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TODAY! @ADodek speaking on The Rule of Law in Three Acts-Challenges to the Rule of Law: Trump, SNC-Lavalin, and Roncarelli!

Join @lawhumanitiesca.bsky.social &LSA CRN 43 Innovations in Judging on Wednesday March 11, 12:30-1:30, Rm 122 & Zoom to hear @adodek.bsky.social (@uottawa.ca) discuss Challenges to the Rule of Law: Trump, SNC-Lavalin, and Roncarelli. To register, email info@cnlh.ubc.ca. Please share!

Join @lawhumanitiesca.bsky.social &LSA CRN 43 Innovations in Judging on Wednesday March 11, 12:30-1:30, Rm 122 & Zoom to hear @adodek.bsky.social (@uottawa.ca) discuss Challenges to the Rule of Law: Trump, SNC-Lavalin, and Roncarelli. To register, email info@cnlh.ubc.ca. Please share!

Please join us for Professor Adam Dodek's talk "The Rule of Law in Three Acts- Challenges to the Rule of Law: Trump, SNC-Lavalin, and Roncarelli" on March 11 at 12:30pm @allard.ubc.ca or online via Zoom (email info@cnlh[d0t]ubc[d0t]ca for invite)

Please join us on Wednesday, February 25 12:30pm (Pacific) for Anat Rosenberg's talk "What is the Rule of Law Made Of?" Please email info@cnlh.ubc.ca for more information. Join us in person @allard.ubc.ca (light lunch served)

If you are an international legal scholar who would like to work @allard.ubc.ca, then please consider the Canada Impact+ Research Chair initiative and see whether your works fits under one of the strategic priority areas.

If you are an international legal scholar who would like to work @allard.ubc.ca, then please consider the Canada Impact+ Research Chair initiative and see whether your works fits under one of the strategic priority areas.

lol. If you're ancient, then I'm just plain old!

Loved 'More Than A Feeling'.

Confused by the album cover which reminded me of ELO. But, then, I was 11 so still figuring out music genres and album cover styles.

We are pleased to open the Call for Papers for the 2026 Public Law Conference, 1-4 July 2026, Cape Town.
The theme is "Public Law & the Future of Constitutional Democracy".
Submit an abstract via Oxford Abstracts by 14 Nov 2025: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79382...
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How Allard Law’s Specialization in Law and Social Justice can ground your social justice career Allard Law alumni shared their experiences with Allard Law’s Specialization in Law and Social Justice.

Allard Law alumni Nermin Karim, Mara Selanders and Joey Doyle discussed their experiences completing our Specialization in Law and Social Justice and how it helped shape their careers. allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...

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We're excited to announce publication of a new special issue of the Constitutional Forum!! The new issue presents new scholarship on the Charter's application to private legal relations (its "horizontal effect"). You can view the full issue for free here: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/2025/04/foru...

President Trump has declared 8 national emergencies since the beginning of his second term. And we are only 100 days in — making this a record invocation of emergency power by any modern U.S. president.

Opinion: Land acknowledgments aren’t political. They uphold the rule of law in Canada A petition from four faculty members and a student from the University of British Columbia is based on a misunderstanding of Canada’s constitutional framework

Op-ed: Professor Scott Franks argues a recent petition to stop land acknowledgments lacks an understanding of Canada’s constitutional framework and has a deep mischaracterization of land acknowledgments as a “political position”. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I stand with Ukraine.

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

Opinion | This Is What the Courts Can Do if Trump Defies Them How the escalating measures available to courts would work.

An important piece from Trevor Morrison and @rickpildes.bsky.social today 👇

The BCLI Mathew Good Memorial Prize - British Columbia Law Institute About the BCLI Mathew Good Memorial Prize The British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI), with the support of Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia (CBABC), is pleased to announce the first annual BCL...

BC Law Students! @BCLawInstitute &CBA-BC's new Mathew Good Memorial Prize. Submit your essay exploring #A2J & law reform. Winner gets $1,000 prize (courtesy @LawFoundationBC) & opportunity 2B published on BCLI website & in CBABC BarTalk. Details: bcli.org/matgoodprize

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide. “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?” Coughenour interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney, could even complete his first sentence. “In your opinion Is this executive order constitutional?” he asked. Shumate said, “it absolutely is.” “Frankly I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”

BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Hi Liz--I'd like to be added. Thank you!

The United Kingdom constitution - a mapping exercise A briefing paper which "maps" (or summarises) the main elements of the United Kingdom's uncodified constitution.

The House of Commons Library is a national treasure, and this looks like a really valuable primer, by David Torrance, on how laws are made, where powers are exercised, and what we need to know if we want to understand how (and by whom) we're governed.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Lol. Sorry!

Hi @bymyong.bsky.social--could you add me to this list (I'm Canadian, not American)? Thx!

@lpcprof.bsky.social I'd like to be added to the law and humanities list

We have three faculty positions @AllardLaw with deadlines approaching. Please circulate! And, if one of the positions fits you, please consider applying! Info here: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/new...

Careers at Allard Law The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top public universities globally. A large part of what makes us unique is the community o...

Tenure-track or tenured Asst, Assoc, or Full Prof appointment @AllardLaw. An open position, but we are particularly interested in disability, health, domestic human rights, natural resources, and/or law & technology areas. Deadline: Nov 18, 2024. Ad here: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our...

Careers at Allard Law The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top public universities globally. A large part of what makes us unique is the community o...

REMINDER: @AllardLaw is hiring a full-time tenured or tenure-track appointment for an Indigenous scholar at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Deadline extended to November 4, 2024. Please circulate and/or consider applying! Posting here: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our...

Careers at Allard Law The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top public universities globally. A large part of what makes us unique is the community o...

REMINDER: As part of @UBC’s Black Cohort Hiring Initiative, @AllardLaw is hiring at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. The deadline to apply for this position is October 31, 2024. Please circulate and/or consider applying! Posting here: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/our...