Specialties
The Environmental Law Centre, created in 1995, provides legal information and assistance to local, provincial and national environmental groups including the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, the David Suzuki Foundation, the West Coast Environmental Law and Probe International. On account of its focus on environmental law and sustainability issues, Uvic Law was ranked by Corporate Knights magazine as the second-best law school in Canada in terms of its integration of environmental and social issues into the law school experience.
UVic Law has a significant focus on Indigenous law programming and attracting Indigenous students. There is an endowed Professorship in Aboriginal Justice and Governance at the law school as well as a National Chair in Aboriginal Economic Development that the law school shares with the business school. There is a special admission category for Aboriginal students. At the beginning of every year, students are invited to a four-day event called Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Camp where students spend time at a nearby reserve learning about that particular aboriginal community as well as broader legal issues involving aboriginal persons in Canada.
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