Freya Kodar
Dean of Law
Accepting graduate students
- Contact:
- Office: FR 102d lawdean@uvic.ca 250-721-8147
- Credentials:
- BA (McGill); LLB (UVic); LLM (York University).
- Area of expertise:
- Income security, disability and the law, debtor & creditor relations, torts, pensions, consumer law
Biography
I joined the Faculty in 2005, served as Associate Dean, Administration and Research from 2016 to 2021, and was appointed Dean in 2023. I am a graduate of UVic Law’s co-op program and shared the William R. McIntyre Award for academic excellence, community service and student leadership over the course of the LLB program. Before pursuing graduate studies, I articled and practiced with two legal aid clinics in BC's Lower Mainland. My research focuses on income and financial security across the life course, and I teach in the areas of consumer law, pensions, torts, and disability and the law.
Education
- BA (Political Science) McGill University;
- Certificate (French as a Second Language), Laval University;
- LLB University of Victoria;
- LLM, York University.
Books
- Law and Disability in Canada: Cases and Materials (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2021) with Laverne Jacobs, Ruby Dhand, David Ireland, Richard Jochelson and Odelia Bay. (2nd edition forthcoming, 2026).
Selected publications
- “A Disability Perspective on Debtor-Creditor Law” in Laverne Jacobs et al, Law and Disability in Canada: Cases and Materials, 2d ed. (Toronto: LexisNexis) (with Anna Lund) (Peer-reviewed) (Forthcoming, 2026)
- “Some Reflections on the Art of Getting Things Done: UVic Law and a Degree in Indigenous Legal Orders” in Val Napoleon, David Milward and Debra McKenzie, eds., Indigenous Intersocietal Legal Pedagogies (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). (with Gillian Calder) (Forthcoming, 2026)
- “Federal Income Support: Canada Pension Plan Disability and Employment Insurance Sickness Benefits” in Laverne Jacobs et al, Law and Disability in Canada: Cases and Materials (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2021) at 99 (Peer-reviewed). (2nd edition forthcoming, 2026).
- “Pensions and Unpaid Work – A Reflection on Four Decades of Feminist Debate” (2012) 24:1 Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 180-206. (Peer-reviewed)
- “Conceptions of Borrowers and Lenders in the Canadian Payday Loan Regulatory Process: The Evidence from Manitoba and Nova Scotia” (2011) 34:2 Dalhousie Law Journal 443-81.
- “Improving the Potential of Tort Law for Redressing Historical Abuse Claims: The Need for a Contextualized Approach to the Limitation Defence” (2011) 42.1 Ottawa Law Review 95-122. (with Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey) (Peer-reviewed).
Other work
Case Comments- “The Woodlands School Litigation and Settlement: Further Complications for Historical Abuse Claims” (2012) 45:2 UBC Law Review 393-405. (Peer-reviewed)
Graduate supervision
I am interested in supervising students working on law and disability, pensions, consumer law, and torts, particularly those students whose research engages questions about income and financial security across the life course.