Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin to address Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference

TORONTO, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 – Retired Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin will deliver the 2018 Laskin Lecture Friday at 1:30pm at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University’s 2018 Constitutional Cases Conference.

Retired Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin

The topic of her lecture, which is hosted by the York Centre for Public Policy and Law, is “The Arc of the Charter: A Personal Perspective”. Now in its 21st successful year as the leading constitutional law conference in Canada, the event will bring together many of Canada’s most respected constitutional scholars, practitioners and experts for an insightful and practical analysis of the Supreme Court’s significant constitutional judgments of the past year.

Co-chaired by Osgoode Professors Benjamin Berger and Sonia Lawrence and also featuring a number of other participating Osgoode faculty members and constitutional law experts from across Canada, the conference will provide an in-depth look at key developments shaping constitutional law and the administration of justice in Canada.

In addition to a review of the Supreme Court’s 2017 constitutional jurisprudence and McLachlin’s talk, the following panel discussions will be presented:

10am                     The Changing Courts and Court Dynamics

11:30am               Panel A: Frontiers of Privacy

Panel B: Indigenous Justice and the Administrative State

2:15pm                 Panel C: Scope of Charter Rights and Redress

Panel D: Understandings of Fundamental Justice

3:45pm                 The Legacy and Contributions of Beverley McLachlin

More details of the panel topics can be found on the 2018 Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference website.

WHAT:            Osgoode 2018 Constitutional Cases Conference

WHEN:            Friday, April 6, from 8:30am to 5pm

WHERE:         Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St., Toronto
RSVP:             To vcorner@osgoode.yorku.ca if you will be attending.

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About York University
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