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Mary Eberts
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'''Mary Anne Eberts''' (born January 18, 1947) is a Canadian constitutional lawyer and a former [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]] faculty member. She is a founding member of the [[Women's Legal Education and Action Fund]] (LEAF)
==Early life and education==
Eberts was born in [[St. Thomas, Ontario]]. Eberts was educated at [[University of Western Ontario]] and [[Harvard Law School]].<ref name = "mcgill">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Career==
Eberts taught law at the [[University of Toronto]] (U of T) for six years<ref name = "Advisory Committee"></ref> before joining a [[Bay Street]] law firm where she became a [[Partner (business rank)|partner]].<ref name = "roundtable"></ref> She eventually opened her own law practice in 1980, from where she appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada, Courts of Appeal, and Superior Courts in Ontario.<ref></ref> She was influential in the creation of the ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'' Section 15.<ref name = "degree">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She published "''Equality Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''" in 1985.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Eberts eventually returned to U of T as an [[adjunct professor]] in 1987 to teach constitutional law.<ref name = "Advisory Committee"/>
In 1991, Eberts became a litigation counsel to the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC).<ref name = "roundtable"/> Eberts represented [[Beth Symes]], another founding LEAF member, in Symes v. Canada, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 695.<ref></ref> Symes and Eberts were both criticized for their decision to go to court.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1993, Eberts received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from [[Concordia University]].<ref name = "degree"/> She was subsequently elected a bencher of the [[Law Society of Ontario]] from 1995 until 1999.<ref></ref> She was also a founding member of the [[Women's Legal Education and Action Fund]] (LEAF).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2001, Eberts represented survivors of the [[Chinese head tax in Canada]] seeking compensation.<ref></ref>
In 2004, she was appointed the Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights at the University of Ottawa and later became the Ariel Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the [[University of Saskatchewan College of Law]] from 2011 until 2012.<ref name = "roundtable"/> After her endowed chair term ended, Eberts joined [[Hensel Barristers]] as counsel.<ref name = "mcgill"/> Two years later, she joined the faculty at [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] as a McMurty Fellow.<ref></ref> In 2017, Eberts was elected an Officer of the Order of Canada.<ref></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from St. Thomas, Ontario]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian lawyers]]
[[Category:Canadian women lawyers]]
[[Category:Lawyers in Ontario]]
[[Category:University of Toronto Faculty of Law faculty]]
[[Category:University of Western Ontario alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]
==Early life and education==
Eberts was born in [[St. Thomas, Ontario]]. Eberts was educated at [[University of Western Ontario]] and [[Harvard Law School]].<ref name = "mcgill">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Career==
Eberts taught law at the [[University of Toronto]] (U of T) for six years<ref name = "Advisory Committee"></ref> before joining a [[Bay Street]] law firm where she became a [[Partner (business rank)|partner]].<ref name = "roundtable"></ref> She eventually opened her own law practice in 1980, from where she appeared as counsel in the Supreme Court of Canada, Courts of Appeal, and Superior Courts in Ontario.<ref></ref> She was influential in the creation of the ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'' Section 15.<ref name = "degree">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She published "''Equality Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''" in 1985.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Eberts eventually returned to U of T as an [[adjunct professor]] in 1987 to teach constitutional law.<ref name = "Advisory Committee"/>
In 1991, Eberts became a litigation counsel to the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC).<ref name = "roundtable"/> Eberts represented [[Beth Symes]], another founding LEAF member, in Symes v. Canada, [1993] 4 S.C.R. 695.<ref></ref> Symes and Eberts were both criticized for their decision to go to court.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 1993, Eberts received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from [[Concordia University]].<ref name = "degree"/> She was subsequently elected a bencher of the [[Law Society of Ontario]] from 1995 until 1999.<ref></ref> She was also a founding member of the [[Women's Legal Education and Action Fund]] (LEAF).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> In 2001, Eberts represented survivors of the [[Chinese head tax in Canada]] seeking compensation.<ref></ref>
In 2004, she was appointed the Gordon Henderson Chair in Human Rights at the University of Ottawa and later became the Ariel Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the [[University of Saskatchewan College of Law]] from 2011 until 2012.<ref name = "roundtable"/> After her endowed chair term ended, Eberts joined [[Hensel Barristers]] as counsel.<ref name = "mcgill"/> Two years later, she joined the faculty at [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] as a McMurty Fellow.<ref></ref> In 2017, Eberts was elected an Officer of the Order of Canada.<ref></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from St. Thomas, Ontario]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian lawyers]]
[[Category:Canadian women lawyers]]
[[Category:Lawyers in Ontario]]
[[Category:University of Toronto Faculty of Law faculty]]
[[Category:University of Western Ontario alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]
November 11, 2019 at 06:12AM
