Un forum juridique pour la diversité intellectuelle

La Runnymede Society est un organisme composé de membres qui invite des orateurs de tous les horizons idéologiques à débattre d'idées juridiques liées à l'État de droit, au constitutionnalisme et à la liberté individuelle. L'objectif est de mettre l'accent sur ces principes bien établis dans le contexte de questions pratiques et d’actualité qui ne sont pas souvent explorées dans le contexte des salles de classe des facultés de droit.

Runnymede Fellows Program

The Runnymede Society seeks papers relating to themes of the rule of law, freedom, and constitutionalism. Any paper broadly falling into one of these categories is eligible. Papers should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words. Note that fellowship recipients may be required to condense the length of their papers prior to publication. Eligibility: Any current undergraduate law student or current articling/clerking students. Prizes:  Two cash prizes of $4000 are available. The cash prizes come with a chance to be published

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Law and Freedom 2023

The Runnymede Society is pleased to announce that Law and Freedom 2023 will be held January 20-21, 2022 at Hart House in Toronto, ON. Each year, Law and Freedom gathers over hundreds of scholars, lawyers, and law students to hear from the best and brightest in Canada’s legal community on pressing topics of academic and practical importance. We are pleased to announce that Justice Russell Brown of the Supreme Court of Canada will be joining us as our keynote speaker on Saturday evening. Stay tuned for

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Soumettre un essai

The Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, and the Runnymede Society invite paper proposals in English or in French for a one-day, all-day workshop/symposium on private rights and the rule of law. The symposium will be held in Banff on July 10, 2023. Papers will be published in an edited collection, subject to successful peer review, in a special edition of the Supreme Court Law Review. Justice Suzanne Côté of the Supreme Court of

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Yuan Yi Zhu and Kerry Sun: What is Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

In this episode, our National Director Kristopher Kinsinger is joined by Yuan Yi Zhu and Kerry Sun to discuss the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent R v Bissonnette decision, a topic they have written about for The Spectator magazine. Yuan Yi Zhu is a doctoral candidate in international relations and incoming research fellow at the University of Oxford. Kerry Sun is a distinguished Runnymede alumnus and graduate student of law, also at the University of Oxford.

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Justice Peter Lauwers: The Judicial Mind

  This episode of our podcast is a special encore presentation from one of our best events of the previous academic year, in which Justice Peter Lauwers of the Court of Appeal for Ontario presents a lecture on what he calls ‘an operating manual for the judicial mind’. This lecture was originally delivered at the annual Runnymede Student Summit in July 2021, and again at the University of Saskatchewan in March 2022.

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Provincial Gender Policies and Court Challenges (Edmonton Lawyers' Chapter)

LUX Steakhouse + BAR94 |
10150 101 St NW, Edmonton

Join our Edmonton Lawyer Chapter as they host Stephane Serafin for an event on provincial gender legislation and the challenges they face in court. Please [...]

Mercredi
30
octobre 30, 2024 | 1:00 pm

Sovereign Immunity after Power v. Canada: A Debrief (McGill University)

McGill University (Room NCDH 312) |

Join the McGill Runnymede Society and Professor Stéphane Sérafin (University of Ottawa) for a discussion on this summer’s Power v. Canada decision and what it [...]

Mardi
05
novembre 5, 2024 | 12:30 pm

Law and Religion (University of Calgary)

University of Calgary (Room 3370) |

In this presentation, Professor Dwight Newman of the University of Saskatchewan (who has completed graduate studies in History of Christianity in addition to his prior [...]

Mercredi
06
novembre 6, 2024 | 12:30 pm

Unlocking the Power of Freedom of Information Law: Essential Tools for Future Lawyers (Dalhousie University)

In this lecture, Devin Drover, General Counsel for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, will introduce law students to the practical applications of Freedom of Information (FOI) [...]

Mercredi
13
novembre 13, 2024 | 12:00 pm

The Alberta Sovereignty Act: Its Origins, Development and Future (University of Alberta)

University of Alberta Faculty of Law (Room LC 231) |

Jesse Hartery and Geoffrey Sigalet will discuss the debates surrounding the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act: the origins of the proposal in the [...]

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