BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260801T193424EDT-9989U41DSA@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260801T233424Z DESCRIPTION:The Friends of the Library and ɬ﷬\nLibrary prese nt the annual\nF.R. Scott Lecture.\n\nSpeaker: The Hon. Mr. Justice Morris J. Fish\, Supreme Court\nof Canada\nTitle: 'The Effect of Alcohol on the Canadian\nConstitution...Seriously'\nRSVP:  No longer accepting RSVPs. Lec ture filled to\ncapacity.rsvp.libraries [at] mcgill.ca\n \n \nThe Honourab le Mr. Justice Morris J. Fish\nJustice Fish received a B.A. (with Distinct ion) from ɬ﷬\nUniversity in 1959 and a B.C.L. (with First Class Honour s) from the\nFaculty of Law at ɬ﷬ in 1962\, where he was a University \nScholar. Upon graduation from law school\, he was awarded the\nGreenshie lds Prize\, the Crankshaw Prize for Highest Standing in\nCriminal Law and the Macdonald Travelling Scholarship. He was an\nassociate (1964–67) and p artner (1967–89) in the Montréal law firm\nof Cohen\, Leithman\, Kaufman\, Yarosky and Fish (and successors\nfirms)\, and was created a Queen’s Coun sel in 1984.\nAn Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law at ɬ﷬ Univers ity\,\nJustice Fish taught there as a sessional lecturer in Criminal\nEvid ence and Procedure (1973–80) and Advanced Criminal Law\n(1986–89). He has over the years contributed to legal periodicals\nand lectured at numerous legal and judicial conferences.\nJustice Fish has served as a consultant t o the Federal\nDepartment of Justice\, to Revenue Canada and to the Law Re form\nCommission of Canada\, and as special counsel to the Québec\nCommiss ion of Inquiry on the Construction Industry (“Cliche\nCommission”) and the Security Intelligence Review Committee. He was\na member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Bureau of\nMontréal (1968–73)\; a member and ch air of various committees of the\nBar of Montréal and the Bar of Québec (1 969–76)\; chair of the\nQuébec Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee (200 0–2003\, 2006)\;\nand member (1994- ) and chair (1996–2003) of the Advisor y Board of\nthe Faculty of Law at ɬ﷬.\nJustice Fish receive d an honourary LL.D. from ɬ﷬\nin 2001\, and an honourary LL .D. from Yeshiva University in 2009. He\nwas elected an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Trial\nLawyers in 2006\; awarded the F.R. Scott M edal by the Faculty of Law\nat ɬ﷬ in 2006\; and the Medal of Recogniti on of the\nInternational Society for the Reform of Criminal Law in 2008. H e\ndelivered the H.L.A. Hart Memorial Lecture at Oxford University in\n200 7 and the Goodman Fellowship Lecture at the Faculty of Law\,\nUniversity o f Toronto\, in 2004.\nAppointed to the Québec Court of Appeal on June 30\, 1989\,\nJustice Fish was elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada on Augus t\n5\, 2003.\n DTSTART:20110202T223000Z DTEND:20110203T003000Z LOCATION:CA\, Moot Court Room & Atrium\, Moot Court Room & Atrium SUMMARY:Frank R. Scott Lecture 2011 featuring Honourable Mr. Justice Morris Fish URL:/channels/event/frank-r-scott-lecture-2011-featuri ng-honourable-mr-justice-morris-fish-169511 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR