Welcome to U of A Law, our yearly publication for alumni, donors and friends of the faculty. We recently renamed and redesigned the publication and we hope you like it as much as we do! The stories in this issue tell some of the ways in which we are serving our students and communities and how we are making a difference.
Our faculty is distinguished by its sense of service to the community and by its commitment to excellence. We are a home for students, faculty, staff and partners — a place where diverse perspectives are welcomed, where scholarship and teaching advance knowledge and justice, and where each person is empowered to thrive.
This is an exciting time to be part of the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law, as we build on our strengths and look confidently to the future.
Fiona Kelly
Dean, Faculty of Law
Wilbur Fee Bowker Professor of Law
Features
Get Your Feet Wet
Experiential Learning Lets Students Close the Gap Between Legal Theory and ‘The Messiness of the World’
Faces of Service
To balance legacy and innovation we aim to move beyond bureaucracy and focus on service in action
Global Training, Local Practice
For 10 years, the internationally trained lawyer pathway program has helped legal professionals who have trained elsewhere qualify to practise in Canada
Prima Facie
What’s New and Noteworthy
Paths to Excellence
This year’s medal winners demonstrate that leadership follows many routes
Meet the New Faculty
With dozens of publications, degrees and even countries between them, our latest instructors bring a world of legal perspectives
Roots of Service
Two students earn grants to advocate for people who are wrongfully convicted and to improve access to tenancy law expertise
Per Curiam
Students, Alumni and Friends in Conversation
Late Lunch, Perfect Fit
Experiential Learning Lets Students Close the Gap Between Legal Theory and ‘The Messiness of the World’
It’s About the People
To balance legacy and innovation we aim to move beyond bureaucracy and focus on service in action
A Year in Numbers
58
Students travelled across Canada for moot competitions, thanks to donors
329
Students participated in experiential learning courses
$2,017,694
Amount distributed to 359 students in awards and bursaries, averaging $5K
36
First Nations, Indigenous, Métis, Inuit (FNMI) students received scholarships or bursaries
2.8x
Law alumni are more likely to donate than other grads
$5.5M
total funds raised
From 2024-25:
- Where the $5.5 million goes:
- $1.4 million to research
- $2.6 million to facilities
- $650 thousand to research
- $300 thousand to programming
- $550 thousand to endowments
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