THE ADVOCATE VOL. 79 PART 6 NOVEMBER 2021
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PETER A. ALLARD
SCHOOL OF LAW
FACULTY NEWS
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The Peter A. Allard School of Law is home to four centres, specializing in
business law, environmental law and natural resources, Asian legal studies,
and feminist legal studies. Each centre provides opportunities for scholars
and members of the legal profession to collaborate and share knowledge,
ideas and practice experience. Below, we share an update on recent activities
at the Centre for Business Law and the Centre for Law and the Environment,
as well as current opportunities to get involved.
CENTRE FOR BUSINESS LAW
Founded in 2006, the Centre for Business Law is a dynamic intellectual hub
at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, advancing critical scholarship and the
practice of business law in Canada and abroad. The centre is home to a community
of scholars, professionals and students who actively contribute to
the dialogue on business law. The centre is also home to two of the top J.D.
business law experiential learning programs in the country.
Dr. Carol Liao was appointed director of the centre in August 2019. She
is an associate professor at Allard Law and the UBC Sauder Distinguished
Scholar of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at the UBC Sauder
School of Business. Over the past two years, the centre has hosted or cohosted
over 70 events on a wide range of contemporary business topics,
including cannabis law, Indigenous business, #MeToo and corporate culture,
Canada–China legal relations and post-pandemic green recovery, to
name a few. These events provide continuing legal education and opportunities
for the Vancouver, national and international business law communities
to collaborate and share knowledge. The centre’s transition to
online events at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic helped garner thousands
of participants from around the world, with many recordings now
available to the public online. This fall, the centre is continuing to offer