University of Victoria Faculty of Law

09/03/2026

⚖️ UVic Law is excited to welcome Dr. Maira Hassan to the Faculty! Dr. Hassan will teach Torts and Evidence Law this year at UVic.

Dr. Hassan’s expertise is in gender, race and equality, particularly in the context of gendered violence.

🗨 "There is so much that excites me about UVic Law! I am in awe of the natural surroundings on campus, where I am anxious to go birding. I am also honoured to be amongst incredible faculty and a law school that offers transsystemic teaching, including the significance of Indigenous laws and traditions, and a focus on social justice."

🔗Learn more about Dr. Hassan's research, teaching and more in this Q&A: https://www.uvic.ca/law/news-and-stories/stories/maira-hassan-qanda.php

09/02/2026

08/18/2026

Learn more about UVic Law professor Maneesha Deckha's new SSHRC Insight Grant project: Animal Families and Interspecies Justice.

🔗Learn more: https://www.uvic.ca/law/news-and-stories/stories/maneesha-deckha-sshrc.php

08/06/2026

Learn more about UVic Law assistant professor Funmilola Ayotunde's new SSHRC Insight Development Grant project: Just Transition, Unjust Extraction: Trade Unions and the Implementation of EU's Due Diligence Regimes in Africa.

🔗https://www.uvic.ca/law/news-and-stories/stories/lola-ayotunde-sshrc.php

07/22/2026

🦉 Who's feeling the heat? 🔆

A Great Horned Owl sought shade in a tree behind the Murray and Anne Fraser Building today!

07/21/2026

Congratulations to UVic faculty members Maneesha Deckha and Funmilola Ayotunde on being awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants!

Professor Deckha was awarded a six-year Insight Grant worth $168,020 for her project, Animal Families and Interspecies Justice. The project seeks to advance animal rights theory and policy by drawing on family law, motherhood, and children's rights frameworks to support a contemporary legal transition toward interspecies justice.

Professor Ayotunde received an Insight Development Grant of $77,650 over two years to support her project, “Just Transition, Unjust Extraction: Trade Unions and the Implementation of EU's Due Diligence Regimes in Africa.” This project addresses an ongoing climate justice challenge: as demand for “transition minerals” needed in the clean energy sector grows, the environmental and social impacts of mining falls on communities in resource-rich regions.

Read more about the announcement and the latest UVic SSHRC grant recipients here: https://www.uvic.ca/research-innovation/office-vpri/announcements/26july21-sshrc-funding.php

07/21/2026

🎓 Relive the Faculty of Law Grad Reception from June 9 in our photo gallery! 📸

🔗For all photos visit: 201755259@N07/albums/72177720334785574/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/201755259@N07/albums/72177720334785574/

07/17/2026

After more than 45 years as a student, educator and staff member at UVic, Susan Noakes has retired. Congratulations, Susan, on your many years of service—we wish you all the best in your retirement!

As Staff Social Worker at UVic Law's Law Centre since 2008, Susan mentored generations of students, helping them understand the importance of client-centred, interdisciplinary practice and the role of empathy in legal advocacy.

Read more about Susan's lifelong connection to UVic, what she learned from working alongside lawyers and students, and why she feels privileged to have been part of so many people's journeys.

After nearly two decades, Susan Noakes has retired from the position of staff social worker at the UVic Law Centre.

07/14/2026

Join us tomorrow at 5 p.m. for a live webinar designed to help prospective students strengthen their application to UVic Law!

No registration needed, come with any questions and leave with practical strategies to help strengthen your application and improve your chances of admission.

Join Recruitment and Admissions Manager Lori Klear for a 1.5-hour informational session where she will cover common issues found in applications an...

07/07/2026

UVic Law professor Dr. John Borrows has written many award-winning books, but none as personal as The Seven Cycles of Life: Seeking Healing, Connection and Justice in Anishinaabe Teachings.

Fifteen years in the making, it’s his first commercial book—and a powerful reflection on time through foundational stories and Anishinaabe teachings.

🔗 Learn more about the book in our Q&A with Dr. Borrows: https://www.uvic.ca/law/news-and-stories/stories/john-borrows-book.php

Penguin Random House