CAROL LIAO
Associate Professor; Director of the Centre for Business Law
UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar; Principal Co-Investigator, Canada Climate Law Initiative
B.A. (Honours) (Queen’s); LL.B. (UBC); LL.M. (UBC); Ph.D./S.J.D. (Joint Degree) (UBC/University of Toronto) Member of the New York Bar

Dr. Carol Liao is an Associate Professor at the UBC Allard School of Law, UBC Sauder Distinguished Fellow, and the Chair of the Canada Climate Law Initiative, a cross-disciplinary research hub providing directors in Canada with the latest in climate science, climate risk disclosures, and fiduciary obligations: https://ccli.ubc.ca. An award-winning teacher and widely published scholar, Carol is a board member of the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research at the Institute of Corporate Directors, and former New York Mergers and Acquisitions lawyer. She is the recipient of the BIV Influential Women in Business Award, BCBusiness Women of the Year Award, Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women Award, and named as one of Canada's 2024 Clean50.