Canadian lawyer Marie Henein to give Thane A. Campbell lecture
Canadian lawyer Marie Henein will give a lecture titled “An Inconvenient Profession” at the 2016 Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law on Wednesday, October 12, at 1:30 p.m., in Memorial Hall, Confederation Centre of the Arts.
Henein will focus on the role of the legal profession in society, including both the personal demands of the profession as well as the commitment required to the legal system and the rule of law in firmly protecting the role of independent counsel.
A senior partner at Henein Hutchison LLP, Henein has been counsel on numerous high profile cases. Her experience includes a wide range of criminal, regulatory, quasi‐criminal and cross-border litigation representing individual, corporate and institutional clients at the trial and appellate levels. She acts in an advisory capacity in a range of complex internal investigations. She has argued at all levels of court frequently including the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Henein received her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School and her Masters in Law from Columbia University. She is a past president of The Advocates' Society, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a member of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. She is a founder of the Ontario Court of Appeal's Pro Bono Counsel Program, a program that provides free appellate services to unrepresented appellants at the Court of Appeal.
She lectures extensively and is editor of numerous publications. She has been repeatedly recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer and was the recipient of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Laura Legge Award.
Co-sponsored by the University of Prince Edward Island and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law honours Thane A. Campbell, Rhodes Scholar, former premier of Prince Edward Island, and first chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island.
The lecture is free, but seating is limited. It is recommended that audience members arrive 30 minutes prior to the event. For information about attending the lecture, please contact Jane McKay, Administrative Assistant, Office of the Dean of Arts at UPEI, jmckay@upei.ca, (902) 566-0307.
