Samantha Andison,

“I was drawn to Lawson Lundell because of the firm’s strong and established environmental law practice and its commitment to fostering the growth of young lawyers.”

Samantha Andison is an articling student in the Vancouver office of Lawson Lundell. She is interested in exploring multiple practice areas with a particular interest in the firm’s environmental, indigenous, and regulatory litigation practice.

Samantha completed her Juris Doctor at the University of Victoria, where she earned a Concentration in Environmental Law and Sustainability. During law school, Samantha was an executive with the Environmental Law Club and volunteered as a Clinician and Board Member for the Environmental Law Centre (ELC). In recognition of her work, she was nominated by the ELC for the Law Foundation of BC Public Interest Award. In her third year, Samantha participated in an international exchange at the University of Sydney, where she volunteered with the Sydney Sustainability Program.

Prior to her legal studies, Samantha completed her Master of Professional Communication, where her research focused on the Green Party leadership’s political narrative and communications strategy in the 2021 federal election.

• Law Society of British Columbia, Articled Student
• Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, Legal Research Fellow
• Canadian Bar Association, Member
• Vancouver Bar Association, Member

• Research Assistant at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law
• Case Worker at the Red Cedar Advocacy Centre
• Senior Editor for the Canadian Law Review
• Volunteer Editor for the Appeal Law Review
• Canadian Bar Association UVic Student Representative
• Vice President of Communications on the UVic Law Students’ Society
• UVic Environmental Law Centre Society Board Member
• Communications Coordinator for the UVic Environmental Law Club
• Experiential Learning Student at the Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation
• Climate Litigation Volunteer at Pro Bono Students Canada