Svend Robinson

Class of 1975-1976

“[Law school] was a conservative place. But I mean, it’s funny, when you ask about law and politics. For me, I went into law, basically, because I knew that I had the political bug. I was originally going to go into medicine. I did pre-med at UBC. I was in the Faculty of Sciences. In fact, I was on the AMS – the Alma Mater Society, the Student’s Council - and then I was on the Senate of the University representing medical and science students,” says Svend Robinson ...


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