February 8, 2024
"Learning from the study of the Government of Canada's apparent attempt to end solitary confinement: The "Structured Intervention Units" in Correctional Service Canada institutions"
Anthony N. Doob
University of Toronto
February 4, 2021
"Mapping Racial Geographies of Violence on the Colonial Landscape"
Ingrid Waldron
McMaster University
March 2, 2020
"Justice Denied: The Need for an Independent Bar"
Anil Kapoor
York University
March 21, 2019
"A Growing Tolerance for Injustice in Canada Amid Quasi-Judicial Chaos in Ottawa"
Michael Bryant
Executive Director and General Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
October 3, 2017
"Viola Desmond: Her Historic Challenge to Race Segregation in Canada and Her Appearance on Our $10 Banknote"
Prof. Constance Backhouse
University of Ottawa
October 18, 2016
"Building International Approaches to Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement"
Dr. Jane McAdam
UNSW Australia
October 22, 2015
"Learning from the Land: Outdoor Legal Education and Indigenous Law"
Dr. John Borrows
University of Victoria
March 5, 2015
"Gender Violence and Access to Justice at the Intersection of (In)compatible Legal Regimes"
Prof. Janet Mosher
Osgoode Hall Law School
October 21, 2013
"Is it Time for a New Model of Inclusivity for Achieving Access to Justice"
Dr. Patricia Hughes
Law Commission of Ontario
February 10, 2012
"The Arab Season: The Future of Women's Rights"
Prof. Adrien Wing
University of Iowa
Novermber 9, 2011
"Strategies of Rupture: The Politics of Judgement"
Dr. Brenna Bhandar
Unviversity of London
September 22, 2010
"Unity in Diversity: European Citizenship through the Lens of Popular Culture"
Prof. Carl Stychin
University of Reading
March 9 2009
"Brave New Words: Labour and the Charter" by
Dr. Judy Fudge
Landsdowne Professor of Law
University of Victoria
"Brave New Words: Labour and the Charter" by
Dr. Judy Fudge
Landsdowne Professor of Law
University of Victoria
February 18 2009
"Challenges to the Inter-American System of Human Rights" by
Dean Claudio M. Grossman
- Professor of Law and Dean, American University, Washington College of Law (WCL)
- Raymond Geraldson Scholar for International and Humanitarian Law
- Chair of the Committee on International Cooperation of the Association of American Law Schools
February 17th 2009
“How the International Criminal Court Applies to States that Have Not Joined It” by
Dr. Willaim A. Schabas
Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights
National University of Ireland, Galway
October 25th 2007
"The Scales of Injustice" by
Dr. Charles Blattberg
Associate Professor of Political Philosophy
Department of Political Science
University of Montreal
February 7th 2007
"Economic Incarceration" by
Bridget McCormack
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
Clinical Professor of Law
University of Michigan
September 29th 2005
"Peoples Courts: Rough Justice or Legitimate Justice" by
Christine Chinkin
Professor of International Law
London School of Economics and Political Science
April 6th 2005
"Access to Justice: Poststructural Politics and the Community of Law"by
Peter Fitzpatrick
Professor of Law
Birkbeck School of Law
University of London
January 29th 2003
“Brian Dickson, the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Charter of Rights: A Biographical Sketch” by
Justice Robert Sharpe,
Ontario Court of Appeals
October 2nd 2001
“The State We’re in: Legal Education in Canada’s New Political Economy”by
Harry Arthurs
Professor of Law & Political Science
President Emeritus, York University
Dean Emeritus,Osgoode Hall Law School
March 22nd 2000
“Vindicating Mi’Kmaq Rights: Before, During and After Marshall” by
Bruce Wildsmith
Dalhousie University
Legal Counsel to Donald Marshall Jr.
March 26th 1999
“Pain, Powerlessness, and the Promises of Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship: An Idiosyncratic, Autobiographical Account of Conflict and Continuity” by
Austin Sarat
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science at Amherst College
March 5th 1998
“The Need for an Independent and Effective Prosecutor in the Permanent International Criminal Court” by
Justice Louise Arbour
Prosecutor of the United Nations
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
November 25th 1996
“Disability Equality in the Charter After Ten Years: What Progress? What Prospects?”by
David Lepofsky
Constitutional, Admin. & Criminal Lawyer;
Activist for Rights Disabled Persons
February 21st 1996
“The U.N. Human Rights Treaties: Facing the Implementaiton Crisis” by
Anne F. Bayefsky
Common Law Section
University of Ottawa
October 25th 1994
“Recent Issues of Access to Law Raised by Modern Technology”by
Ursula M. Franklin
Professor Emerita
Massey College
University of Toronto
October 14th 1993
“The Politics of Structure: Decentralization and Empowerment” by
Joel Handler
UCLA
President of Law & Society Association
November 4th 1992
“Accomodating Difference in Canada: The First Peoples’ Constitutional Package” by
Mary Ellen Turpel
Dalhousie Law School
October 30th1991
“What’s Fair? Gender and Perceptions of Justice”by
Sandra Burt
Political Science
University of Waterloo
October 16th 1990
“The Politics of Law”by
Peter Russell
Faculty Law
University of Toronto
November 15th 1989
“Bhopal’s Past and Present: Changing Responses to Industrial Disaster” by
Marc Galanter
Faculty of Law
University of Wisconsin
February 22nd 1989
“A No-Frills look at the Charter or How Scholars and Politicians Hide Realities” by
Harry J. Glasbeek
Osgoode Hall Law School
October 13th 1988
“The Litigation Explosion: The Struggle Between Autonomy and Pacification” by
Dr. Laura Nader
Anthropology
University of California Berkeley
April 2nd 1986
“Access to Legal Education and the Legal Profession: A Commonwealth Perspective”by
William Twining
Quain Professor of Jurisprudence
University College London
March 13th 1985
“Liberation Theology and Human Rights”by
Dr. Gregory Baum
Religious Studies
University of Toronto
March 12th 1984
“The Growing Irrelevance of the Civil Courts”by
Geoffrey Palmer
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
New Zealand Parliament
February 10th 1983
“Constraints on the Political Will” by
Roland Penner
Attorney General of Manitoba
March 18th 1982
“Old and New Criminal Codes”
Martin Friedland
Faculty of Law
University of Toronto
March 26th 1981 - Inaugral Lecture
“Justice and the Bureaucratization of Appellate Courts” by
Joseph Vining
University of Michigan
“Pain, Powerlessness, and the Promises of Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship: An Idiosyncratic, Autobiographical Account of Conflict and Continuity” by
Austin Sarat
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science at Amherst College
March 5th 1998
“The Need for an Independent and Effective Prosecutor in the Permanent International Criminal Court” by
Justice Louise Arbour
Prosecutor of the United Nations
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
November 25th 1996
“Disability Equality in the Charter After Ten Years: What Progress? What Prospects?”by
David Lepofsky
Constitutional, Admin. & Criminal Lawyer;
Activist for Rights Disabled Persons
February 21st 1996
“The U.N. Human Rights Treaties: Facing the Implementaiton Crisis” by
Anne F. Bayefsky
Common Law Section
University of Ottawa
October 25th 1994
“Recent Issues of Access to Law Raised by Modern Technology”by
Ursula M. Franklin
Professor Emerita
Massey College
University of Toronto
October 14th 1993
“The Politics of Structure: Decentralization and Empowerment” by
Joel Handler
UCLA
President of Law & Society Association
November 4th 1992
“Accomodating Difference in Canada: The First Peoples’ Constitutional Package” by
Mary Ellen Turpel
Dalhousie Law School
October 30th1991
“What’s Fair? Gender and Perceptions of Justice”by
Sandra Burt
Political Science
University of Waterloo
October 16th 1990
“The Politics of Law”by
Peter Russell
Faculty Law
University of Toronto
November 15th 1989
“Bhopal’s Past and Present: Changing Responses to Industrial Disaster” by
Marc Galanter
Faculty of Law
University of Wisconsin
February 22nd 1989
“A No-Frills look at the Charter or How Scholars and Politicians Hide Realities” by
Harry J. Glasbeek
Osgoode Hall Law School
October 13th 1988
“The Litigation Explosion: The Struggle Between Autonomy and Pacification” by
Dr. Laura Nader
Anthropology
University of California Berkeley
April 2nd 1986
“Access to Legal Education and the Legal Profession: A Commonwealth Perspective”by
William Twining
Quain Professor of Jurisprudence
University College London
March 13th 1985
“Liberation Theology and Human Rights”by
Dr. Gregory Baum
Religious Studies
University of Toronto
March 12th 1984
“The Growing Irrelevance of the Civil Courts”by
Geoffrey Palmer
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
New Zealand Parliament
February 10th 1983
“Constraints on the Political Will” by
Roland Penner
Attorney General of Manitoba
March 18th 1982
“Old and New Criminal Codes”
Martin Friedland
Faculty of Law
University of Toronto
March 26th 1981 - Inaugral Lecture
“Justice and the Bureaucratization of Appellate Courts” by
Joseph Vining
University of Michigan