Freya Kodar
Dean of Law
Accepting graduate students
- Contact:
- Office: FR 102d lawdean@uvic.ca 250-721-8147
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-7681-4743
- Credentials:
- BA (McGill); LLB (UVic); LLM (York University).
- Area(s) 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 engages disability law, pension law and policy, debtor and creditor relations, consumer law and policy, and feminist analysis of the law. I am a co-author of Law and Disability in Canada: Cases and Materials, the first Canadian textbook on Law and Disability, and co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law / Revue Femmes et Droit.
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)