Faculty directory

Name

Contact

Research Interests

Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
Serving as Associate Vice-President Academic Programs
Remedies, insurance, torts, feminist analysis of law, law and society, and race, ethnicity, and the law. 
Funmilola Ayotunde Human rights law, transnational advocacy, natural resources development, Indigenous rights, international environmental law, and business and human rights.

John Borrows
(On leave until June 30, 2025)

250-721-8168
Indigenous law, environmental law, constitutional law.

Brad Bryan

250-721-8164
bwb@uvic.ca

Taxation law, First Nations taxation.

Gillian Calder
(On leave until June 30, 2025)

250-472-5127
gcalder@uvic.ca

Family law and social issues, constitutional law, gender equality.

Kathryn Chan 


250-721-8163
kmchan@uvic.ca

Nonprofit sector law, law and religion, administrative law and regulation, trusts, the law of gift.

Patricia Cochran
Associate Dean, Administration and Research

250-721-8183

Constitutional law, legal and political theory, law and the humanities.

Deborah L Curran,
Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre

250-853-3105
dlc@uvic.ca
Water law, municipal law, growth management and land use law, environmental law, agricultural land and food systems, real estate and shared-decision making.

Maneesha Deckha
Lansdowne Chair in Law

250-721-8175
mdeckha@uvic.ca
Animal legal studies, feminist animal care theory and feminist analysis of law, critical animal studies, postcolonial theory, reproductive and end-of-life law and ethics, administrative law.

Mark R Gillen 

250-721-8169
mgillen@uvic.ca
Securities, trusts, business associations, tax and competition law.

Alan Hanna

250-472-5247
ahanna@uvic.ca

Aboriginal law, Indigenous lands, rights and governance.
Chris Heslinga
Director of the Law Centre Clinical Legal Education Program

250-385-1221 
director@thelawcentre.ca

Clinical and public legal education.
Robert Howell 250-721-8186
rhowell@uvic.ca
Intellectual property, technology, telecommunications, private international law.

Rebecca Johnson
Director, Graduate Program

250-721-8187
rjohnson@uvic.ca
Criminal law, legal process, business associations.

Asad Kiyani

250-472-5042
akiyani@uvic.ca

Race and criminal law, Police powers, International Criminal Law, Third World Approaches to International Law, Legal Pluralism, Postcolonial Theory, Critical Race Theory, Citizenship.

Freya Kodar
Dean of Law

250-721-8190
lawdean@uvic.ca
Pension (public and private), consumer law and policy, debt and credit regulation, income security, care work, disability and the law.

Robert Lapper, KC
Dorothy & David Lam Chair in Law and Public Policy

250-721-7647 
rlapper@uvic.ca
Access to justice, justice innovation, public policy, professional regulation and ethics, Aboriginal law. 

Michelle Lawrence  
Director, Access to Justice Centre of Excellence
(on leave until June 30, 2025)

250-721-8173
mlawr@uvic.ca

Access to justice, justice innovation, criminal law, evidence, sentencing, substance abuse and mental disorder, relationship violence, police accountability.
Darcy Lindberg

250-721-8182
darcylin@uvic.ca

Indigenous law, ecological governance through Indigenous legal orders, gender and Indigenous ceremonies, Indigenous treaty making.

Tracey Lindberg
(on leave until June 30, 2025)

250-721-8894
tlindberg@uvic.ca

Traditional Indigenous governments, Cree laws, translation between Canadian and Indigenous laws, Indigenous women, legal advocacy and activism.

Geoffrey Loomer
(on leave until June 30, 2025)

250-721-8161
law.assocdean.adm@uvic.ca

International and comparative taxation law and corporate taxation. 

Andrew Luesley

 aluesley@uvic.ca

Commercial law, law and technology, and critical race theory.

Colin Macleod

250-721-7521
cmacleod@uvic.ca
Philosophy, liberal equality.

David Milward
(on leave until June 30, 2025)

250-721-8154
davidmilward@uvic.ca

Criminal law, Indigenous justice, and evidence.

Sarah Morales
Director, JD/JID Program

250-721-8184
jiddirector@uvic.ca

Aboriginal law, Indigenous legal traditions and international human rights.

Val Napoleon
Law Foundation Chair of Indigenous Justice and Governance

250-721-8172
napoleon@uvic.ca

Indigenous legal traditions, Indigenous feminist legal studies, governance, restorative justice, Indigenous property law, Aboriginal legal issues.

Andrew Newcombe 
Associate Dean, Academic and Student Relations

250-721-8152
lawassoc@uvic.ca
International investment law and arbitration, international trade law and contracts.

Pooja Parmar
President’s Chair in Law and Indigeneity in a Global Context

250-721-8179

legal pluralism, legal ethics, int’l human rights law, legal history, law and colonialism.

Janna Promislow

250-472-5027
jannap@uvic.ca

Aboriginal Law, administrative law, constitutional law, Indigenous Law, Crown-Indigenous treaties, the duty to consult and accommodate, Crown-Indigenous treaty rights and interpretation, colonial legal history, legal pluralism.

Victor V. Ramraj
Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI)
250-721-7024
Comparative constitutional and administrative law (SE Asia), transnational regulation, law and globalization, emergency powers in Asia.

Sara Ramshaw 
Director, Cultural, Social and Political Thought (CSPT)

250-721-8165 sararamshaw@uvic.ca

Family law, human rights, contracts, arts-based approaches to law, law and the humanities, improvisation and the law, legal theory/jurisprudence.
Tim Richards
Director, First-Year Legal Research and Writing Program
250-721-8185
trichard@uvic.ca
Human rights law, poverty and social policy, legal skills education.

Chris Tollefson

250-721-8170
ctollef@uvic.ca
Environmental law and litigation, sustainability, environmental governance, forestry, Aboriginal law, access to justice.

Estair Van Wagner

estairva@uvic.ca

Name

Phone

Email

Freya Kodar
Dean of Law
250 721-8147

Patricia Cochran
Associate Dean, Administration and Research

250 721-8161 law.assocdean.adm@uvic.ca

Andrew Newcombe
Associate Dean, Academic and Student Relations

250 721-8152 lawassoc@uvic.ca
Rebecca Johnson
Director, Graduate Program
250 721-8175 gradlawdir@uvic.ca

Name

Title

Email

Roberto Alberto Sessional Instructor
Ross Alexander Adjunct Professor rossalexander@uvic.ca
Michael Asch  Adjunct Professor
Trevor Bant Sessional Instructor
Eszter Bodnár Adjunct Professor ebodnar@uvic.ca
Oliver Brandes Adjunct Professor

omb@uvic.ca

Susan Breau Adjunct Professor
Andrew Buck Adjunct Professor  andrewbuck@uvic.ca
Meghan Butler Sessional Instructor meghanbutler@uvic.ca
Akshaya Chandani Dean’s Graduate Fellow and Sessional Instructor

achandani@uvic.ca

Kaitlyn Chewka Adjunct Professor
William Clark Sessional Instructor

williamsclark@uvic.ca

Renée Cochard Sessional Instructor
Gina Connor Sessional Instructor
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger Adjunct Professor
Kaitlyn Cumming Sessional Instructor
Bradley Danks Adjunct Professor 
Fernando De Lima Adjunct Professor
Paula Donnachie Adjunct Professor 

pdonnachie@uvic.ca

Joel Feinman Limited Term Teaching Professor
Stephen Ferance Adjunct Professor 

 

Sean Finn Adjunct Professor seanfinn@uvic.ca
Chandra Fisher Sessional Instructor
Hadley Friedland Adjunct Professor
Alandra Harlingten Adjunct Professor 
Hank Intven Adjunct Professor 

hintven@uvic.ca

Clare Jennings Adjunct Professor

 

Laura Johnston Adjunct Professor 

laurajohnston@uvic.ca

Stephen King

Sessional Instructor

 

Michelle Kinney

Sessional Instructor

 

Arvind Kumar

Sessional Instructor

arvindkumar@uvic.ca

Valerie Le Blanc

Adjunct Professor

vleblanc@uvic.ca
Michael Litchfield

Director, Business Law Clinic

thinklab@uvic.ca

Jessica Lott-Thomson Sessional Instructor

lottthompson@uvic.ca

Stephen Lyons

Adjunct Professor 

slyons@uvic.ca

Raji Mangat Adjunct Professor 

rmangat@uvic.ca

Claude Marchessault Adjunct Professor 
Chris Massey Sessional Instructor
Lee Mauro Adjunct Professor
Arthur McInnis Adjunct Professor 
Kent McNeil Limited Term Visiting Professor

 

Michael M’Gonigle Adjunct Professor

 

Laura Miller Adjunct Professor 
Jacquie Miller Limited-Term Assistant Professor

 

Melanie Mortensen Sessional Instructor

melaniejmortensen@uvic.ca

Christine Murray Sessional Instructor
Joel Oliphant Adjunct Professor 
JA Pankiw-Petty Adjunct Professor
Jess Patterson Adjunct Professor 

Thanh Cong Phan Sessional Instructor

Lorne Phipps Adjunct Professor 
Deanna Rivers Adjunct Professor 

dgrivers@uvic.ca

Supriya Routh Adjunct Professor 

 

Stuart Rush Adjunct Professor

 

George Seymour Sessional Instructor
Theodore Sum Adjunct Professor 
Darcie Suntjens Sessional Instructor darcies@uvic.ca
Carla Tait Sessional Instructor
Michael Taylor Sessional Instructor
Alan Treleaven Adjunct Professor

atreleaven@uvic.ca

John Tuck Adjunct Professor 

johnmtuck@uvic.ca

Ian Wiebe Adjunct Professor

ianwiebe@uvic.ca

Kim Willey Adjunct Professor

kwilley@uvic.ca

David Yarwood Sessional Instructor
Jeffrey Young Adjunct Professor

 

Mark Zion Sessional Instructor

mzion@uvic.ca

Tom Zworski Adjunct Professor