Fonds F784 - Hugh J. Lawford fonds

Professor Hugh John Lawford was born in 1933 at Edmonton, Alberta. He received a B.A. in 1954 and LL.B. in 1955 from the University of Alberta. As a Rhodes Scholar, he attended the University of Oxford and received his B.C.L. from Wadham College in 1957. Lawford was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1958 and in the same year became Assistant Professor of Law at Queen's University, Kingston. In 1962, he was called to the Bar of Ontario and became Associate Professor of Law at Queen's. From 1964 to 1965 he was a Special Assistant to the Government House Leader. In 1965 he became Professor of Law at Queen's and from 1965 to 1966 was a Special Advisor to the Prime Minister. From 1968 to 1973 he was Director of the QUIC/LAW Project. Since 1973 he has been President of QL Systems Ltd.