I joined Weir Bowen as a summer student in 2016, and returned as an articling student the following year after obtaining my Juris Doctor from the University of Alberta. Since my call to the bar in 2018, my practice has been focused on civil litigation in a variety of contexts including personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance, and corporate and commercial matters.
About Luke Young
A born-and-raised Edmontonian, I graduated from the University of Alberta’s School of Business before studying law. During my undergraduate studies, I spent a semester abroad at the University of Wollongong in Australia. In law school, I spent a second semester studying abroad, this time at the University of Hong Kong. I also acted in Law Show and suited up for a number of intramural sports teams.
I joined Weir Bowen as a summer student in 2016, and then returned as an articling student the following year. In my free time, I play a variety of sports including hockey, soccer, tennis, and golf. I dabble in music, writing, and woodworking I also travel whenever I can, having spent time in recent years exploring Europe, Southeast Asia, and Central America.
Awards:
2014-2015 – The Sydney B Woods, QC Memorial Prize in Constitutional Law
2015-2016 – The Bishop & McKenzie Prize in Corporations Law
2016-2017 – University of Alberta Hong Kong-Alberta Young Scholars Exchange Award
Education
2013 – Bachelor of Commerce (with Distinction) – University of Alberta
2017 – Juris Doctor (with Distinction) – University of Alberta
Bar Admission
Law Society of Alberta, 2018
Professional Associations
Canadian Bar Association
Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association
Edmonton Bar Association
INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The lands on which Edmonton sits and the North Saskatchewan River that runs through it have been the sites of natural abundance, ceremony and culture, travel and rest, relationship building, making, and trading for Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Edmonton is located within Treaty 6 Territory and within the Metis homelands and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuline (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot).
Weir Bowen acknowledges the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.