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Unprecedented Decision on Indigenous Land Rights

Posted on: June 26, 2014

Law faculty member Nicole Schabus was part of the team helping bring about an unprecedented decision on indigenous land rights in Canada.

New Dean named to TRU Faculty of Law

Posted on: June 19, 2014

Bradford Morse, a Canadian leader in social justice and Indigenous law issues will lead Thompson Rivers University’s Faculty of Law as Dean of Law beginning the fall of 2014.

A TRU Start to a First Class Graduate

Posted on: June 9, 2014

Class of 2014 Law graduate Lisa Scruton was only nine years old, reading books on law with her stepfather, a Justice of the Peace, when she decided she would become a lawyer.

TRU Law degree accredited by Federation of Law Societies in Canada

Posted on: June 5, 2014

Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law received notice that the J.D. program has been approved by the National Approval Committee on Accreditation.

This news comes ahead of the 2015 deadline for other Canadian law schools to receive accreditation.

The Main Attraction

Posted on: June 5, 2014

This month TRU’s Faculty of Law officially opens its space atop Old Main, replete with a law library, law clinic, and moot court in an award-winning renovation best described as inspirational.

Seven Inspiring Individuals To Receive Honorary Degrees

Posted on: May 1, 2014

Craig Kielburger, Dr. Samantha Nutt, Dr. Evan Adams, Kim Collier, Ron Fawcett, Gordon Campbell and the Honourable Lance Finch former Chief Justice of British Columbia to receive TRU’s highest form of recognition for demonstrated excellence in the fields of public affairs, the sciences, arts, humanities, business and philanthropy.

The recipients will receive their degrees during Spring Convocation Ceremonies June 11-14.

TRU students excel at National Aboriginal Law Moot

Posted on: March 25, 2014

TRU Law students explored important Aboriginal legal and political issues and gained unique practical experience at the 20th Annual Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Law Moot hosted by the Toronto Faculty of Law March 6-9.

First professor-student co-authored article wins prize for TRU Law

Posted on: March 6, 2014

Dr. Richard Frimpong Oppong and JD candidate Lisa Niro of TRU’s Faculty of Law have been awarded the James Crawford Prize by the Journal of International Dispute Settlement, a leading peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press.