Helene Love

Helene Love
3357 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6R 1H9
telephone: 778-330-7237 email:

EDUCATION

2014 - presentUniversity of Toronto Doctor of Juridical Science (expected completion summer 2017)

  • Dissertation: Advanced Age and the Assessment of Witnesses. Research involves an empirical analysis of advanced age and the reliability of evidence.
  • Primary Supervisor: Martha Shaffer, Professor of Law
  • Committee: Hamish Stewart, Anthony Niblett

2010 – 2011University of British Columbia Masters of Law (awarded November, 2011)

  • Thesis: Age and Ageism in the Sentencing of Older Adults. Research examines the impact of old age on sentencing.
  • Supervisor: Fiona Kelly, Associate Professor of Law
  • Second Reader: Israel Doron, Senior Lecturer, Haifa University, Israel

2003 – 2006University of British Columbia Juris Doctor (awarded May, 2006)

  • Called to the British Columbia Bar (2007)

1995-1999University of Victoria Bachelor of Science: Psychology (awarded November, 1999)

  • Graduated with distinction

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

Journal Articles

  • “If Your Body Talks, Will the Courts Listen? A Comment on R. v. Rhayel” (forthcoming 2017) Crim. L. Q. (peer reviewed, sole -author)
  • “Aging Witnesses: Exploring Differences, Inspiring Change” (2015) 19(4) Int. J. Evidence and Proof 220 (peer reviewed, sole-author)
  • “Age and Ageism in Sentencing Practices: A Case Law Review” (2013) 17 Can. Crim. L. Rev. 253 (peer reviewed, with Dr. Israel Doron and Dr. Fiona Kelly)
  • “Ageing Prisoners: A Brief Report on Key Legal and Policy Dilemmas” (2013) 2 Int. J. Crim. and Soc. 322 (peer reviewed, with Dr. Israel Doron)
  • “Ageism, Language and the Law”, (2011) 31 Windsor Rev. of L. and Soc. Issues. 133 (peer reviewed, sole-author)
  • “Canadian Sentencing Practices in Relation to Older Adults”, (2011) 89(3) Can. Bar. Rev. 729 (peer reviewed, sole-author)
  • “United We Stand: Using Class Actions to Redress Neglect in Nursing Homes”, (2008) 1 Can. J. Elder Law 161 (peer reviewed, sole-author)

Research Reports

  • Flexible Learning and Teaching Technology (University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law August 2013). Author and principal researcher of study on the use of teaching technologies in law conducted with funding from the Franklin Lew Innovation Fund and the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, presented at the 2013 Faculty Retreat.(45pp.)
  • Adjunct Task Force Report (University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, October 2009). Author and coordinator of a study conducted with funding from the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund investigating the use of adjunct professors at the Faculty of Law, presented to the Curriculum Committee. (29pp.)

ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS

2015SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

  • Value: $35,000/year for three years

2015Law Foundation of British Columbia Doctoral Fellowship

  • Value: $10,000

2015CFUW Beverly A. Jackson Fellowship

  • Value: $2,000

2014 - 2017University of Toronto Faculty of Law Graduate Student Fellowship

  • Value: $25,000 (2014/15), $17,250 (2015/16)

SCHOLARLY PRIZES AND AWARDS

2015/16University of Toronto Faculty of Law Travel Bursary

  • Faculty funding to attend conferences in Canada and the United States (Value: $2,000)

2015American Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities

  • Funding to attend the graduate student workshop portion of the annual general meeting (Value: $500)

2015SGS Travel Grant

  • University funding to attend conferences in the United States (Value: $500)

2014SXSWedu Scholarship

  • Scholarship to 2015 SXSW Edu Conference awarded for best student essay about innovation in education (Value: $500)

2014Seniorszen Student Essay Prize

  • Awarded for best research paper examining issues related to seniors housing for the paper: “Greener Pastures: My Retirement Dream” (Value: $500)

2006Gregory K. Steele, Q.C. PrizeBritish Columbia Law Institute

  • Awarded for best research paper addressing age in relation to a legal issue, for the paper “United We Stand: Using Class Actions to Redress Harm to Institutionalized Adults” (Value: $500)

2006UBC Law Review PrizeUniversity of British Columbia

  • Awarded for outstanding contribution to UBC Law Review Editorial Board (Value: $500)

1994 – 1999Alexander Rutherford ScholarshipProvincial Government of Alberta

  • Awarded in recognition of academic achievement

ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDING

2013 University of British Columbia Flexible Learning Initiative

  • For the creation of four distance education courses in law (Value: $50,000)

2013University of British Columbia Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund

  • For research on teaching law through distance education and creation of distance education course in law (Value: $10,000)

2013UBC Faculty of LawFranklin Lew Innovation Fund

  • For researchand presentation on use of teaching technologies in law (Value: $10,000)

2012UBC Faculty of Law Franklin Lew Innovation Fund

  • For creating intensive summer law program for students from China (Value: $10,000)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2017International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress(Prague, July 7-14)

  • Paper presentation: “Dementia on Trial”

2016American Law and Society Association Annual Meeting(New Orleans, June 2 - 5)

  • Paper presentation: “Could there be a hearsay exception for sex workers?”

2016Canadian Law and Society Annual Meeting (Calgary, May 28 – 30)

  • Paper presentation: “Dementia on Trial”

2016University of Toronto Comparative Constitutional Law Workshop(Toronto, April 1)

  • Paper presentation: “What a difference a case makes: the divergent approaches to hearsay in Canada and the United States”

2016American Comparative Law Association Younger Comparativists Annual Meeting (Tulane University, New Orleans, March 18-19)

  • Paper presentation: “What a difference a case makes: the divergent approaches to hearsay in Canada and the United States”

2016University of Toronto Faculty of Law, SJD Workshop (Toronto, March 15)

  • Paper presentation: “What a difference a case makes: the divergent approaches to hearsay in Canada and the United States”

2016American Psychology and Law Association Annual Meeting(Atlanta, March 10 - 12)

  • Paper presentation: “If your body talks, will the courts listen?”

2015American Law and Society Association Annual Meeting(Seattle, May 28 - 30)

  • Paper presentation: “Judging Judges: The Quantitative Analysis of Case Law”

2015UBC Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Graduate Student Conference(Vancouver, May5-7)

  • Paper presentation: “How can the law of Evidence Accommodate Aging Witnesses?”

2015University of Michigan Young Scholars Conference(Ann Arbor, March 27 - 29)

  • Paper presentation: “Proof of Age: Elders Outside the Law of Evidence”

2015American Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities Annual Meeting(Georgetown University, March 4 - 8)

  • Paper presentation: “Ageism, Language and the Law”

2012American Bar Association Bricks and Bytes Conference (San Diego, March 11-14)

  • Paper presentation: “Sweating the Small Stuff: The Devil is in the Details”

2012South West Texas Popular Culture Association Conference (Albuquerque, February 22 - 25)

  • Panelist: “TV and the Law”

2011Creative Law: UBC Law Graduate Conference (Vancouver, May 13 – 14)

  • Paper Presentation:“Is Vancouver Hamsterdam? Lessons Policymakers can learn from HBO’s The Wire”

2010Canadian Conference for Elder Law (Toronto, October 22 – 25)

  • Paper Presentation: “Ageism and the Justice System”

2006Canadian Conference for Elder Law (Vancouver, October 6-7)

  • Paper Presentation: “Class Actions and Elder Abuse”

ACADEMIC PROGRAM DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION

2011 – 2014Director, Graduate Certificate and Professional Programs, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

  • Together with members of the Faculty of Law, developed professional and graduate programs, including the redesign of a course-based master’s aimed at foreign trained lawyers (the LLM CL), a course-based professional LLM (the LLM in Taxation), and an intensive summer program for students from China.
  • Successfully obtained funding in excess of $70,000 to go towards research into the best practices in the use of distance education for law and creation of four distance education courses. Worked collaboratively with the UBC Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology and course authors to develop distance education courses.

2008 – 2011Executive Coordinator to the Office of the Dean, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

  • Conducted research on various matters relating to the administration of the Faculty of Law, including the application of University policies to equity issues, privacy matters, procedures for implementing administrative changes, and the regulation of law schools by accrediting boards.
  • Dean’s representative on various internal and external committees.

LEGAL RESEARCH, LITIGATION, AND ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE

2009 - 2011Lawyer, Western Canada Access to Justice

  • Volunteered at Covenant House in a clinic that serviced youth

2005 – 2008Associate, Stikeman Elliott LLP Litigation Department

  • Appeared before British Columbia Supreme Court and Provincial Court
  • Practice areas: civil litigation, property law, corporate law, employment law, commercial law, securities
  • Completed summer articles, articling term and worked as a full time associate

2004 – 2006Research Assistant to Professor Kim Brooks, UBC Faculty of Law

  • Conducted research in the areas of tax, tort law, feminist legal studies, and constitutional law

2003 – 2004Research Assistant to Professor Vaughan Black, UBC Faculty of Law

  • Conducted research in conflict of law, tort law and animal law

SERVICE, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, SCHOLARLY NETWORKS

2013Member, Flexible Learning Committee, University of British Columbia

  • Represent the Faculty of Law on a University committee that developed flexible learning initiatives

2008 – 2011Member, Building Committee, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

  • Representative for the Dean’s office on matters relating to the construction of the new law building

2011Member, Signage Committee, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

  • Representative for the Dean’s office on matters relating to the construction of the new law building

2011Member, Furniture Committee, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

  • Representative for the Dean’s office on matters relating to the construction of the new law building

2010 – 2011Member, Moving Committee, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law

  • Plan and organize logistics for temporary spaces and moving into new building

2003 – 2006Editor, TSL, University of British Columbia Law Review

  • Sat on the editorial board as the editor of the Table of Statutory Limitations for the UBC Law Review

2003 – 2006Member, UBC Environmental Law Group

  • Member of student group dedicated to promoting scholarship and awareness of environmental law issues

2005Volunteer, ANAI Sea Turtle Conservation Project, Cahuita Costa Rica

  • Assist with conservation efforts in Cahuita National Park in Costa Rica

2005Member, Laskin Moot Team, UBC Faculty of Law

  • Compete in mock trial in French on an administrative law question dealing with NAFTA chapter 11 arbitration

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

  • Fluent in verbal and written French
  • Enjoy trail running with my dog, swimming, and yoga
  • Despite lacking actual musical talent, am teaching myself how to play the banjo

REFERENCES

Martha Shaffer, academic reference, University of Toronto:

Anthony Niblett, academic reference, University of Toronto:

Douglas Harris, professional reference, University of British Columbia:

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