A Legal Forum for Intellectual Diversity

The Runnymede Society is a membership-based organization that invites speakers from all across the ideological spectrum to debate legal ideas that engage the rule of law, constitutionalism, and individual liberty. The goal is to focus on these age-old principles in the context of real issues that are not often explored in the law school classrooms.
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Announcing the 2024-2025 Jack Major Fellow for the Runnymede Society

Naomi Papavero September 11, 2024

(La version française suit) CALGARY: The Runnymede Society is pleased to announce that Preston Jordan Lim has been appointed as the Jack Major Fellow for 2024-2025. Mr. Lim will be pursuing an SJD at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is on leave during the 2024-2025 academic year from his position as an Assistant Professor at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Lim holds an A.B. from Princeton University, a Master’s of Global Affairs from Tsinghua University—where

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The Runnymede Society: Our past, present, and future

Naomi Papavero September 9, 2024

Let’s take a look at key moments in Runnymede history: its inception, core values, and plans for the future. Naomi Papavero, Operations and Communications Director of the Runnymede Society, sits down with Tim Haggstrom, Runnymede’s current National Director, and Joanna Baron, the founding National Director, to discuss how the Society has evolved over time.

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Law & Freedom 2024: What Comes Next After the Emergencies Act Ruling?

Naomi Papavero August 12, 2024

In this encore episode from Runnymede’s Law & Freedom 2024 national conference, Mark Mancini of the University of British Columbia moderates a panel discussion on the Federal Court’s ruling on the 2022 invocation of the federal Emergencies Act, featuring Professor Ryan Alford, Sujit Choudhry, and Professor Michelle Gallant.

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Law & Freedom 2024: Administrative Law and Charter Values

Naomi Papavero July 29, 2024

In this encore episode from Runnymede’s Law & Freedom 2024 national conference, Moira Lavoie of Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP moderates a panel discussion on the state of administrative law in Canada, featuring Justice David Stratas of the Federal Court of Appeal, Jennifer Bernardo, and Mark Mancini. This episode has been accredited for 20 EDI professionalism minutes with the Law Society of Ontario.

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