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Professor Katie Sykes Awarded Research Grant by Law Foundation of BC
Professor Katie Sykes has been awarded a grant of up to $7,000 from the Legal Research Fund of the Law Foundation of British Columbia to support a project called “Teaching the Future of Law in the...
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Professor Lorne Neudorf Presents Research in Singapore
On December 11th and 12th, Professor Lorne Neudorf joined more than 7o participants from around the world at the premier international conference for constitutional issues in Asia at the Sixth Asian...
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Professor Dagne Presents at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property
Professor Dagne will travel to India to participate in the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, the most significant event for scholars and policy advocates working...
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Professor Lorne Neudorf Published in the Oxford University Comparative Law Forum
Professor Lorne Neudorf‘s research was recently published in the peer reviewed Oxford University Comparative Law Forum. Professor Neudorf’s full length article, entitled “Judicial Independence: The...
View ArticleProfessors Chris Hunt and Lorne Neudorf Published on Expert Witnesses
Professor Chis Hunt and Professor Lorne Neudorf have published a case comment in a leading peer reviewed law journal, The International Journal of Evidence & Proof. The comment looks at the...
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Law Faculty Member Makes “Queen’s List”
TRU Law faculty member and Kamloops lawyer John O’Fee is one of 32 recipients of the prestigious Queen’s Counsel (QC) designation. TRU Law faculty member and Kamloops lawyer John O’Fee is one of 32...
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Legal professionals in Kamloops for Block Week
Sharon Sutherland, a mediator and conflict resolution trainer, in a mock mediation with law students during Block Week. Several dozen mediators, judges and lawyers from around BC and western Canada are...
View ArticleProfessors Chris Hunt and Micah Rankin publish in the McGill Law Journal
Professors Chris Hunt and Micah Rankin’s article “Anonymity, the Rule of Law and the Shriveling of the Biographical Core” (2015) 61:1 McGill Law Journal 193, examines the Supreme Court of Canada’s...
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Determining Access: Research conference addresses Aboriginal title
TRU Faculty of Law Professors Dr. Janna Promislow (left) and Nicole Schabus have organized Determining Access, Theory and Practice in Implementing Indigenous Governance over Lands and Resources, a...
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Professor Lorne Neudorf published in the Financial Post on government by cabinet
Professor Lorne Neudorf’s op-ed on the lack of accountability and transparency in the creation of ministerial regulations and government by cabinet was published on January 28th in the Financial Post...
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Law School building design wins award
The Old Main expansion includes the third and fourth floor addition, as well as the exterior upgrade to the entire building. The undulating roof line mirrors local landmarks Mt. Peter and Mt. Paul. The...
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Professor Janna Promislow presents at UC Berkeley
Professor Janna Promislow is among scholars and activists this week at the University of California at Berkeley where she is attending a conference on governance, oil and gas development and Indigenous...
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Omar Khadr’s lawyer keynote at student law conference
Dennis Edney, Omar Khadr’s lawyer. Edney is on campus as a keynote speaker at the fourth annual SLS Conference. Dennis Edney, the lawyer best known for defending Omar Khadr, is one of several...
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First time for TRU Law at Western Canadian moot
Third-year law students Kelly Melnyk (left) and Olivia Harvey were the first TRU team to compete at the McIntyre Cup. Two TRU law students competed in the McIntyre Cup—the Western Canadian law...
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Aboriginal speakers impact students on law field trip
Sunny LeBourdais of the Stk’emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation (SSN), KGHM Project Specialist, addresses first-year law students during their visit to the former Kamloops Indian Residential School....
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TRU Law takes second place at BC Cup
Coach Shawn Driver (left), TRU Law students Ravneet Arora and Taylor Topliss, and TRU Dean of Law Brad Morse at the BC Law Schools Competition. Arora and Topliss are two of the five members of the TRU...
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Students get inside look with Judge Shadowing program
TRU Law students shadowed judges at the Kamloops Law Courts this week. Fifteen TRU Law students participated in a unique program this week in which they were able to shadow a judge for a day, allowing...
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Women in law career panel inspires students
Three prominent BC female lawyers were on campus Monday afternoon speaking to a group of thirty law students. The second annual career panel event was hosted by the student-run TRU Women & Law Club...
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1Ls in action during first-year moots
The halls of TRU Law are buzzing with activity this week with moots for the 1L Fundamental Legal Skills course underway. This year’s series of moots consists of thirty teams of four students each, the...
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First-ever law career fair a success
Over one hundred thirty students attended the first-ever TRU Law career fair on Friday, with the fair a buzz as sharp-looking students in business suits interacted with eighteen prospective employers...
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