University of British Columbia Law SchoolMooting and Clinical ProgramsThe Faculty additionally offers many experiential learning opportunities through which students may develop and hone their practical skills, such as their respective advocacy, argumentative, and lawyering abilities, and deal directly with the dynamics of the legal world. Such opportunities are available primarily via mooting and clinical work.
For example, second and third year LLB students may partake in several regional, national or international advocacy/moot competitions, for course credit, including the ABA Negotiation Competition, Aboriginal Rights Moot (Kawaskimhon), Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, B.C. Law Schools (UBC/UVic) Moot, Canadian Labour Arbitration Competition, Client Counselling Competition, Corporate/Securities Moot, Gale Moot, International Competition in Online Dispute Resolution, Jessup Moot, Laskin Moot, Peter Burns Criminal Law Moot, and Wilson Moot. Clinical work experience may be obtained through several means particularly the Law Student's Legal Advice Program (LSLAP) and Pro Bono Students Canada, both of which provide free legal assistance to individuals and organizations who would otherwise be unable, or at least find it more difficult, to obtain such help.
Furthermore, students interested in gaining editorial and/or publishing experience may do so by working on the Faculty's Canadian Journal of Family Law and/or University of British Columbia Law Review.
Aboriginal Rights Moot
Competitive Moots (for LLB students)
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