The Power of Law, Writing, and Global Engagement with the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin

In this episode of Obiter, host Shauna Van Praagh speaks with the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Canada's longest-serving and first female Chief Justice, about her prairie beginnings to life on the international stage. We discuss the evolving nature of law and the importance of creativity, storytelling and imagination in legal reasoning and justice. McLachlin shares how her experiences teaching law influenced her legal thinking and her approach on the bench. She also provides insights from her international judicial experiences and the importance of global legal dialogue.  She speaks candidly about her transition from judicial life to writing memoirs and fiction, and the role that clarity plays in both legal and creative writing.  We conclude the episode with her observations on the significance of supporting the rule of law and hope for its future amid global turbulence and democratic decline.  Obiter is produced by the Law Commission of Canada and hosted by Shauna Van Praagh. The team for this episode includes producer Brian Peebles, and associate producer Tiran Bajgiran.