Please join the Runnymede Society’s University of Alberta Chapter for a presentation on trends in urban violent crime with Prof. Dave Snow (University of Guelph) on Thursday, January 22, 2026. Drawing on findings from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s 2025 Urban Violent Crime Report, Prof. Snow will examine long-term patterns in police-reported...
Should the Right to Self-Defence in Your Home Be Absolute?
Please join the Runnymede Society's Western Student Chapter for a pub night debate between practicing criminal defence lawyer Phillip Millar (Millars Lawyers) and Professor Rande Kostal (Western) on Tuesday, October 7th! In light of recent media headlines and policy proposals from the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Millar (for) and...
Debate: The presumption of innocence and the courts of public opinion
Featuring lawyers Annamaria Enenajor and Michael Spratt. Recorded on January 12, 2019 at the Runnymede Society's Law and Freedom conference. To what extent should the presumption of innocence, a fundamental principle of criminal proceedings, apply outside of a court of law? Should the presumption have the same force in the...
Law & Freedom 2020: Sarah Leamon and Michael Bryant – The Role of the Attorney General and Prosecutorial Discretion
At Law and Freedom 2020, the annual conference of the Runnymede Society, Sarah Leamon (Sarah Leamon Law Group) and Michael Bryant (Canadian Civil Liberties Association) participated in a panel discussion on the role of the Attorney General and prosecutorial discretion. The discussion was moderated by Brian Bird (Princeton University). Date:...
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