Introduction

• Author: Edward L. Greenspan
• Pages: 11-19

Introduction

EDWARD

L.

GREENSPAN,

QC

Bernard Cohn

was a

legendary criminal lawyer

who

practised

all his

life

in

Windsor, Ontario.

On his

death,

his

friends

and

colleagues decided

to

honour

his

memory

by

means

of the

Bernard Cohn Memorial Lecture Series Trust.

The

Honourable Carl Zalev, recently retired

from

the

Superior Court

of

Ontario;

Mr.

Justice Saul Nosanchuk,

of the

Ontario Court

of

Justice; Harvey

T.

Strosberg,

QC, a

Windsor lawyer;

and I are all

members

of the

trust.

We

had no

idea when

we

created

the

lecture series

in

Cohn's memory

that

it

would ultimately emerge

as one of the

most significant annual lectures

at

any law

school

in

Canada.

The

Windsor

Law

School, which

has

become

one

of

the

finest

law

schools

in the

country,

has

always hosted

the

event

and

will

continue

to do so.

The

former Chief Justice

of

Ontario, Charles Dubin, delivered

one of

the

lectures.

He was

such

a

close

friend

of

Bernard Cohn that

he

spent

his

entire

lecture telling

us

anecdotes about

Mr.

Cohn

in the

context

of

their long

friendship.

No

legal system

is

flawless-and that

is

true

of the

administration

of

jus-

tice

in

Canada-but

most participants

in our

legal system believe,

as I do,

that

the

Anglo-Canadian justice system

is the

least

flawed

ever devised. However,

its

success

in

attaining justice requires

the

limitless dedication, unbounded

efforts,

and

fine-tuned advocacy

of

those

who

have devoted their lives

to the

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