Please join the Runnymede Society's McGill Student Chapter for a talk on the notwithstanding clause, with brief reflections on free speech in academia, by Prof. Geoff Sigalet (UBCO) on Friday, October 3rd! Prof. Sigalet will make the legal and political case against the judicial review of laws that invoke the...
The Declaratory Judgment: Its Availability and Its Limitations
Please join us for a free talk by Professor Gerard Kennedy that will explore the “declaratory judgment”—i.e., a judgment that does not give parties any remedies beyond a declaration regarding a legal state of affairs—at the Alt Hotel in St. John’s, NL on Friday, November 14th, 2025, from 12:00–1:00 PM...
Sustaining the Rule of Law: A Lawyer’s Lifelong Obligation
Join the Runnymede Society's UNB Student Chapter for an evening with Chief Justice Marc Richard of New Brunswick! Chief Justice Richard's talk will explore the rule of law as a cornerstone of democracy, its fragility in the face of political and institutional pressures, and the responsibility of future lawyers to...
Freedom of Expression and Aboriginal Law: A Conversation with Justice Harry LaForme
Join us at the Albany Club on July 17th at 7PM for "Freedom of Expression and Aboriginal Law: A Conversation with Justice Harry LaForme" Justice LaForme is a former judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal, now practicing as Senior Counsel at Olthuis Kleer Townshend. He was the first Indigenous person in...
Deference and Judicial Review: The Legislative-Administrative Paradox
The Runnymede Society (Ottawa Lawyers’ Chapter) will be hosting Professor Gerard Kennedy for a presentation and Q&A period. Professor Kennedy will explore why jurists who are comparatively deferential to administrators are comparatively hawkish on reviewing the actions of legislatures—and vice versa.
Free Speech in the Classroom (UWO)
The Law & Morality: A Roundtable Discussion with Professor Martin (UWO)
The Constitution Outside the Courts? (UBCO)
A conversation with Prof. Geoffrey Sigalet and Chief Justice Glenn Joyal about constitutional institutions in Canada.
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