Hello Class of 2023,

Welcome to the Peter A. Allard School of Law! Although the start of your law school career might look different from what you imagined, we hope that all of you will have an amazing first year at this vibrant institution. There are many opportunities to get involved in the close-knit community at Allard Law while still exploring your interests. If you have an interest in Family Law and/or learning about legal research, we hope you’ll consider joining the Canadian Journal of Family Law (CJFL) team.

The CJFL is a biannual interdisciplinary journal that publishes English and French academic articles on a broad range of Family Law issues. It is a refereed publication, with articles reviewed by an Advisory Board of legal professionals and academics. Student staff members manage, edit, and publish the journal.

1L students can get involved by volunteering to edit submissions and check citations. You will work with us to prepare articles for publication. Joining CJFL is a great way to develop and practice the legal research and writing (LRW) skills you will learn in your LRW class! It’s also a great way to learn about the area of Family Law.

In addition to publishing our journal, we like to organize and support events wherever possible. Last year, we hosted the Shifting Normativities: Families, Feminisms, Laws conference alongside the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies. This year, we will be (virtually) hosting a visiting scholar. Possible events to look forward to include: virtual panels, guest speakers, team potlucks, and perhaps a visit to the Bloedel Conservatory!

Feel free to email us at cdnjfl@interchange.ubc.ca to learn more or to discuss getting involved. Our website, http://faculty.allard.ubc.ca/cdnjfl/index.html, has further information as well as abstracts of every article the Journal has published, and recent volumes are available open-access at https://commons.allard.ubc.ca/can-j-fam-l/.

 

We look forward to meeting everyone in September!

– Sancho and Josika, Student Editors