On February 7, 2008, the UBC Board of Governors approved a student-led initiative recommending that UBC Law begin the process necessary to change the name of its first degree in law from an LL.B. to a J.D. At present, the University is working to secure any necessary provincial approval. For more information, please click here.
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BC, UBC Celebrate 100th Anniversary of University Act For media release, click here. For information about UBC’s First Centenary: 1908 – 2008, click here.
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<img alt="ikblc.gif" src="http://www.library.ubc.ca/ikebarber/images/titleImage.gif" width="600" On February 25, 2008, the second and final phase of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre opens to the public. Academic peer assistants will host a Welcome Desk near the main entrance until late March, where tours and information will be available. Dr. Barber will join the assistants throughout the day […]
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UBC Library has access to Continuing Legal Education of British Columbia’s CLE Online. Includes: Online Practice Manuals, Courses on Demand, Case Digest Connection,Online Course Materials & Advocacy Toolkit
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The UBC Law Library would like to draw your attention to the display at the entrance to the Law Library, honouring Chancellor McEachern. The display features: The Splendour of the Law – Allan McEachern – A tribute to a Life in the Law: an Anthology of Essays, photos from the UBC Totem (yearbook) and from […]
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“The University of British Columbia and the people of Canada have today lost an outstanding friend with the passing of the Hon. Allan McEachern, UBC’s 16th Chancellor.” Click here or here for a statement from Brad Bennett, Chair of the UBC Board of Governors and Prof. Stephen J. Toope, UBC President.
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The University of British Columbia (UBC) Law Library is now on Facebook®. Feel free to check it out! Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc.
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The Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia has received a $1 million gift from national law firm Davis LLP and Irwin Davis, grandson of the firm’s founder Edward Pease Davis, K.C., towards the faculty’s new building project. For more information and the media release, please click here. For UBC Faculty of Law […]
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Announcing the Fifth Annual… HARVEY T. STROSBERG ESSAY PRIZE Value: $10,000 Irwin Law Inc., publisher of The Canadian Class Action Review, is pleased to announce the Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize for the best student essay on Class Actions. Deadline: March 1, 2008 Eligibility: All Canadian university students enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, or professional programs […]
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The Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia has received a $1 million gift from Vancouver law firm Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) towards the faculty’s new building project. For more information and the media release, please click here. For UBC Faculty of Law News announcement, please click here.
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