Centre for Business Law at UBC

02/26/2026

How can businesses reinvent themselves amid technological disruption and changing institutional expectations?

Join us for a cross-disciplinary conversation on how businesses can navigate — and shape — an era of democratic and technological transformation.

In this kickoff session, Professor Lécia Vicente and guest speakers Roosevelt Giles, Angela Daly, and Gianna Giardini will preview the upcoming webinar series: "Business Reinvention in an Era of Technological and Institutional Shifts"

Register Here:

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/events-calendar/business-leadership-moment-democratic-and-digital-transformation

10/27/2025

Are you interested in startup companies, technology firms, or venture capital? Do you want to learn more about how lawyers work in this area? Come hear from startup lawyers Ryan Bencic and Kellen Voyer as they discuss their career paths and day-to-day legal responsibilities in the tech startup space.

Lunch will be provided to in-person registrants. Register through the link below:

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/events-calendar/startups-and-venture-capital-day-life-tech-finance-lawyer-1

10/20/2025

Are you interested in practicing 'corporate law,' but don't know what it entails? Come hear Glynnis Morgan and Joey Levesque of McCarthy Tétrault LLP demystify corporate law and discuss the day-to-day life of a corporate lawyer.

Lunch will be provided to in-person registrants! Sign up through the link below.

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/events-calendar/day-life-corporate-lawyer

09/08/2025

Allard School of Law Students,

Come join us for the Centre for Business Law and Allard Law & Business Society’s biggest annual social event! We will be welcoming new students, faculty, alumni and our donors from the legal and business communities to kick off the new year. This community event provides Allard students with the chance to celebrate and network with our firm sponsors, Dean's Advisory Committee, the Centre and Allard Law faculty.

Register here:

https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/events-calendar/centre-business-law-and-allard-law-business-society-welcome-reception-2

Advance registration required as space is limited. Open to Allard School of Law students, faculty, and donors.

09/06/2025

Allard School of Law Students,

Looking to learn more about careers in business law and connect with practicing lawyers in Vancouver? The Student-Lawyer Connections Program is your chance to gain real-world insight, ask questions, and build relationships through an informal one-on-one practice conversation with a business lawyer.

Open to students from all years. Register today and we’ll match you with a business lawyer eager to share their experience.

Learn more about this new program and register here: https://allard.ubc.ca/centre-business-law-student-lawyer-connections-program

09/04/2024

Curious about a day in the life of a real estate lawyer? Richards Buell Sutton LLP's real estate lawyers, Aneez Devji, Managing Partner of the Vancouver office, and Jennifer Wong, Associate, will present an overview of the various areas of real estate practice, including purchase and sale transactions, financings, leasing matters, and development. They will also share insights on why real estate is their preferred area of practice, and advice for future real estate lawyers!

Use the link below to register to attend on September 11th. Lunch will be provided to all in-person registrants.

This talk will present an overview of the various areas of real estate practice, including purchase and sale transactions, financings, leasing matters, and development.

09/04/2024

Join us September 10th to discuss corporate political discourse and shareholder voting. Shareholder voting is a focal point of corporate law and an ongoing subject of scholarly dispute. Professor Adriana Robertson will present research (with Jill Fisch) offering new insights on shareholder proposals seeking disclosure of corporate political influence activities.

Lunch will be provided for in-person registrants. Register using the link below.

Shareholder voting is a focal point of corporate law and an ongoing subject of scholarly dispute. Professor Adriana Robertson will present research (with Jill Fisch) offering new insights on shareholder proposals seeking disclosure of corporate political influence activities.

03/25/2024

Come learn more about the Business Law Concentration offered through the Centre for Business Law. Information will be provided on the application process of the Concentration, its benefits, and ways for you to get involved with the Centre. This session will be followed by a Q&A period with the Director.

In person registration: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0HebN3o9Eb2nEd8

Zoom registration: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2kbJMQ6RSdqkHzvAK-jS5g #/registration

03/08/2024

Workplace law is a practice area that touches every business, regardless of size. Full-service business law firms typically have an employment and labour practice group, and there are well established workplace law boutiques across Canada. Because workplace law lawyers act both as trusted advisors to, and advocates for, their clients, they tend to have a unique “solicigator” practice that means they are always in demand.

Join us to hear from Katie Comley and Sarina Gill, two experienced workplace law lawyers at Roper Greyell LLP, on the different areas that comprise a workplace law practice (spoiler: it’s more than just employment and labour law!), their day-to-day work, the diverse range of clients they support, their own career paths, and practical tips for students who are curious about pursing workplace law as a practice focus or niche.

Anyone interested in workplace law or better understanding the legal aspects of their own experience as an employee or employer is welcome to attend.

In person registration: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2bov6ZZWaeduRVk

Zoom registration: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BdW1vVkCQ9qKXgrHLv-Bdw #/registration

03/08/2024

Interested in learning more about natural resource development and legal practice? This panel will discuss the legal aspects of Indigenous relations and partnerships as they pertain to the life cycle of natural resource development projects in Canada. We will discuss what it is like to be a lawyer in this field. Students are invited to attend and will be given the opportunity to ask questions about career and practice.

Lunch will be provided to all registrants. Register here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6r29KZvM4HmILgq

02/26/2024

Join us this Friday for a talk by Professor Camden Hutchison presenting one of his latest papers, "Sandbagging in Canadian Law and Practice".

Lunch will be provided for all registrants. If you have any severe dietary restrictions please email [email protected] so that we may accommodate.

In person registration: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bdYK4Ixh4ORTn4G
Zoom registration: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XuEHxAmtS3OjfGIBCMJ9iQ #/registration

02/13/2024

Join us this Friday!

‘Investment crowdfunding’ is a new and inclusive form of online venture capital market open to all investors, both retail and accredited. It’s like Kickstarter, except the backer gets a share of stock, which would be an illegal public offering of unregistered securities—absent the special exemption adopted as part of the federal JOBS Act of 2012. Since then, many other jurisdictions—including Canada, Australia, and the EU—have enacted analogous legal regimes, each a bit different than the others.

Professor Schwartz recently published the definitive guide to investment crowdfunding, based on ten years of on-the-ground research, including as a Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand. He will address the law and practice of investment crowdfunding in the United States, and compare it with other jurisdictions.

Register here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_71ekHAM3Ew7yVvg