Osgoode Professional Development’s Constitutional Cases is the leading constitutional law conference in Canada. Now in its 15th successful year, it is the annual gathering of the “who’s who” of constitutional law in Canada.  

This year's special edition of the conference marks the 30th anniversary since patriation of the Constitution in 1982.  This year's event will take place over two days, the first looking generally at Charter rights since 1982, with the second day focussed specifically on the criminal law and legal rights.  Participants will be able to register for one or both days. 

May 4, 2012
30 Years of Charter Jurisprudence:  Looking Back, Looking Forward

Canada’s leading constitutional scholars and practitioners will give you practical and thoughtful analysis of:

• Noteworthy 2011 Supreme Court of Canada constitutional     decisions and their implications
• Constitutional law trends and dissents
• Transformative moments in Charter Advocacy
• The Charter's context, 1982-2012
• Breakout sessions on Aboriginal Rights; Section 15 – Equality Stalled?; Fundamental Freedoms; Money and Justice (Limits on Rights)

Plus! Keynote address –

The Hon. Irwin Cotler, P.C., O.C., Member of Parliament for Mount Royal

May 5, 2012
Criminal Justice and Legal Rights: Reflecting on 30 Years

• The justness of criminal justice: How has the Charter changed the
  problems we face?
• Substantive criminal law and its limits
• Race, culture and diversity
• Due process and its limits
• Gender violence & sexual assault

Plus! Keynote address –
The Hon. Justice Morris Fish, Supreme Court of Canada
" Criminal Law Ethics in the Charter Era"

OPD Program Lawyer

Heather Gore

hgore@osgoode.yorku.ca