Claire Young

LL.B. London School of Economics 1970; LL.M. UBC 1982

  • 1822 East Mall, Peter A. Allard School of Law

    V6T 1Z1 Vancouver

    Canada

Personal profile

About

Prior to joining the Allard School of Law in 1992, Claire Young practiced law with the Alberta Attorney-General's department for several years and taught law at the University of Western Ontario from 1984-1992.She is the co-author of two books and the author of numerous articles on tax law and policy. Her other research interests include feminist legal theory and sexuality and the law. She was awarded the University of British Columbia Killam prize for excellence in teaching in 1998 and 2002. In 1999 she held the Dunhill Madden Butler Visiting Chair in Women and the Law at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has consulted with the Department of Finance and several international organizations on tax policy issues and is currently a a member of the Joint Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Development Research Centre (IRDC) research team (based in London, U.K.) working on The Gender Responsive Budget Project.

 

In 2003 Professor Young was awarded the Therese Casgrain Fellowship in recognition of her research on women and economic issues.

Disciplines

  • Law
  • Tax Law