Law Day celebrates the signing of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and aims at educating and informing the public about the role and importance of the law and justice system. This presentation will discuss how ensuring appropriate access to legal services is a key component of access to justice. Justice Cromwell will offer some reflections on the current state of access to legal services, the role of the profession in improving it and sketch some promising ideas that could provide better service to more people.
The Honourable Thomas Cromwell received law degrees from Queen’s and Oxford, practiced law in Kingston and Toronto and taught at the faculty of law, Dalhousie University. During his time at Dalhousie, he was active as a labour arbitrator and served as Vice-chair of the Nova Scotia Labour Relations Board. He served as Executive Legal Officer to the Chief Justice Canada from 1992 – 1995 and was appointed to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in 1997. He served there until his appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2008 where he remains. Justice Cromwell was awarded the C.B.A.’s Louis St. Laurent Award of Excellence and was elected an honorary fellow of Exeter College, Oxford and of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is the recipient of four honorary doctorates in law and an award in his name, The Honourable Thomas Cromwell Award for Public Service, has been established by the Queen’s law faculty. He is the chair of the National Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.
Tickets cost $40 (plus $2.00 GST) and are available for purchase online at bit.ly/CROMWELL2016. Those interested in attending must purchase a ticket in advance of the event.
This event is jointly sponsored by the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and the Canadian Bar Association, Saskatchewan Branch.
This event has been certifited by the Law Society for CLE credit.
Event Details
- When:
- Time:
- 11:30 AM - 02:00 PM CST
- Location:
- Capitol Ballroom, Double Tree Hilton, 1975 Broad Street, Regina, SK
- File:
- 2016 Law Day Luncheon