William A. Howard Lecture

David William Scott, O.C., Q.C., Co-Chairperson & Counsel of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, delivered the William A. Howard Lecture on the topic of  “Access to Justice in Contemporary Society” on February 9. His focus was on access to the effective resolution of civil disputes for low- and middle-income Canadians. The lecture included a discussion of the need to facilitate self-represented litigants and the use of LawHelpOntario as one model for doing so.  The annual lecture is named in honour of William A. Howard, C.M., C.M.M., C.D., Q.C., who contributed to the founding of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary in 1976.