The Importance of Judicial Independence to the Rule of Law

On June 14, 2018, Hon. Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice, Lord John Dyson, retired Justice of the UK Supreme Court and Master of the Rolls, and Justice Beverly McLachlin, Former Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court discussed the importance of judicial independence and the rule of law.

Welcome: 
Roger Juan Maldonado, President, New York City Bar Association

Introduction:
Philip J. Kessler Chair and President of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, US
  
Speakers:
Hon. Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (via Skype)
Lord John Dyson, Former Justice, U.K. Supreme Court and Master of the Rolls
Justice Beverly McLachlin, Former Chief Justice, Canadian Supreme Court

Moderator:
Murray Hunt, Director of the Bingham Centre, a barrister, Oxford professor, and advisor to Parliament

Sponsoring Association Committees:
United Nations Committee, Michael D. Cooper, Chair
Task Force on the Independence of Lawyers and Judges, William August Wilson, III, Chair

Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
American College of Trial Lawyers Foundation