Louise Arbour,is a Canadian lawyer,prosecutor and jurist.
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices,whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law,and grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial,territorial and federal appellate courts. The Supreme Court is bijural,hearing cases from two major legal traditions and bilingual,hearing cases in both official languages of Canada.
Osgoode Hall Law School,commonly shortened to Osgoode,is the law school of York University in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. It is home to the Law Commission of Ontario,the Journal of Law and Social Policy,and the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. A variety of LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees in law are available.
Beverley Marian McLachlin is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.
Bora Laskin was a Canadian jurist who served as the 14th chief justice of Canada from 1973 to 1984. Laskin was appointed a puisne justice of the Supreme Court in 1970,and served on the Ontario Court of Appeal from 1965 to 1970. Before he was named to the bench,Laskin worked as a lawyer and in academia.
Roland Roy McMurtry was a Canadian lawyer,judge and politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985,serving in the cabinet of Bill Davis as Attorney General and as Solicitor General. After leaving politics,McMurtry was High Commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom between 1985 and 1988. He became a judge in 1991 and was appointed Chief Justice of Ontario in 1996. McMurtry retired from the bench in 2007 and returned to the private practice of law.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario is the appellate court for the province of Ontario,Canada. The seat of the court is Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto.
John Sopinka was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada,the first Ukrainian-Canadian appointed to the high court.
The Superior Court of Justice is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province,including 17 Family Court locations,and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges.
The Ontario Court of Justice is the provincial court of record for the Canadian province of Ontario. The court sits at more than 200 locations across the province and oversees matters relating to family law,criminal law,and provincial offences.
Harvey Brownstone is a retired judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and the first openly gay judge in Canada. He is also a bestselling author and host of a television and internet talk show. His interview program "Harvey Brownstone Interviews" is ranked #12 on the Hollywood 411 List of the Top 50 Talk Shows in the World. Variety Entertainment News named "Harvey Brownstone Interviews" one of the "Best Picks for Summer 2024".
Andromache Karakatsanis is a Canadian jurist. She was nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada by Stephen Harper in October 2011. She is the first Greek-Canadian judge on the Court. Since the retirement of Rosalie Abella on July 1,2021,and of Michael Moldaver on September 1,2022,she is the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court.
Michael Moldaver is a former Canadian judge. He was a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from his 2011 appointment by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper until his retirement in 2022. Before his elevation to the nation's top court,he served as a judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario for over 20 years. A former criminal lawyer,Moldaver is considered an expert in both Canadian criminal law and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Michael H. Tulloch is a Canadian judge. On December 19,2022,Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Tulloch as the new Chief Justice of Ontario. He is the first Black judge appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the first Black Chief Justice of any province.
Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations,which includes lawyers,paralegals,prosecutors,judges,legal scholars,law professors and law school deans.
Women work in the legal profession and related occupations throughout Canada,as lawyers,prosecutors,judges,legal scholars,law professors and law school deans. In Canada,while 37.1% of lawyers are women,"50% ...said they felt their [law] firms were doing "poorly" or "very poorly" in their provision of flexible work arrangements". It was also reported that,in 2006 in Ontario,"racialized women accounted for 16% of all lawyers under 30" and that only 1% of lawyers were Aboriginal.
Nathalie Des Rosiers is a judge,lawyer,academic and former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was the sixth Principal of Massey College at the University of Toronto. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the riding of Ottawa—Vanier from 2016 to 2019. During her tenure as a Member of Provincial Parliament,Des Rosiers served in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne as Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. On December 18,2023,she was appointed as a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto.
Sheilah L. Martin is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada,having served in that role since December 18,2017. She was nominated to the court by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on November 29,2017. Before her appointment to Canada's highest court,Martin had served on the Court of Appeal of Alberta,the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories,and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut since 2016,and the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta from 2005 to 2016.
The Solano County Superior Court is the California superior court with jurisdiction over Solano County.
Carissima Mathen is a Canadian judge. She was appointed a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on May 1,2024. Before her appointment as a judge,Mathen was a law professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law,and a lawyer with Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.
