Allard School of Law Milestones

On May 7, 2009, the Allard School of Law Alumni Association hosted its Achievement Awards. The event took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, BC. The celebration honoured the outstanding achievements of six members of the Allard School of Law community.

On April 27, 2011, the Allard School of Law Alumni Association hosted the 2011 Achievement Awards at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, BC.

More than 350 alumni, faculty, friends, and family gathered to celebrate the 2011 award recipients.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Morley Koffman, QC for setting a high standard for volunteerism, philanthropy and professional accomplishment. He was recognized as an example for all who follow.

The 2012 Allard School of Law Alumni Association Achievement Awards were hosted on April 12, 2012 at the Four Seasons in Vancouver, BC.

The Allard School of Law Alumni Association hosted the 2014 Achievement Awards on April 30, 2014 at the Four Seasons in Vancouver, BC. The event celebrated alumni and members of the law school’s legal research community.

On April 27, 2016, the Allard Law Alumni Association hosted the 2016 Achievement Awards at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver, BC. The night of celebration honoured five remarkable members of the Allard School of Law community in an awards ceremony and a reception. All proceeds of the event went towards the Allard Law Alumni Association Student Bursary.

The Allard School of Law Research Commons was launched in the summer of 2017, in collaboration with the Law Library of the University of British Columbia. One year later, the institutional repository had over 500 papers and over 34,000 total downloads. The goal of the Research Commons is to enable global free and open access to research publications and scholarship being produced at the Allard School of Law, under one central umbrella. A major initiative of the project was to source and upload research produced by past members of the Faculty, a task undertaken by Dr.

“It’s the Olympics for law students,” Law Games co-president and JD candidate, Mischa Smolkin, said seriously when asked what exactly the Law Games are. More specifically, law schools from across the country send teams of anywhere from “15 to 60 people” to compete in a series of traditional and less traditional sports, with a couple academic challenges thrown in. Allard Law hosted the event this year from January second to fifth.

Over 600 participants from 16 law schools gathered for four days of competition and camaraderie at the 2012 Law Games held for the first time at UBC. The event took place from January 2nd to January 6th and included, as usual, a wide variety of activities from sporting events to moots and talent shows.

While host school UBC has fielded small delegations for past Law Games, a team of nearly 100 students and a 15 person committee, all clad in gold tracksuits, welcomed participants to their campus and volunteered their time to make the Games a success.

In February 2018, the Allard School of Law announced a $450,000 donation from Lawson Lundell LLP. “We have always been impressed by the high caliber of graduates that come out of the Allard School of Law, and often look to this talented group of students to join our firm,” said Clifford Proudfoot, Managing Partner of Lawson Lundell LLP. “We are equally impressed with the law school’s faculty members and their passionate and innovative approach to teaching the next generation of legal professionals.”

In August 2017, the incoming JD class of 2020 participated in LawMap: Use Your Strengths to Chart Your Path as a part of their orientation to the Allard School of Law. Organized by the Career Services Office and generously funded by the Franklin Lew Innovation Fund, this pilot program was designed to help first year law students identify their strengths and values at the outset of their legal careers.