10 stories of impact from the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in 2020

Not all of the year’s milestones were pandemic-related

Staff - 17 December 2020

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While COVID-19 events and statistics dominated headlines during 2020, the accomplishments of many individuals at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law were newsmaking, too.

Here are 10 stories of major impact from the Faculty of Law community this year.

  1. Barabara Billingsley becomes Faculty of Law’s 13th dean

  2. UAlberta Faculty of Law wins Gale Cup moot for third year running

  3. Prof. Timothy Caulfield fights misinformation on multiple fronts and is awarded Sandford Fleming Medal

  4. Prof. Ubaka Ogbogu named a Trudeau Foundation Fellow

  5. Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge creates guides to new law on Indigenous child welfare

  6. Faculty of Law’s new Black Law Students’ Association holds its first AGM

  7. Prof. Peter Sankoff’s 100 interns project helps Canadian law students find work during COVID-19

  8. First-year law student participates in UN Youth Summit to fight inequality

  9. Jason Morris is first Faculty of Law graduate student to defend his degree remotely

  10. Two UAlberta Faculty of Law graduates land coveted clerkships at Supreme Court of Canada