Anne Uteck

Anne Uteck is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. Her expertise spans privacy law, technology regulation, and Indigenous legal education, with prior teaching appointments at Dalhousie University, University of Ottawa, and Vrije University in Amsterdam.

Her educational background includes:

• BA from Saint Mary's University (SMU)
• LLB from University of New Brunswick (UNB)
• LLM from Dalhousie University
• PhD from University of Ottawa

Professor Uteck's research focuses on legal challenges in emerging technologies, particularly spatial privacy frameworks for the Internet of Everything. Her doctoral work reconceptualized privacy paradigms in networked environments, leading to interdisciplinary courses like 'The Law of Every ware' that bridge technical and legal domains. She actively contributes to policy discussions on e-commerce regulation and ethical technology deployment through affiliations with Dalhousie's Law & Technology Institute and uOttawa's Centre for Law, Technology and Society.

Her distinguished recognition includes:

• Gowlings Fellow in Technology Law
• Indigenous Law Students Association Courage in Law Award (2021)
• George Curtis Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence (2023)

As Director of the Allard Upper-Year Mooting Program, she coaches the B.C. Law Schools Moot team while supervising advanced privacy law research. Her Indigenous legal education leadership includes co-developing the ILS Summer Intensive in Torts with Lee Schmidt, fostering community integration for incoming Indigenous JD students and advising the ILS Academic Leadership Certificate Program through skill-building initiatives and cross-community collaboration.