Watch the "Symposium on Funding the Charter Challenge" and Morris Gross lecture (webcast)

On Friday April 1, 2011, the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights hosted a half-day symposium on "Funding the Charter Challenge."

During the symposium, legal experts in practice and the academy provided information and commentary on the availability of funding for some of the most significant litigation in the country. How can you obtain advanced costs? Are class actions feasible in Charter claims? What are the reasonable and ethical limits of pro bono? Does the legal aid system adequately fund complex cases?

The symposium was concluded by the Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture, delivered by Marlys Edwardh. Reflecting on a distinguished career in law involving some of the most significant court cases in the country, Marlys Edwardh addressed the challenges of funding important test case litigation.

The entire symposium, including the lecture, can be viewed via webcast.

• Watch the webcasts of the symposium and lecture
• See the symposium program
• Find out more about the Gross lecturer