SUNDAY, JULY 12 |
12:00 p.m. | Check-in at Queens' College, Cambridge |
12:00 - 2:30 p.m. | Buffet Luncheon - Bar/Conservatory |
7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall |
MONDAY, JULY 13
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall |
9:15 a.m. | Welcome - Fitzpatrick Hall |
| The Honourable Justice Robert P. Armstrong, President, Canadian Institute for
Advanced Legal Studies
His Excellency James R. Wright, High Commissioner for Canada to Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Right Honourable Lord Eatwell of Stratton St. Margaret, President of Queens' College, University of Cambridge
Professor David Ibbetson, Chairman of the Faculty Law, University of Cambridge |
| Opening Address
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada |
10:30 a.m. | Health Break - Lyon Court |
11:00 a.m. | "Uses and Abuses of History"
Moderator: Guy Pratte, Borden Ladner Gervais, Ottawa, Ontario
Lecturer: Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden of St. Antony's College, Oxford |
12:30 p.m. | Luncheon - Dining Hall |
2:00 p.m. | "Nation-Building in Afghanistan: Paths to Peace"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Adèle Kent, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, Calgary
Lecturer: Christopher Alexander, Former Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in Afghanistan and former Ambassador of Canada to Afghanistan |
4:15 p.m. | Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers - Walnut Tree Court (weather permitting) |
5:30 p.m. | Reception - President's Garden
Host - His Excellency James R. Wright, High Commissioner for Canada to Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall
"Reflections of Cambridge Lectures Past"
Speaker: The Honourable Douglas H. Carruthers, Honorary President, Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
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TUESDAY, JULY 14
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall (English Breakfast optional) |
9:00 a.m. | "800 Years of Cambridge University"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Katharine Swinton, Superior Court of Justice, Toronto, Ontario
Lecturer: Dr. Elisabeth Leedham-Green, Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge
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10:30 a.m. | Health Break - Lyon Court |
11:00 a.m. | "Asia After the Crash"
Moderator: Roy Heenan, O.C. Q.C., Heenan Blaikie, Montreal, Quebec
Lecturer: The Right Honourable Lord Patten of Barnes CH,
Chancellor of Oxford University and Newcastle University and the last British Governor of Hong Kong
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12:30 p.m. | Luncheon - Dining Hall |
2:00 p.m. | "Foreign Law in U.S. Courts: History, Federalism and Other Thoughts"
Moderator: Trisha Jackson, Torys LLP, Toronto, Ontario
Lecturer: The Honourable Judge Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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4:15 p.m. | Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers - Walnut Tree Court (rain date) |
7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall |
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall (English Breakfast optional) |
9:00 a.m. | "Canada's Response to Terrorism"
Moderator: The Honourable Associate Chief Justice Dennis O'Connor, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Lecturer: The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
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10:30 a.m. | Health Break - Lyon Court |
11:00 a.m. | "The Rule of Law"
Moderator: Donna Miller, Q.C., Associate Deputy Minister of Justice, Canada, Ottawa
Lecturer: The Right Honourable Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG, Former Senior Law Lord of the House of Lords
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12:30 p.m. | Luncheon - Dining Hall |
2:00 p.m. | NO SCHEDULED LECTURES
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7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall |
THURSDAY, JULY 16
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall (English Breakfast optional) |
9:00 a.m. | "Sovereignty and The Responsibility to Protect"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Constance Hunt, Court of Appeal of Alberta, Calgary
Lecturer: Professor Jennifer Welsh, Professor of International Relations, Oxford University
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10:30 a.m. | Health Break - Lyon Court |
11:00 a.m. | "Prosecute, Punish, Impugn: Ending Rape in War and Politics"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Margaret Larlee, Court of Appeal of New Brunswick, Fredericton
Lecturer: Stephen Lewis, Former U.N. Envoy for AIDS, Co-Director of Aids Free World
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12:30 p.m. | Luncheon - Dining Hall |
2:00 p.m. | "Censorship and Free Speech"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Katherine Neilson, Court of Appeal of British Columbia, Vancouver
Lecturer: Sir Stephen Sedley, Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal, England and Wales
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4:00 p.m. | Rap Session
"An Opportunity to Ask Questions of a Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada"
Moderator: The Honourable Chief Justice Allan Wachowich, Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, Edmonton
Lecturer: The Honourable Justice Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court of Canada
Location - OLD DINING HALL
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7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall |
FRIDAY, JULY 17
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall (English Breakfast optional) |
9:00 a.m. | "The Judicial System of Tanzania: Some Challenges, Opportunities and
Prospects"
Moderator: The Honourable Chief Justice Marc Monnin, Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Lecturer: The Honourable Justice Robert Makaramba, High Court of Tanzania
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10:30 a.m. | Health Break - Lyon Court |
11:00 a.m. | "Unwritten Principles of the Constitution and Minority Rights"
Moderator: Derry W. A. Millar, Treasurer, Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
Lecturer: The Honourable Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada
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12:30 p.m. | Luncheon - Dining Hall |
2:00 p.m. | "Civil Liberties and National Security: A UK Perspective"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Mary Newbury, Court of Appeal of British Columbia, Vancouver
Lecturer: Professor David Feldman, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University
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7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall |
SATURDAY, JULY 18
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7:30 -9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall |
NO SCHEDULED LECTURES |
SUNDAY, JULY 19
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7:30 -9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall |
NO SCHEDULED LECTURES |
7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall |
MONDAY, JULY 20
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall |
9:00 a.m. | "The Reasonable Person"
Moderator: William Ryan, Q.C., Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Lecturer: Dean Mayo Moran, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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10:30 a.m. | Health Break - Lyon Court |
11:00 a.m. | "Britain's Press: A Muzzled Watchdog"
Moderator: The Honourable Chief Justice Michael MacDonald, Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Lecturer: Joshua Rozenberg, Legal commentator, formerly with the BBC and Daily Telegraph
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12:30 p.m. | Luncheon - Dining Hall |
2:00 p.m. | "The Old Munster Circuit and Other Tales of the Irish Bar"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Clyde Wells, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's
Lecturer: Charles Lysaght, Irish Barrister, Dublin
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7:00 p.m. | Dinner - Dining Hall
After-Dinner Entertainment: Limerick Tenors - Fitzpatrick Hall
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TUESDAY, JULY 21
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7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall |
9:00 a.m. | "Class Actions: The Need for Reform""
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Joseph R. Nuss, Court of Appeal, Quebec
Lecturer: The Honourable Judge Lee Rosenthal, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
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10:30 a.m. | Health Break - Lyon Court |
11:00 a.m. | "Are We Still a Profession?"
Moderator: Paul B. Schabas, Blake Cassels & Graydon, Toronto, Ontario
Lecturer: Sir Sydney Kentridge, Q.C., Brick Court Chambers, London
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12:30 p.m. | Luncheon - Dining Hall |
2:00 p.m. | "Burma, Tragedy, Law and Hope"
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Ted Zarzeczny, Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan, Regina
Lecturer: Sappho Dias, English Barrister, London
Closing Remarks
The Honourable Justice Robert P. Armstrong, President, Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
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7:00 p.m. | Closing Dinner - Dining Hall
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
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6:30 a.m. | Coffee and Croissants for early morning departures - Dining Hall |
7:30 -9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall |
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