Kurland, Tobe

About Kurland, Tobe

Kurland, Tobe describes itself as a national law office, an association of independent law corporations with offices in Vancouver and Montreal. Its Vancouver office sits on Melville Street, and the firm practices exclusively in immigration and federal administrative law. It's a small practice built around two lawyers, Richard Kurland and M. Jennifer Tobe, rather than a large multi-department shop, and it says so plainly: for straightforward applications without a medical, criminal, or security complication, it often recommends that people apply on their own and use its review service rather than pay for full representation.

Kurland is called to the Barreau du Québec and the Law Society of British Columbia, holds a B.A., LL.B, and B.C.L from McGill University, and has served since 1994 as an expert witness on immigration policy before Senate and House of Commons committees in Ottawa. Kurland has edited Lexbase since 1989, a monthly periodical of immigration policy updates and Federal Court decision summaries that goes out to federal immigration agencies, embassies, and media. Tobe holds a B.A., M.A., and LLB and is a founding member of M. Jennifer Tobe Law Corporation, practicing in the federal administrative law jurisdiction alongside Kurland.