Awarded by Canadian Lawyer in 2020, Government/Non-Profit category

Voted Top 25 Most Influential lawyer

Co-coach of the University of Alberta - the only team to ever win the competition three years in a row.

Gale Cup Champions 2018-20

Associate Counsel at Bottos Law Group, litigating cases at the Alberta Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada.

APPELLATE ADVOCACY

“My goal is to make the law more accessible for students, lawyers and the public.”

CREATING RESOURCES TO ENHANCE LEARNING

Paw & Order

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This award winning podcast with my co-host Camille Labchuk explores topical animal law issues.

My key areas of focus

ANIMAL LAW

Does the law adequately protect animals from harm by creating criminal sanctions?

CASE STUDIES AND LEGAL CONTEXT

Addressing cases of activism, animal cruelty, humane standards, welfare reform, litigation and more...

CRIMINAL LAW

Assessing controversial cases and providing an overview of core criminal law principles.

REVIEWS AND OPINIONS

Charters of rights and freedoms, homicide, legislative reforms, sentencing, sexual assaults and terrorism and more.

EVIDENCE LAW

Explaining the principles of evidence law and analyzing major decisions.

REVIEWS AND ANALYSIS

Evidentiary discretion, character, privilege, hearsay, examination of witnesses and more.

Teaching and learning videos

Case Alert Hart Update Edited

Case Alert Character Evidence - Edited

Case Alert: R v Parranto

Case Alert : R v Tremblay

Case Alert: R v Aronovsky

Case Alert on Guilty Pleas

Case Alert Schneider Edited

Prior Consistent Statements: Part 2

Case Update #2 - R v Williams

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Professor Sankoff

Professor Sankoff1 month ago

We have finished our season of the Translating Criminal Law podcast, after 12 episodes. It's been a fun run, and we will be back in the fall. In this episode, we recap the year, talk about Penny's 12th birthday, explore what it means to get braces and discuss criminal law with Canadian Olympian (and gold medal hope) Danielle Lappage, who is also a budding criminal lawyer. If you like the podcast, please please share! https://translatingcriminallaw.podbean.com/e/12-criminal-law-and-the-olympics-our-end-of-year-wrap/

Peter and Penny wrap up a successful season of Translating Criminal Law and Penny interviews Danielle Lappage, a Canadian Olympic wrestler and law graduate. Penny and Peter discuss how the social stigma around having braces has changed. Find Peter Sankoff...

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Professor Sankoff2 months ago

The Translating Criminal Law podcast has now reached 5000 downloads! Thanks everyone! Final episode of the season, featuring a special interview with Canadian Olympian and criminal lawyer to be Danielle Lappage, is out Tuesday.

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Professor Sankoff2 months ago

Very excited to be supervising Marcelo, who is doing some really important research on animal law issues.

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Professor Sankoff2 months ago

This one is going to be great too. If you want to exclude evidence from a search, you need to know how to attack a search warrant. Free spots available for law students who want some summer learning.

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Tweets

Peter Sankoff @petersankoff

7 hours ago
That’s my kind of Olympic finish - Canada/New Zealand, Gold/Silver I. women’s 8 rowing!

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Peter Sankoff @petersankoff

14 hours ago
Outstanding work by my colleague @Jlpetrie64 on this appeal from a decision of the Alberta Review Board, getting a conditional discharge for a client who has been in custody for almost 20 years. Such important work!
https://t.co/CGqdFmC6eh

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Peter Sankoff @petersankoff

16 hours ago
Hey #lawtwitter - breaking news from Alberta. Decision not yet available online, but Alta CA in R v Brown has upheld s 33.1 of the Code, disagreeing with Sullivan. SCC gets its chance at this in October.

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Peter Sankoff @petersankoff

5 days ago
This is making zero impact given how few likes, but if you don't think Modok is hysterical, I don't think we can be friends. @Steven_Penney aren't you watching this?

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