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UBC Law is one of Canada's leading law schools and is committed to being one of the world's great centres for legal education and research. At UBC, you'll receive a first-rate legal education that offers courses in traditional areas of practice alongside those from emerging fields of specialization.

Situated in one of the most open and diverse places in the world, the Faculty attracts an academically strong student body with varied backgrounds and perspectives, and our accomplished alumni live and work in more than 40 countries around the world.

Welcome to the UBC Faculty of Law at Allard Hall

UBC Law at Allard Hall is committed to being one of the world's great centres for legal education and research. We strive to provide an inspiring educational environment and to produce outstanding scholarship with local, national and global impact. Our strong relationships with alumni, the profession, government and civil society enhance the quality and broader impact of our teaching, research and service.

Every year UBC Law attracts some of the brightest minds across the country and around the globe. Our students are academically outstanding, intellectually curious, and actively-engaged in using their new knowledge and skills to help others. Our faculty members are innovative teachers and scholars who have gained national and international recognition for their contributions in areas ranging from environmental sustainability to business law. Our alumni have achieved leadership in the profession as well as in the business, government and non-profit sectors.

UBC Faculty of Law graduates have not only assumed leading roles in the Canadian judicial system (in British Columbia and nationally) and in the legal profession, but also in the business world, in politics, in government, in the community and in the academic world.

Legal education at UBC reflects the perspectives and research interests of our outstanding faculty, and of the many diverse groups that constitute our student body. UBC's J.D. program is one of the most innovative in Canada, and the international climate and the research strength of the Faculty is enhanced by one of the largest graduate programs in the country, which includes a Ph.D. in Law as well as an LL.M. program.

Degree Programs offered at UBC Law:

- JD

- Joint JD/MBA

- Joint JD/Masters of Arts in Asia Pacific Policy Studies

- LLM

- LLM in Common Law

- LLM in Taxation

- PhD


Students also have the opportunity to become involved in a wide variety of student-run organizations and activities, including two law reviews (the UBC Law Review and the Canadian Journal of Family Law), competitive moots at the local, regional, national and international levels, and the Law Students Legal Advice Program, which provides free legal advice to members of the community under the supervision of volunteer lawyers.

This is an exciting time to be considering a legal career the national and international economies are becoming increasingly inter-connected by complex rules for governing matters that range from international trade to human rights while new methods of commerce and advances in science and technology challenge traditional legal categories and policies. Our faculty, students and graduates look forward to taking leadership roles in responding to these global challenges while also helping shape the future of our society.

Every year many of the very finest students in Canada choose the UBC Faculty of Law as the place where they will pursue their legal education. We invite you to decide if UBC Law is for you.

CONTACT


Faculty of Law
University of British Columbia
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC  CANADA


Telephone: Admissions Office: 604.822.6303
General Office: 604.822.3151

Fax: 604.822.9486
E-mail: admissions@law.ubc.ca

Website: www.law.ubc.ca

 
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UBC Faculty of Law

 

 

 

CONTACT


Faculty of Law
University of British Columbia
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC  CANADA


Telephone: Admissions Office: 604.822.6303
General Office: 604.822.3151

Fax: 604-822-9486
E-mail:
admissions@law.ubc.ca

Website: www.law.ubc.ca

 

Apply Online

 

Download Prospectus