Marlys Edwardh, Honorary Doctor of Laws Award - Part 1/2

Marlys Edwardh, lawyer and civil rights activist
Honorary Doctor of Laws
Osgoode Hall Law School
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 3:30pm

Marlys Edwardh (LLB '74) is a criminal lawyer and civil rights activist. A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School, she is widely known for her dedication to civil rights and the rights of the wrongly accused. She was a partner in the law firm of Ruby & Edwardh for many years and has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, including the wrongful conviction cases of Donald Marshall, Guy Paul Morin and Steven Truscott − cases which had a significant impact on the Canadian legal system. Edwardh has served as counsel for a number of royal commissions, including the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (Krever Commission). Most recently, she represented Maher Arar at the commission of inquiry into his extraordinary rendition from the United States to Syria. She has received a number of accolades, including the Osgoode Hall Law School Dianne Martin Medal for Social Justice Through Law (2005) and the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression International Press Freedom Award (2005). Edwardh is a vice-president of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and a special adviser to the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted.

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[Teencat]

Amazing job :)

[reneehoude]

I am so proud of you Marlys...I always was. Congratulations.