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Dean of Law from University of Western Ontario to discuss future of legal profession on June 26
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Dr. Ian Holloway, Q.C., Dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario, will be the guest lecturer at the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law on Thursday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m., at the University of Prince Edward Island.
The event, which is open to the public, will take place in the new School of Business lecture theatre 242.
Holloway’s presentation is entitled “The Canadian Lawyer in the Twenty-first Century.” He will discuss the challenges that post-Cold War social and market forces and the information technology revolution have presented to members of the Canadian legal profession, and the need for them to modernize.
“It is clear that there will always be a need for lawyers in Canada,” says Holloway. “But if the legal profession is to retain its stature among the learned professions, Canada's lawyers will have to be willing to undergo a concerted project of modernization – and to have a fundamental shift in outlook. In a word, the Canadian lawyer in the twenty-first century will have to be a very different person from his or her counterpart in the twentieth. And if it is to succeed, this project will have to involve a genuine partnership between Canada’s law schools and the practicing arm of the profession.”
A native of the Maritime provinces, Holloway has served as Dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario since 2000. Prior to that, he was Associate Dean at the Australian National University. Over the years, he has also been a Visitor at Cambridge, the National University of Singapore, the University of Hong Kong, NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, and the universities of Delhi and Calcutta.
He is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School, the University of California at Berkeley and the Australian National University. He is a member of the bars of Nova Scotia and Ontario, and, before joining academia, he spent several years in private practice with a large firm in Halifax. In 2004, he was elected to membership in the American Law Institute.
The Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law is co-sponsored by UPEI and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island. In 1991 the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island created an endowment at UPEI to provide a stimulating series of lectures in honor of Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell, former premier of PEI and first chancellor of UPEI.
Following the speech, there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. There is no charge, and refreshments will be served.
The event, which is open to the public, will take place in the new School of Business lecture theatre 242.
Holloway’s presentation is entitled “The Canadian Lawyer in the Twenty-first Century.” He will discuss the challenges that post-Cold War social and market forces and the information technology revolution have presented to members of the Canadian legal profession, and the need for them to modernize.
“It is clear that there will always be a need for lawyers in Canada,” says Holloway. “But if the legal profession is to retain its stature among the learned professions, Canada's lawyers will have to be willing to undergo a concerted project of modernization – and to have a fundamental shift in outlook. In a word, the Canadian lawyer in the twenty-first century will have to be a very different person from his or her counterpart in the twentieth. And if it is to succeed, this project will have to involve a genuine partnership between Canada’s law schools and the practicing arm of the profession.”
A native of the Maritime provinces, Holloway has served as Dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario since 2000. Prior to that, he was Associate Dean at the Australian National University. Over the years, he has also been a Visitor at Cambridge, the National University of Singapore, the University of Hong Kong, NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, and the universities of Delhi and Calcutta.
He is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School, the University of California at Berkeley and the Australian National University. He is a member of the bars of Nova Scotia and Ontario, and, before joining academia, he spent several years in private practice with a large firm in Halifax. In 2004, he was elected to membership in the American Law Institute.
The Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law is co-sponsored by UPEI and the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island. In 1991 the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island created an endowment at UPEI to provide a stimulating series of lectures in honor of Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell, former premier of PEI and first chancellor of UPEI.
Following the speech, there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. There is no charge, and refreshments will be served.
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