UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
PROGRAMME OF STUDY

THE CAMBRIDGE LECTURES 2019
June 30 - July 6, 2019

SUNDAY, JUNE 30

12:00 p.m.

Check-in at Queens' College, University of Cambridge

12:00 - 2:30p.m.

Buffet Luncheon - Bar/Conservatory

7:00 p.m.

Dinner - BBQ - Lyons Court


MONDAY, JULY 1

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall

9:00 a.m.

Lectures - Fitzpatrick Hall
Welcome: The Honourable Justice Robert Sharpe, Chair and President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario

Welcoming Remarks: The Right Honourable Lord Eatwell of Stratton St. Margaret, President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge

9:15 a.m.

“Is the International Rule of Law Dying?”
Moderator: Ira Nishisato, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Lecturer: Professor Stephen J. Toope, O.C., Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge

11:00 a.m.

Health Break - Lyon Court

11:30 a.m.

“Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why it Matters Now”
Moderator: The Honourable Paul B. Schabas, Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Lecturer: Alan Rusbridger, Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford

1:00 p.m.

Luncheon - Dining Hall

2:15 p.m.

“'She’s Dead of Course!’ The British Constitution, Brexit and Human Rights”
Moderator: Patricia D.S. Jackson, Torys LLP
Lecturer: Professor Conor Gearty, London School of Economics

4:15 p.m.

Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers, Walnut Tree Court (Weather Permitting)

5:30 p.m.

Reception - Walnut Tree Court
Host: Office of High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

7:00 p.m.

Dinner - Dining Hall
“O’Canada”
Grace and Toast to the Queen: The Honourable Robert P. Armstrong, Q.C., Arbitrator and Mediator, Arbitration Place
Introduction: The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe, Chair and President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
Greetings: Claudie Senay, Head of Political Section, Office of High Commissioner for Canada to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland


TUESDAY, JULY 2

7:30 a.m.

English Breakfast - Dining Hall

9:00 a.m.

“Reflections on Four Decades of Judging”
Moderator: Pierre Bienvenu, Ad. E., Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Lecturer: The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., C.C., Retired Chief Justice of Canada

10:30 a.m.

Health Break - Lyon Court

11:00 a.m.

“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – Brexit and Constitutional Law”
Moderator: The Honourable Andromache Karakatsanis, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Lecturer: Lord David Pannick QC, House of Lords and Blackstone Chambers

12:30 p.m.

Luncheon - Dining Hall

2:00 p.m.

“Diversity and the Judiciary”
Moderator: The Honourable Malcolm Rowe, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Lecturer: Helen Mountfield QC, Principal, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, and Matrix Chambers

4:15 p.m.

Group Photograph of Delegates and Lecturers - Walnut Tree Court (Rain Date)

7:00 p.m.

Dinner - Dining Hall


WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall

9:00 a.m.

“Electoral Interference - A Regulator's Perspective”
Moderator: Vasuda Sinha, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Lecturer: Elizabeth Denham CBE, Information Commissioner, United Kingdom

10:30 a.m.

Health Break - Lyon Court

11:00 a.m.

“Eve was Shamed: How British Justice is Failing Women”
Moderator: The Honourable Suzanne Côté, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Lecturer: Baroness Helena Kennedy of The Shaws QC, House of Lords and Doughty Street Chambers

12:30 p.m.

Luncheon - Dining Hall

2:00 p.m.

NO SCHEDULED LECTURES

FREE EVENING

No Dinner in Dining Hall


THURSDAY, JULY 4

7:30 a.m.

English Breakfast - Dining Hall

9:00 a.m.

“A Red, White and Blue Brexit”
Moderator: Randall J. Hofley, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, currently serving on Interchange, as General Counsel and Senior Enforcement Advisor, Competition Bureau Legal Services
Lecturer: Professor Catherine Barnard, Trinity College, University of Cambridge

10:30 a.m.

Health Break - Lyon Court

11:00 a.m.

“Riding Driverless Cars”
Moderator: The Honourable Stephen Goudge, Q.C., Paliare Roland
Lecturer: The Honourable Judge Guido Calabresi, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Professional Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School

12:30 p.m.

Luncheon - Dining Hall

2:00 p.m.

“Civility and Collegiality”
Moderator: The Honourable Robert Bauman, Chief Justice of British Columbia and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal for the Yukon
Lecturer: The Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada

7:00 p.m.

Dinner – Dining Hall
Introduction: The Honourable Alexandra Hoy, Associate Chief Justice of Ontario
Greetings: The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada


FRIDAY, JULY 5

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast - Dining Hall

9:00 a.m.

“Constitutional Morality: The Rise of India’s World Court”
Moderator: The Honourable Sheilah Martin, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Lecturer: Dr. Menaka Guruswamy, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India and Professor at Columbia Law School

10:30 a.m.

Health Break - Lyon Court

11:00 a.m.

“The Courts and the Public: Accessibility and Communication”
Moderator: The Honourable Robert P. Armstrong, Q.C., Arbitrator and Mediator, Arbitration Place
Lecturer: The Right Honourable Lord Robert Reed, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

12:30 p.m.

Luncheon - Dining Hall

2:00 p.m.

“Good Judgment: Making Judicial Decisions”
Panel: Guy J. Pratte, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and The Honourable Justice Robert J. Sharpe, Chair and President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario

7:00 p.m.

Dinner - Dining Hall


SATURDAY, JULY 6

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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