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Allard School of Law
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Allard School of Law
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- We are excited to welcome Dean Ngai Pindell to @UBC, the #AllardLaw community and Vancouver. Today he begins his five-year term as Dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law.
- We’re delighted to share that Prof Ngai Pindell has been appointed as the new Dean of Allard Law. Prof Pindell is currently the International Gaming Institute Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
- Congratulations to Professor @DebraParkes on receiving the 2021-2022 Jim Taylor, QC Faculty Scholar Award! Through her leadership, scholarship and mentorship, Professor Parkes has had an immeasurable impact on life and community at the law school.
- Congratulations to Professor Efrat Arbel (@earbel) on being awarded a UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship! Professor Arbel will launch a two-year research study analyzing the inner workings of Canadian immigration detention. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/news-… 1/3
- Congratulations to #AllardLaw professor Dr. @SaraGhebremusse on her recent SSHRC Insight Development Grant! Her project focuses on Canadian mining conflicts in southern Africa and the impact of these disputes on evolving mining governance and state practice. #mininglaw
- Congratulations to Professor @carolmliao on being named Woman of the Year by @bcbusiness in the Equity and Inclusion Champion category! We spoke with Carol about anti-racism in the workplace and the importance of acknowledging & rejecting biases.
- Allard Law graduates Nicco and Maria Kim-Bautista have set up an award for students in the JD program who are the first in their family to attend law school. Learn more about their story and what inspired them to establish this award. bit.ly/3kqXBwy
- Introducing the Allard Law team for the upcoming Laskin Moot! Good luck to all the mooters this term!
00:00 - Professor Samuel Beswick has created Canada’s first online open-access tort law casebook on @CanLII — a format enabling him to innovate both in the selection of civil wrongdoing cases his class would study, and in the way students would access them.
- Congratulations to Professor Isabel Grant who has been honoured with the prestigious Killam Teaching Prize. Learn more about Professor Grant and her many contributions to the law school and beyond. bit.ly/2VBgJxl @igrantubc
- Support the Indigenous Law Students Association through their annual silent auction, held online this year. Proceeds support various ILSA initiatives including student bursaries. Which is your favourite item? 32auctions.com/ILSA2021
- We’re delighted to announce the creation of Allard Law’s new Afghan Women Judges Program. Three judges from Afghanistan have recently joined us at the Allard School of Law: Judges Bibi Wahida Rahimi, Freshta Masomi and Zamila Sangar. 1/3
- Professor @carolmliao is an internationally respected scholar in business law, a dedicated educator and a community activist, whose research focuses on corporate law and sustainability. Congratulations on this much-deserved recognition! allard.ubc.ca/about-us/news-… @WXN
