UVic LSS

The University of Victoria Law Students' Society

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This is the page of the University of Victoria Law Students' Society ("LSS"). The LSS will be using this page to update the student body on upcoming events, important dates and pertinent information for the student body. Please note that the LSS cannot provide legal advice, even on matters of procedure, nor can we tell you how specific statutes or regulations may apply to your particular

circumstances. For information on Legal Aid in BC, please visit http://www.lss.bc.ca/. The UVic Law Centre or the UVic Legal Information Clinic may be able to provide information. Their contact information is on their websites: http://thelawcentre.ca/ or http://www.uviclic.ca/

04/04/2026

On Wednesday, the LSS Executive ratified the election result for the 2026/2027 LSS Executive and Faculty Council Committees. Your incoming LSS Executive and Faculty Committee are as follows:
President: Temitope Ogunjimi
Vice President - Student Affairs: Sophia Olim
Vice President - Communications: Aidan O'Keefe
Vice President - Finance: Kassandra Harrison
Vice President - External: Armon Kaboly
Sports and Clubs Representatives: Clarie Padley and Nathan Harris
3L Representatives: Kiyara Armogam and Hifza Hussain
Health and Wellness Representative: Emily Mulroney
Accessibility Representative: Alexa Van Cuylenborg
Equity Representative: Sneha Ananth
Career Options Representative: Cynan Thompson
Co-op Representative: Gabrielle Plastiras
Summer Term Representative: Armon Kaboly *this role is for the summer term only and will close once the Fall term begins
JID Representative: Tia French
Social Coordinator: Cheyanne McLelland and Hamd Asif
Admissions Committee: Shanice Nkathazo, Praise Oluwafemi, and Zoe Lau
Curriculum Committee: Emily Mulroney
Equity and Diversity Committee: Kathryn Dawson
Faculty Appointment Committee: Qilat Roxas
JD/JID Committee: Val Ouellet and Qilat Roxas
International Committee: Sophia Oh

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who ran! UVic Law is in great hands for the next academic year. The current executive will serve out their term until the end of April and then transfer everything over for May 1st.

03/31/2026

Congratulations to the professors and students who were winners of the 2025-2026 LSS Awards!
The LSS Awards are the pinnacle what can be achieved here at UVic Law 😉
In all seriousness, with all the nominations received, winning one of these awards should not be understated. And to all the nominees, every single one of you have done some incredible things to make UVic Law a better place to study. You are all winners in the eyes of the LSS.

03/30/2026

This Tuesday! The final Special Topic Lecture of the year, featuring UVic's own, the beloved and award winning Professor Calder! Sharing the results of a study conducted in the Fall of 2024 with a generation of UVic Law alumni, asking them to connect the competencies they draw on in their day-to-day work with the courses, methods of teaching and evaluation they encountered at law school. This lecture will be mandatory for the incoming LSS Executive, but all students are invited to attend. It will be after the LSS Awards Presentations during the Dean's End of Year Social. So please come to that, grab some food, cheer on the award winners and then come to this incredibly insightful lecture.

The history of legal education in Canada is marked by a series of ebbs and flows in discord between the academy and the profession, often articulated starkly as a tension between theory and practice. The current moment feels like another one of these low tides – where there is pressure to move to a “competency-based assessment process” for admission to the Bar, with critique and conversation set solely within a dichotomous structure that constructs law schools and legal regulator foundationally at odds. This lecture takes up this challenge by shifting the frame and reimagining the processes of learning law to be as diverse as understandings of law itself, with multiple ways of knowing and being engaged, and critical attention paid to what teaching for “competency” might mean. How might we reimagine what “thinking like a lawyer” in the 21st century entails? What might be required for a change in perspective in how law could be taught to meet the goal the academy and the profession share – developing the humane professionals that our world demands?

03/20/2026

Join your Sports and Clubs Reps for an afternoon of fun and friendly competition!! We’ll be taking over a gym on campus for games of volleyball, basketball, dodgeball, and other classic gym class games. Athletic ability not required but sportsmanship and good vibes are essential ⚡️

When: Sunday March 29th 2:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: McKinnon Gym (across from CARSA)

Registration form to come, email [email protected] with any questions.
🏐🏀🎾

03/18/2026

Cannot make the Grad Gala but still want photos? We have secured an alternative date for grad photos only! Tickets are $40 and will guarantee at least 2 photos per person in full regalia. These are significantly cheaper than most alternatives available.

Wednesday March 25 starting at 4:30pm with more time slots potentially available based on demand.

Uviclss.ca/shop to purchase

03/18/2026

Public Interest Week is coming up 🌱⚖️

Come explore how you can build a meaningful path in public interest law. Free lunch, great speakers, and amazing insights - Sign up & pull up UVic Law!

03/18/2026

Public Interest Week is coming up 🌱⚖️

Come explore how you can build a meaningful path in public interest law. Free lunch, great speakers, and amazing insights - Sign up & pull up UVic Law!

03/15/2026

We have two more special topic lectures left this semester, both coming from some of Fraser's most popular profs! Mark Zion teaches Torts and Green Legal Theory at the UVic Faculty of Law. He has ongoing teaching and research interests in Law and the (Post-)Humanities.

This talk will offer a preliminary introduction to the field of 'law and literature.' We will have an open discussion that may include a brief creative activity! What are some relations between law and literature? Between law and film? How can we move beyond the binary of 'law as literature' and 'law in literature'? Why are these questions enriching in all areas of theory and practice?

Join us in FRA157 this Tuesday at lunch for a fascinating and philosophical discussion. Light foods provided.

03/11/2026

💽 Spring Social Update & Reminder 💽

Almost time to off that iPod Nano at our upcoming Spring Social on March 12th - now being held at Paparazzi NightClub 🤳🦋🎧 Make sure to grab your tix*, Fraser…we can’t wait to see you at our Y2K-inspired bash ⚡️

*Tickets for Admission sold via AdmitOne. Head over to the LSS Shop for the link!

03/11/2026

Nomination sheets are posted and our website is updated with information about running for the 2026/2027 LSS Executive! There are dozens of positions on the executive and faculty council available. Share your experiences, meet great people and help make sure your peers have an incredible law school experience!

Sign up to run by this Friday at noon! Check out uviclss.ca/elections for more info

03/03/2026

In case you missed it in this week’s Deer Fraser…Our AGM is happening soon, and we need you peers to be there🚨 Join us on March 19th, UVIC Law!

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