Janis Sarra

{{short description|Canadian lawyer}}

Janis P. Sarra is a Canadian lawyer, currently the UBC Distinguished Professor of Law and founding Director of the Director of the National Centre for Business Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia (UBC),{{Cite web |url=http://www.allard.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/janis |title=Janis Sarra |publisher=ubc.ca |accessdate=November 27, 2016}} and also a published author.{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2002039452/ |title=Sarra, Janis |publisher=worldcat.org |accessdate=November 27, 2016}} She was previously the UBC's Director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, the university's Senator from 2003 to 2008, and also, until 2007, the Allard School of Law's Associate Dean.