Verdicts and Voices: Canada’s first Black female judge and the RDS Case, lawyers getting laughs, and the Safe Third Country Agreement.
Verdicts & VoicesShow Notes
In this episode of Modern Law: Verdicts and Voices, historian Constance Backhouse shares the story of the momentous 1997 RDS case and the effect it had on the career of Canada’s first Black female judge, we speak with lawyers who in their spare time do stand-up comedy and run a fantasy court league, and we look at the Safe Third Country Agreement.
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