Faculty directory

Colleen Smith

B.Comm. (St. Mary’s, magna cum laude) 1986, LL.B. (UBC) 1994. Called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1995.

Colleen Smith joined the law school as a senior instructor for a one-year term in July 2011. She has enjoyed a highly successful career as a criminal lawyer and comes to UVic from the B.C. Ministry of Attorney General, where she is a Crown counsel.

Smith began her career as a criminal defence lawyer. She has since served as lead counsel in a wide range of criminal cases and has handled the prosecution of serious offences involving property, assault, murder, and various charges under the Income Tax Act and the Customs Act. Smith is an accomplished prosecutor with expertise in wiretap law, warrant procedures and serious motor vehicle offences. She regularly advises police departments in complex investigations involving surveillance, DNA evidence, blood spatter analysis, police agents and undercover operations. In 2000, she provided legal commentary for TSN and ESPN during the assault trial of former NHL player Marty McSorley. She has mentored numerous junior lawyers in the Crown prosecutor’s office.

Smith has taught several courses at the Faculty of Law in recent years and her teaching responsibilities during the 2011-12 academic year include Criminal Procedure, The Criminal Law Process, The Law of Evidence, and Advocacy.

 

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Colleen Smith
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
PO Box 1700, STN CSC
Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2
Canada

Email: Colleen Smith
Tel: 250-721-8187
Fax: 250-721-8146

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