UBC Law Faculty Receives $1 Million Gift from Davis LLP & Irwin Davis
Davis LLP and Mr. Irwin Davis, grandson of the firm’s founder Edward Pease Davis, K.C., have just announced a $1 million donation to the UBC Faculty of Law.

The $1 million gift will be directed to the faculty’s new building project designed to meet the needs of future law students and legal researchers.

Davis LLP joins the ranks of a select group of law firms who have provided donations to the faculty, but owns the unique position of being the only national law firm to originate in Vancouver. The firm and its founding father have played pivotal roles in the Vancouver legal community since the firm originated in 1892.

UBC Faculty of Law Helps New Lawyers Enter Workforce
The UBC’s Faculty of Law recently held a career seminar entitled “Does the firm choose you or do you choose the firm?” In preparation for “interview week,” UBC invited Gary Mitchell of GEM Communications to give students an overview of how to best approach the interview process and ensure they begin their law careers at a firm that is best-suited to them.

A second seminar will be held this spring on “Your Law Career as a Business; helping students and new lawyers preparing themselves for the business of law.”

These articles were published in the February 2008 issue of BarTalk. © 2008 The Canadian Bar Association. All rights reserved.