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➡️ Read our admissions blog:
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➡️Watch this week's recorded webinar to hear from current students: uvic.zoom.us/rec/share/8BG0…

🎉 Congratulations to UVicLaw grad Fiona Wong, recipient of a 2024 Emerging Alumni Award. #UVicAlumniAwards Overholt Law
Read more about Fiona and all 18 Distinguished Alumni recipients: ow.ly/Q1Ly50QP53g

🌟 Exciting Opportunity! 🏛️ The Law Centre is hiring. As Clinic Administrator, you could make an impact in legal education, help to break down barriers and provide essential support. Apply now, closes March 6: uvic.mua.hrdepartment.com/hr/ats/Posting…

Join us TOMORROW for a screening of Twice Colonized, presented by Inuit lawyer, activist, and Akitsiraq Law School Law School graduate, Aaju Peter. A shortened version of the film will be presented to first year Law students, following a Q&A with Peter.

All are welcome! #TwiceColonized

Thanks to Scott Morishita for delivering an insightful lecture on the mental health crisis in law, and congrats to Michelle Liu & David Clarkson on receiving the Ann Roberts Humanitarian Award! #UVicLaw is lucky to have such outstanding students dedicated to each other's success.

Indigenous Leadership in Conservation & Protected Areas February webinar video!

Presenters:
Jessica Jumbo Dehcho First Nations
Ryan Planche Ryan Planche
Dawn Dietrich Laurier Geog & ES
Andrew Spring Andrew Spring
Emily Sabourin UVicLaw

Find the video here: bit.ly/3P3NnDF

UVic Law students Emily Chan, Jeremy Coleman, and Rabia Malik are exploring access to justice in law school admissions. Dive into their innovative approach and share your insights on the blog—your experience matters in how we can shape a better system!

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Associate Chief Judge Susan Wishart spoke yesterday at an #A2JWeekBC event on 'Legal Education and Professional Competencies: What the Access to Justice Lawyer Needs to Know' at UVicLaw presented by CBABC & UVic Access to Justice Centre for Excellence.

The F. Murray Fraser lecture invites honoured speakers to present on professionalism within the world of law.

We hope you'll join us on Feb. 13 for this year's lecture, presented by UVic Law grad and the current President of the CBABC Scott Morishita!

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New Provincial Court Judge Karen Leung is a UVicLaw grad whose experience includes 10 years as Legal Counsel for the Court with major contributions to the Court's #pandemic response. BC Judicial Council reports annually on applicants' demographics: ow.ly/kfPN50QyWfl

A great opportunity for students from all faculties! In fact, a UVic Law student won the first place prize in poetry last year. Learn more about how to enter and read Rosemary (Xinhe) Hu's award winning piece under '2023 Winners' ⬇️

The National Centre for Indigenous Laws at @UVic is being honoured with a 2023 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence. The building is being constructed by VICA Member Chandos Construction and received the award for its Coast Salish design elements

Saanich News
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In her recent profile in SaltWire, JD/JID graduate Jolene Ashini explains how her father's legacy inspires her work, her plans to empower Indigenous youth, and how she's on her way to her dream career. Learn more about where she's headed next: saltwire.com/atlantic-canad…

Former UVic Law Dean, SFU President, BC MLA and UVic Law alumnus Andrew Petter was recognized with UVic's highest academic honor today, where he received an honorary doctorate of laws during convocation.

Reminder: the admissions deadline for UVic Law is December 1st!
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Have you applied to UVic Law, and now you're wondering what happens? We have the answers in this week's Admissions blog! ow.ly/7tai50Q4Ktw

The UVic Graduate Student Law & Society Research Group presents 'Legal Personhood for AI systems: Conceptual Preliminaries.' Monday, November 6 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time. This is a free, online event. ow.ly/c84a50Q4avy

Members of OutLaws groups at Allard School of Law, UVicLaw, and TRU Faculty of Law are invited to join judges and legal counsel from the Court of Appeal and BC Supreme Court for an information session about judicial clerkships on Nov. 7 at 12:45 p.m.
Register here: forms.gle/e7k4xZosjk5vQe….

Today at 1 pm! Join us for a tour of the Broken Promises exhibit with Professor Jordan Stanger-Ross. Free! No registration required. All welcome.

Come join us and Allard Indigenous, tomorrow Allard School of Law as we welcome Professor John Borrows, Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto, for the next talk in the Legal Theory Speaker Series. Reception to follow.