UBC Feminist Legal Studies - UBC Faculty of Law

UBC Law hosts a vibrant community of feminist legal scholars who research diverse topics in many areas of law. Questions of race, sexual orientation, class, and disability are also explored. Many faculty members are also involved in research related to litigation, law reform, and judicial education, as well as research aimed at producing publications in the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law . Please contact any of the feminist faculty members below for further information on how to become involved in these projects. You can also contact the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies at 604-822- 6523 or cfls@law.ubc.ca.

The Faculty lost a great feminist scholar and colleague when Marlee Kline passed away in November 2001. Her work is remembered by the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies through its annual Marlee G. Kline Essay Prize, and a collection of her books now housed in the Centre's resource library.

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Professor Natasha Affolder
(604) 822-0734
affolder@law.ubc.ca

Protected Areas Law
Sustainable Development Law
Environmental Law (Canadian and International)
Natural Resources Law

Professor Janine Benedet (on leave)
(604) 822-8108
benedet@law.ubc.ca

Sexual discrimination and sexual harassment
Labour law
Criminal sexual offences
Professional responsibility and ethics

Professor Susan Boyd
Chair in Feminist Legal Studies
(604) 822-6459
boyd@law.ubc.ca

Law of Parenthood
Family Law and Gender
Feminism and Law
Child Custody Law Reform and Gender
Inclusion of Same Sex Partners in the Legal System
Family Law and Privatization

Professor Christine Boyle
(604) 822-3404
boyle@law.ubc.ca

Sexual assault
Discrimination
Fact determination

Professor Emma Cunliffe
(604) 822-1849
cunliffe@law.ubc.ca

Expert evidence
Fact determination
Legal methodologies
Women and criminal law

Professor Catherine Dauvergne
(604) 822-6505
dauvergne@law.ubc.ca

Immigration Law
Refugee Law
Legal Theory and Globalization

Professor Cristie Ford
(604) 822-2711
ford@law.ubc.ca

Comparative administrative and public law
Securities regulation and corporate governance
Legal theory and public decision-making

Professor Darlene Johnston

Canadian Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Law & Colonialism
Indigenous Legal Traditions

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Professor Isabel Grant
(604) 822-3140
grant@law.ubc.ca

Criminal Law
Law and Psychiatry
Criminal Justice and Women
Mental Health Law

Professor Mary Liston

Administrative Law
Canadian Law and Politics
Contemporary Political Philosophy
Democratic and Legal Theory
Legal Pluralism

Professor Fiona Kelly
(604) 827-3602
kelly@law.ubc.ca

Family Law
Tort Law
Children and the Law
Sexuality and the Law
Feminist Legal Theory

Professor Michelle LeBaron
(604) 822-1830
lebaron@law.ubc.ca

Cross-cultural Conflict Resolution
Law, Legal Culture and Conflict Resolution
Conflict across Worldview Differences
Creativity and Conflict
Ritual, Narrative, Metaphor and Conflict
Gender and Conflict
Spirituality, Religion and Conflict
Teaching Innovation and Effective Teaching and Learning

Professor June McCue
(604) 822-5559
mccue@law.ubc.ca

Treaty-making
International Law
Indigenous Legal Theory
Critical Race Theory
Peacemaking and the Indigenous Powers of Security
Comparative Indigenous Law
Principal Investigator for the Centre for International Indigenous Legal Studies Community Legal Needs Assessment
Current research efforts are focussed on "Indigenous Powers of Security" and the Consultation Law