Articling Students

Sheldon Falk is an articled law student at Civic Legal LLP and a graduate of the Juris Doctor program at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law. During his time at law school, he conducted legal research for judges of the BC Provincial Court as a judicial extern. He also worked at Pacific Legal Education & Outreach Society developing legal resources for BC’s non-profit sector. He was awarded the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin Legal Access Award for his efforts to enhance public legal education.

Prior to law school, Sheldon earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an emphasis on management at North Island College, where he received the President’s Award for graduating at the top of his class. He was deeply involved in student government, sitting on the students’ union board, provincial executive, and numerous college committees. In part due to these efforts, he was awarded the Lt. Governor’s Medal Award for Inclusion, Democracy, and Reconciliation.

Sheldon hopes to use his experiences and passion for democracy to provide world-class legal services to the public.