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LOUISE ARBOUR
Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Montreal, Que.
An international lawyer who has recently settled back in Canada,
Arbour has certainly earned a spot on the Canadian Lawyer's
Top 25 Most Influential list again this year. She is a winner of
the 2015 Simons Foundation Award, recognizing world leaders
who shape and create an environment for a safer and more just
world. Arbour has spoken out against prolonged use of solitary
confinement and has been inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
She has been a Supreme Court of Canada judge, an international
war crimes prosecutor, and a law school professor. Her ability
to pick things up quickly led her to various roles nationally and
internationally. Arbour says economic disparities between and
within counties is the number-one inexcusable human rights
issue at the moment. Always craving new and challenging envi-
ronments, just last year she finally did something she had never
done: joined a law firm in Montreal where she continues to fight
for human rights.
WHAT VOTERS HAD TO SAY:
"Her stunning contributions speak for themselves."
"International superstar."
THE WORLD STAGE
