Join us for an evening with the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, former Chief Justice of Canada. Justice McLachlin was the longest serving Chief Justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.

Justice McLachlin judicial career began in April 1981, when she was appointed to the Vancouver County Court. In September 1981, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She was elevated to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in December 1985 and was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in September 1988. Seven months later, in April 1989, she was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. On January 7, 2000, she was appointed Chief Justice of Canada and was the first female Chief Supreme Court Justice of Canada. She retired on December 15, 2017.