| Debra Parkes | |
| Discipline: | Law |
| Sub Discipline: | Canadian constitutional law Criminal law of Canada Feminist legal theory |
| Education: | Trinity Western University (BA) University of British Columbia (LLB) Columbia University (LLM) |
| Workplaces: | Robson Hall Peter A. Allard School of Law |
Debra Parkes is a Canadian academic working as the professor of law and chair in feminist legal studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, a position she assumed on July 1, 2016.[1] [2]
Parkes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity Western University, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Laws from the Columbia Law School.[3]
Parkes began her career as a law clerk for judges on the Supreme Court of British Columbia and as a litigator at Gowlings in Toronto. She also served as the associate dean of research and graduate studies and executive director of the Legal Research Institute at Robson Hall.[4]