Welcome!

My name is Andrew,

I am PhD Candidate in Law at UBC.

I am also a co-founder and CEO of a data analytics company serving institutional clients in the finance industry.

In 2021-2022 I was an assistant professor and Purdy Crawford Business Law fellow at Dalhousie University’s Schulich School of Law, where I taught
1. LAWS 2099 - Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility, and
2. LAWS 2002 - Business Associations

My research intersects commercial law and blockchain technology, as well as the impact of explicit and implicit racial and other biases in judicial and prosecutorial decision making.

Born in Winnipeg, then adopted by my biological aunt and uncle in BC, I've spent most of my adult life in Vancouver.

I am a big sports fan, my favorite teams are the Canucks and Seahawks. I also played goalie for the law school intramural hockey team, and love to snowboard.

I am an avid piano player and also play the baritone and tenor saxophone. I also enjoy producing music on my 88 key MIDI Keyboard controller and Ableton Music software.

Over the last 7 years I have been learning Mandarin, and it was actually through the study of Mandarin at UBC that I met my wife.

Recently the Centre for Business Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law did a feature on me and my research:
http://allard.ubc.ca/centre-business-law/graduate-student-profile-andrew-luesley

I have included a couple links to some of my chinese related activities if you want to check out:

Final project for Chin 331, a poem in traditional chinese style about the impact of the opium wars and China's current rise (2018)

A youtube video of my speech at the 2017 Mandarin Bridge Chinese Speech Contest during my first year of mandarin language study

An article and picture in the Vancouver Chinese press from a performance in a Chinese speaking contest (2016)