The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin was appointed
Chief Justice of Canada on January 7, 2000. She
had been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of
Canada in 1989. Prior to that, she was Chief
Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court from
1988 to 1989, a judge of the British Columbia Court
of Appeal from 1985 to 1988, a judge of the British
Columbia Supreme Court from 1981 to 1985, and a judge
of the Vancouver County Court from April 1981 to September
1981.
Chief Justice McLachlin received a B.A. (Hon.) (1965), M.A.
(1968) and LL.B (1968), all from the University
of Alberta in Edmonton. She was called to the
Alberta Bar in 1969 and the British Columbia Bar in
1971. She practised law in Edmonton, Fort St.
John and Vancouver from 1969 to 1974, and taught in
the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law
from 1974 to 1981.
Chief Justice McLachlin chairs the Canadian Judicial
Council, the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada
and the Board of Governors of the National Judicial
Institute.
Chief Justice McLachlin has authored many publications
and is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees. She
was named commander of the French Legion of Honour
in 2007 and was presented with the International Jurists
Award in 2008. |
