The prospect of making the jump from the classroom to the law office – or the courtroom – can be daunting.
Allard Law’s clinic and externship programs give law students the chance to apply what they’ve learned and gain new professional skills in a supportive environment, all before graduation and before beginning articling.
In a Q & A with Peter Allard School of Law, two current students – and a new grad –spoke about what they took away from their time at three of the Faculty’s Clinic and Externships programs: Rise Women’s Legal Clinic, the International Justice and Human Rights Clinic, and the Corporate Counsel Externship program.
Visit the Peter A. Allard School of Law site to learn more.
Through Strategy 13: Practical learning, UBC is working with external partners and alumni to increase experiential learning—‘learning by doing’—across academic programs, and to enhance career services.