Peter A. Allard School of Law

UBC offered lectures in law from 1920, but the university's faculty of law was established in 1945,{{cite book|last=Mossman|first=Mary Jane|date=2006|title=The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions|url=https://archive.org/details/firstwomenlawyer00moss |url-access=limited|location=Portland, Oregon|publisher=Hart Publishing|page=[https://archive.org/details/firstwomenlawyer00moss/page/n88 77]|isbn=9781847310958}} and was served by George F. Curtis (1906–2005) as the founding dean, until he retired in 1971.{{cite web|title=George F. Curtis, OC, OBC, QC|url=http://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/law-history-project/profile/george-f-curtis-oc-obc-qc|publisher=Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia|access-date=19 November 2016}} Because it lacked adequate infrastructure, the law school used army huts from World War II,{{cite web|title=UBC's Law School Opens|url=http://historyproject.allard.ubc.ca/law-history-project/milestone/ubcs-law-school-opens|publisher=Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia|access-date=19 November 2016}} until a permanent structure was built in 1951, which was named after Curtis;{{cite web|title=George F. Curtis Building|url=http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/bldgs/law.html|access-date=19 November 2016}} it was replaced by Allard Hall in 2009.{{cite web|title=Allard Hall|url=http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/bldgs/allardhall.html|access-date=19 November 2016}}

In recognition of a donation from UBC law alumnus Peter A. Allard, the law school was renamed the Peter A. Allard School of Law, on 22 January 2015; previously, it had been named University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. Allard is the son of one-time Edmonton Oilers co-owner, Dr. Charles "Chuck" Allard, who also brought the SCTV sketch comedy television series to Edmonton.[https://ecitydoc.com/download/charles-alexander-allard-md-frcsc-facs-1919-1991-3_pdf Lampard, Dr. J. Robert] "Dr. Charles Alexander Allard", Profiles and Perspectives from Alberta’s Medical History, Alberta Medical Foundation, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

In 2023, both QS World and Times Higher Education ranked Allard the second-best common law school in the Canada, ranking behind the University of Toronto.{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings for Law & Legal Studies 2022 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2022/law-legal-studies |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Top Universities |language=en}} Academically, the school is amongst the most selective in the nation, with a median LSAT score of 166, or the 91st percentile, for the entering class of 2022.{{Cite web |title=Admission - Juris Doctor - Peter A. Allard School of Law - Faculties, Colleges, and Schools - Vancouver Academic Calendar 2022/23 - UBC Student Services |url=http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,207,358,326 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=www.calendar.ubc.ca}}

In 2024, the Times Higher Education ranked Allard the third-best law school within Canada, and the 37th in the world.[https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-law-degrees-canada]

At least five of Allard's current faculty are former Rhodes scholars, with many more serving as former law clerks at the Supreme Court of Canada.{{cite web |url=https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/graham-reynolds |title=Graham Reynolds}}{{cite web |url=https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/benjamin-goold |title=Benjamin Goold}}{{cite web |url=https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/natasha-affolder |title=Natasha Affolder}}{{cite web |url=https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/joel-bakan |title=Joel Bakan}}{{cite web |url=https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our-people/bruce-macdougall |title=Bruce MacDougall}}

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The school is located at the University of British Columbia's campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2011 it moved out of its former building, a brutalist-style building with malfunctioning heating and cooling and into a new building that had recently been completed. The building cost around $56M; the university used $21M of its own funds and the rest came from donations, including $12M from The Law Foundation of B.C.Gerry Bellett for the Vancouver Sun. 22 September 2011. [https://vancouversun.com/news/unveils+million+school/5450856/story.html UBC unveils new $56-million law school] In 2011 shortly before students and faculty began moving in, Peter Allard, an alumnus, donated about $12 million to the school, with about $10M of it going to complete the capital campaign; the building was named after him.

{{See also|Allard Prize for International Integrity}}

The Allard Prize was established in 2012 and was initially funded by part of the 2011 gift from Allard{{cite news|last1=Bradshaw|first1=James|title=UBC law school gets donation worth almost $12-million|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/ubc-law-school-gets-donation-worth-almost-12-million/article586742/ |access-date=21 March 2016|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc.|date=13 July 2011}} and further funded by a subsequent $30M donation by Allard in 2015.{{cite news|last1=Zauli Fellows|first1=Olivia|title=B.C. lawyer donates record $30-million to UBC law school|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-lawyer-donates-record-30-million-to-ubc-law-school/article22598860/ |access-date=21 March 2016|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc.|date=22 January 2015}} The Allard Prize became independent of the Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia on 21 June 2019.{{Cite news|last=Zhao|first=Sarah|title=UBC backs out of Allard Prize, declines to say why|work=The Ubyssey|url=https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-quietly-withdraws-from-allard-prize/}}

The first prize was awarded in 2013, and it is given biennially to an individual, movement or organization that has "demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership in combating corruption, especially through promoting transparency, accountability and the Rule of Law".{{cite news|title=Anna Hazare awarded inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity in Canada|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/anna-hazare-awarded-inaugural-allard-prize-for-international-integrity-in-canada-113093000600_1.html |access-date=24 March 2016|publisher=Business Standard (newspaper India)|date=30 September 2013}} It is one of the world's largest prizes dedicated to the fight against corruption and protecting human rights.{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Dene|title=Indian corruption fighter wins UBC's first integrity award|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/indian-corruption-fighter-wins-ubcs-first-integrity-award/article14540616/ |access-date=24 March 2016|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc.|date=26 September 2013}}

The winner receives CAD$100,000 and an Allard Prize award which is an original work of art;{{cite web|title=The Allard Prize|url=http://www.allardprize.org/allard-prize|website=Allard Prize for International Integrity|publisher=Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia |access-date=22 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Allard Prize|url=http://diatom.cc/allard-prize|website=Diatom Studio|publisher=Diatom Studio, London |access-date=24 March 2016}} Honourable Mention recipients receive an Allard Prize award and may be awarded a cash amount at the discretion of the Allard Prize Committee.{{cite news|last1=Todd|first1=Douglas|title=India's anti-corruption guru awarded $100,000 prize in Vancouver|url=https://vancouversun.com/health/India+anti+corruption+guru+awarded+prize+Vancouver/8960013/story.html |access-date=24 March 2016|work=The Vancouver Sun|date=25 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Githongo, Angolan get Sh10.5m award|url=http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2015/10/05/githongo-angolan-get-sh105m-award_c1217413#sthash.92iLqqUr.dpuf |access-date=24 March 2016|publisher=The Star (Kenya newspaper)|date=5 October 2015}}

Many Allard Prize nominees and recipients have been, and continue to be, subjected to threats, violence, imprisonment and other attacks associated with their anti-corruption and human rights activities.{{cite news|last1=Dhillon|first1=Sunny|title=Winners of UBC's integrity award on fighting corruption in Africa|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/winners-of-ubcs-integrity-award-on-fighting-corruption-in-africa/article26629372/ |access-date=24 March 2016|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc.|date=1 October 2015}} One Honourable Mention recipient (Sergei Magnitsky) was nominated posthumously after being tortured and dying in a Russian prison.{{cite news|last1=Elder|first1=Miriam|title=Sergei Magnitsky verdict 'most shameful moment since Stalin'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/sergei-magnitsky-russia-trial-verdict-tax-fraud |access-date=24 March 2016|publisher=The Guardian UK|date=11 July 2013}}

The University of British Columbia Law Review is the school's official law review and is published by the UBC Law Review Society. Similar to the Harvard Law Review, the editorial process and business of the Society is run by Juris Doctor students, while manuscripts submitted to the journal are peer-reviewed by professors with specialized knowledge of the subject matter.{{cite web|url=http://ubclawreview.ca/|title=UBC Law Review Society » Publisher of the UBC Law Review and the Table of Statutory Limitations}} It was first published in 1949 as a collection of legal essays entitled the UBC Legal Notes. In 1959, it officially became the UBC Law Review. It was incorporated as a non-profit society in 1966. The UBC Law Review is a top ranking scholarly publication in Canada and globally, alongside the University of Toronto Law Journal and McGill Law Journal.{{cite web|url=http://siemslegal.blogspot.ca/2011/03/world-law-journal-ranking-2011.html|title=Siemslegal: Siemslegal World Law Journal Ranking 2011}}

First published in 1955 as a section of the UBC Law Review, the Table of Statutory Limitations has since matured into an annual compendium of legal limitation periods of various statutes. The TSL is published by students at the school.{{cite web|url=http://ubclawreview.ca/tsl/|title=Table of Statutory Limitations (TSL) - UBC Law Review Society}}

The only Canadian peer-reviewed journal dedicated to insolvency and bankruptcy law. This annual publication offers articles by scholars and practitioners on personal and commercial insolvency law.{{cite web|url=http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/ailr/|title=1st Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference : Home Page |access-date=2012-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720095553/http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/ailr/ |archive-date=20 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}

{{Main|Canadian Journal of Family Law}}

First published in 1978, the Canadian Journal of Family Law is Canada's first family law journal. The journal is a biannual interdisciplinary journal that publishes both English and French academic articles on a broad range of issues related to family law. The journal is peer reviewed by an advisory board consisting of legal professionals and academics. It is produced by an editorial staff of students at the school.{{cite web|url=http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/cdnjfl/index.html|title=Canadian Journal of Family Law |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205221550/http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/cdnjfl/index.html |archive-date=5 December 2006|df=dmy-all}}

An interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal based at the school. The journal focuses on the intersections of Law and theatre.{{cite web|url=http://masksjournal.com/wordpress/?page_id=2|title=About Masks |access-date=2012-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128083431/http://masksjournal.com/wordpress/?page_id=2 |archive-date=28 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}

The UBC International Law Journal is an online open access academic journal published by students at the school. The journal was initially created through the UBC International Law Society. The journal publishes exclusively student work, reviewed by students. The first issue was published in November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.ubcilj.org/|title=UBC International Law Journal}}

The Legal Eye is a newspaper published monthly by students at the school. Started in September 2003, the Legal Eye serves as a forum for reporting on news about the Faculty, broader legal community, case commentary, the occasional recipe, book/restaurant/film reviews, event reviews, and for recognizing student activities and achievements.{{cite web|url=https://ubclegaleye.wordpress.com/|title=The Legal Eye}}

• Beverley McLachlin {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}}, 1974–1981, became Chief Justice of Canada in 2000.{{cite web|title=Biography - Beverley McLachlin|url=http://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=beverley-mclachlin|publisher=Supreme Court of Canada|access-date=19 November 2016|date=1 January 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000255/http://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=beverley-mclachlin|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}
• Joel Bakan, author of The Corporation.{{cite journal|last1=Teeple|first1=Gary|title=A Commentary on Joel Bakan's "The Corporation, The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power"|journal=Socialist Studies/Études Socialistes|issue=Fall 2005|url=http://www.socialiststudies.com/index.php/sss/article/viewFile/23759/17643}}

• Donald Brenner, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia{{cite web|url=http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2011/mar/03_16_11_brenner.html|title=UBC Faculty of Law - in Memoriam: The Honourable Don Brenner, QC (' 70) |access-date=2011-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415085909/http://www.law.ubc.ca/news/2011/mar/03_16_11_brenner.html |archive-date=15 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}
• Kim Brooks, dean of both law and management at Dalhousie University
• Kim Campbell, first woman prime minister of Canada
• Joe Clark {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|CC|AOE}}, former prime minister of Canada withdrew after first-year at Allard School of Law.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/2/4/h4-3406-e.html|title=ARCHIVED - Clark-Biography-First Among Equals}}
• Ujjal Dosanjh {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC}}, 33rd premier of British Columbia
• Ed Fast, former minister of international trade, Member of Parliament for Abbotsford since 2006
• Lance Finch, former Chief Justice of British Columbia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cba.org/lawweek/media/2010/finch.aspx|title=The Honourable Chief Justice Lance Finch |access-date=29 October 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723223928/http://www.cba.org/lawweek/media/2010/finch.aspx |archive-date=23 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}
• Thomas Martin Franck, international law scholar and NYU law professor emeritus, former editor-In-chief of the American Journal of International Law.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/nyregion/30franck.html|work=The New York Times|first=Dennis|last=Hevesi|title=Thomas Franck, Who Advised Countries on Law, Dies at 77|date=30 May 2009}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.asil.org/presidents/FranckTM.html|title=ASIL Presidents: Thomas Martin Franck |access-date=19 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108003536/http://www.asil.org/presidents/FranckTM.html |archive-date=8 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/aug/23/thomas-franck-obituary|work=The Guardian|first=Philippe|last=Sands|title=Obituary|date=23 August 2009}}
• Frank Iacobucci {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC}}, former Supreme Court of Canada justice and former dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.{{cite web|url=http://www.torys.com/people/iacobucci-the-honourable-frank|website=Torys|title=The Honourable Frank Iacobucci CC, QC, LLD, LSM|access-date=14 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/08/honourable-frank-iacobucci-on-residential-schools/|title=Honourable Frank Iacobucci on Residential Schools|website=Slaw|date=8 November 2009|access-date=14 June 2016|last1=Ha-Redeye|first1=Omar}}{{cite web|url=http://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=frank-iacobucci|title=The Honourable Frank Iacobucci|website=Supreme Court of Canada|access-date=14 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304205247/http://www.scc-csc.ca/court-cour/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=frank-iacobucci|archive-date=4 March 2017|url-status=dead}}
• Ted Lee, former diplomat and historian, former governor of Canada to the International Atomic Energy Agency.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.ubc.ca/files/pdf/alumni/magazine/alumni_mag_spr06.pdf|title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118125934/http://www.law.ubc.ca/files/pdf/alumni/magazine/alumni_mag_spr06.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}
• Mark Okerstrom, 2004{{Snd}} president/CEO of Expedia Group{{cite web|title=CFO of the Year 2014: Mark Okerstrom|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/print-edition/2014/03/14/cfo-of-the-year-2014-mark-okerstrom.html|website=www.bizjournals.com |access-date=25 November 2019|date=14 March 2014}}
• Bud Smith {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|QC}}, former attorney general of BC{{cite web|url=http://www.fraserinstitute.org/author.aspx?id=15271&txID=3173|title={{!}} Fraser Institute}}
• Ari Taub (born 1971), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
• Jody Wilson-Raybould, former attorney general of Canada Minister of Justice, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville{{cite web|title=Public Address with The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould|url=http://www.allard.ubc.ca/events/public-address-honourable-jody-wilson-raybould|publisher=University of British Columbia|access-date=8 December 2016}}
• Zoe Si, Pulitzer Prize-nominated cartoonist {{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.zoe-si.com/about|access-date=30 November 2022}}

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