Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Legacy – the McGill Years and Later

The James McGill Society invites you to its 187th meeting for a talk about Supreme Court of Canada Justice Gerald Le Dain (1924–2007), BCL'49, with CBC broadcast journalist Bonnie Brown and Professor Richard Janda of McGill University.

A reception will take place at 17:00 in the Atrium, and the talk will begin at 17:30.

About the talk

Gerald Le Dain (1924 –2007) was a graduate of McGill’s Faculty of Law (BCL 1949), where he taught between 1953 & 1959 and 1966 & 1967. In addition to a distinguished law career, he chaired the Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, and sat on the Supreme Court of Canada (1984-1988).

Gerald Le Dain was a tireless worker and a highly respected judge, and yet, in November 1988, he was compelled to resign from the Supreme Court of Canada after a hospitalization for depression.

CBC broadcast journalist Bonnie Brown, LLB'95, produced the award-winning 2018 radio documentary on Gerald Le Dain, "One Judge Down".

Richard Janda, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, co-edited with Prof. Blaine Baker Tracings of Gerald Le Dain's Life in the Law (McGill-Queen’s Press, 2019). Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the meeting.

About the James McGill Society

The James McGill Society was formed in 1975. Its primary concern is to foster interest and appreciation of McGill University's history and personalities, which are interpreted broadly to include current activities and impending developments - that is both past history and history in the making. The Society meets four or five times a years for a talk, followed by discussion. The Society covers the entire spectrum of McGill life: academic and research activities, student life, and administrative activities. Arts, Science, Medicine, and all the other faculties have been discussed in rotation over the years.