"Consultation: Parentage Laws for Nova Scotia"

Family Law & Aboriginal Law Sections Webinar

RECORDING

DESCRIPTION:

• Explaining the law of parentage in NS,
• consequences in terms of the absence of parentage laws,
• how gap has served to marginalize 2SLGBTQIA+ families, 
• what movements are in other provinces, (including multiple parents in polyamorous relationships)
• and then highlighting salient issues in need of reform.

SPEAKERs

Dr. Ilana Dodi Luther, Executive Director, The Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute

Ilana joined the Law Reform Commission in June 2011. She has worked for legal aid in both Ontario and Nova Scotia. In 2004, she received her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, followed by a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School. She teaches at the Schulich School of Law on a part-time basis. In 2015, Dr. Luther obtained her Doctorate in Law from Schulich School of Law. She has served as Executive Director of the Law Reform Institute since 2018.

Sarah Burton, Legal Research Counsel, The Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute

Sarah joined the Institute as legal research counsel in January 2019. Sarah obtained her law degree from Dalhousie University in 2008 and was called to the Nova Scotia and Alberta bars in 2009. She has a Masters in Law from the London School of Economics and is currently pursuing doctoral studies with the University of Ottawa. Sarah has worked as a civil litigator in one of Canada’s leading law firms, and has been involved in cases before the Supreme Court of Canada.