UBC Law Review Society

The UBC Law Review Society publishes the UBC Law Review, one of Canada’s leading peer-reviewed legal journals.

The Society’s mandate is to stimulate debate and encourage discussion of the current state of the law in Canada. To accomplish this, the Society publishes independent articles, book reviews, and case comments through the Law Review. The Society also publishes the Table of Statutory Limitations (TSL).

The Law Review has a tradition of excellence spanning more than fifty years and boasts many prominent judges, practitioners, and professors among its past members. It was first published in 1949 as a collection of student essays entitled the UBC Legal Notes. In 1959, it officially became the UBC Law Review. It was incorporated as a non-profit society in 1966.

The UBC Law Review Society is comprised entirely of students, who edit all of the submissions and manage the business of the Society. Everything is administered by the Society Board, which currently has thirteen elected members. These members represent the editorial, TSL, and business staff. Faculty advisors, some of whom have served on the Law Review Board themselves, offer direction and act as facilitators between the staff and outside interests.

Board of Directors and Staff

The 2023/24 Board of Directors of the UBC Law Review Society are as follows:

Editors-in-Chief:

Pedram Gholipour (Administrative)
Kevin Hughes (Editorial)

Executive Business Manager:

Jaclyn Miller

Executive Editor:

Ananya Bhargava

Associate Business Managers:

Claire Lee

Associate Editors:

Sina Ali
Huba Arif
Adam Berk
Zachary Couture
Gabriella Pasolli
Kulshan Mahal

External Relations Manager:

Miranda Pinter-Collett

Open Access Administrator:

Savreen Toor

Submissions Manager:

Lauren Clayton

The UBC Law Review also has a team of staff who manage the journal during the summer. Our 2023 summer staff are as follows:

Summer Business Manager: Adam Berk
Summer Editors: Sina Ali, Gabriella Pasolli

We accept applications for assistant positions with the UBC Law Review Society in September each year. For further information please contact us.

The UBC Law Review Society is comprised entirely of students, who edit all of the submissions and manage the business of the Society. Everything is administered by the Society Board, which currently has thirteen elected members. These members represent the editorial, TSL, and business staff.

Faculty advisors, some of whom have served on the Law Review’s board of directors themselves, offer direction and act as facilitators between the staff and outside interests.

Faculty Advisors

Faculty advisors—members of the Allard School of Law, some of whom have served on the Law Review’s board themselves—offer direction and act as facilitators between the staff and outside interests. The UBC Law Review Society is deeply appreciative of the time and energy volunteered by these esteemed individuals.

The current faculty advisors for the 2022/23 academic year are:

Professor, Allard School of Law

Bruce MacDougall

BA, BA, LLB, BCL, MA

Assistant Professor, Allard School of Law

Asha Kaushal

BA, MSc, LLB, LLM, PhD

Professor, Allard School of Law

Dr Benjamin J Goold

BEc, LLB, BCL, DPhil

Instruction Librarian

George Tsiakos

BA, LLB, LLM, MLIS

Patronage

UBC Law Review patrons support the continued publication and circulation of the journal to legal communities around the world, as well as an annual scholarship awarded to students who have contributed significantly to the publication of the journal. Patrons receive special recognition in the opening pages of each issue, select advertising space, a special letter acknowledging patron-level support, and a complimentary annual subscription.

The UBC Law Review Society would like to thank the following firms for their generous support. If you would like to support the UBC Law Review, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
Gall Legge Grant Zwack LLP
Hunter Litigation Chambers
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Sangra Moller LLP
Slater Vecchio LLP