and is distributed to all our alumni around the world.
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Jan 30, 2012

UBC Takes Home the Cup at Labour Arbitration Competition
The UBC team of second year law students Natasha Jategaonkar and Glen Tedham won the cup at the Mathews Dinsdale & Clark Canadian Labour Arbitration Competition held in Toronto this past weekend.
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December

 

Dec 1, 2011

December E-Newsletter
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Dec 20, 2011

2011 UBC Alumni Achievement Awards
Congratulations to UBC Law graduate Rahim Moloo (class 2005) who was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
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Dec 20, 2011

UBC 2010-2011 Annual Review
UBC students, faculty, staff and alumni share their A-ha moments in the 2010-2011 Annual Review.
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Dec 21, 2011

Uniquely UBC: Pushing the Boundaries
Members of the UBC Law community were treated to an inspiring evening recently at Allard Hall where they had the opportunity to hear from Professors Natasha Affolder, Benjamin Goold and Benjamin Perrin on their groundbreaking research work.
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November

 

Nov 1, 2011

November E-Newsletter
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Nov 3, 2011

Welcoming Business Law Students
The National Centre for Business Law and the student-run Law & Business Society (LBS) hosted the 3rd Annual Welcome Reception on October 5th at the Faculty of Law at Allard Hall.
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Nov 3, 2011

Student Profile: Josh Vander Vies
Pro-athlete and second year law student, Josh Vander Vies is an inspiration to many
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Nov 3, 2011

2011 Recipient of SSHRC Aurora Prize
Prof. James Stewart Recognized as one of Canada's top emerging social sciences and humanities researchers
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Nov 3, 2011

Alumni Profile of the Month: Neil Jennings ('72)
In 1982, Jennings decided to leave the law practice to pursue a life less ordinary - in his case, opening a fly-fishing shop in Calgary
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Nov 9, 2011

Students Shine at the Peter Burns Mock Trial Competition
The annual event brings together students, faculty and members of the legal community.
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Nov 14, 2011

U of T Law Recognizes Prof. Perrin with Top Young Alumni Award
The University of Toronto's Law Alumni Association has recently announced that Benjamin Perrin is this year's co-recipient of the Wilson-Prichard Award for Community and Professional Service.
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Nov 14, 2011

Volunteer to be a Moot Court Judge
The UBC Faculty of Law is seeking alumni who are interested in volunteering as moot court judges for the 2012 spring term.
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October

 

Oct 1, 2011

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Oct 6, 2011

Prof. Perrin Recipient of Two Human Rights Awards in September
In September, Assistant Professor Benjamin Perrin received two separate awards recognizing his decade of work on the issue of human trafficking, including for volunteering overseas with victims, as a senior policy advisor in government, advocate for victims, and as a researcher.
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Oct 12, 2011

Prof Sarra Appointed Director, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies recently appointed Professor Janis Sarra to the position of Director, effective January 1, 2012.
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Oct 12, 2011

Excellence in Mediation
On September 30, Sharon Sutherland received the Susanna Jani Award for Excellence in Mediation. This prize recognizes Professor Sutherland’s outstanding contributions to the practice of dispute resolution in BC.
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September

 

Sept 1, 2011

September E-Newsletter
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Sept 1, 2011

Alumni Profile of the Month
At ninety years old, Constance D. Isherwood, QC, (class of '51) is the most senior practicing women member of the Bar in British Columbia.
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Sept 2, 2011

New Bursary Fund for Students
Morley Koffman (class of '52) has made a gift of $30,000 to UBC Law that will endow a bursary fund for law students who have demonstrated financial need.
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Sept 6, 2011

Student Profile of the Month
Law school seemed to be a natural fit for Leah George-Wilson who for the past 18 years has worked with the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation (TWN) in North Vancouver, finding equitable and constitutional ways to protect the rights of the TWN community within their traditional territory.
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Sept 12, 2011

First Year Students Get a Warm Welcome
Orientation Week at UBC Law has been a longstanding tradition and an important one.
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Sept 12, 2011

Hong Kong Alumni Student Lounge
In honour of the special and long standing relationship the Faculty has with our esteemed colleagues and alumni from Hong Kong, UBC Law at Allard Hall has dedicated the main student lounge in the new building to this important group.
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Sept 16, 2011

Allard Hall: Official Opening Ceremony
The Official Opening of Allard Hall will be held on Friday, September 23, at 10:00AM. Due to the large number of guests attending this event, seating is very limited.
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Sept 19, 2011

Professor Perrin Appointed Senior Fellow at Leading Think Tank
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy today announced the appointment of Benjamin Perrin, Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Law as a Senior Fellow along with three other recognized experts in their fields.
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Sept 23, 2011

New UBC law building opens following Canada's largest law school donor campaign
Today, the University of British Columbia opened the country's first new purpose-built university law school building in 30 years, a $56-million facility made possible by the largest private fundraising effort for a Canadian law school building.
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