
President, Federation of Law Reform Agencies of Canada
Leah Howie, Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan
Leah Howie is the Director of the Law Reform Commission and she has been in this role since 2016. Leah is also a sessional lecturer for the University of Saskatchewan College of Law and teaches first year Legal Research and Writing, the Current Issues in Law Reform seminar course, and coaches the College's environmental moot team.
Leah graduated from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2008, after completing a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) in 2005 (also at the U of S). After graduating from law, Leah clerked at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and then completed a LLM at Cambridge University (focussing on international law). Prior to becoming Director of the Law Reform Commission, Leah worked at the Department of Justice in Aboriginal litigation and at a large uranium mining company in regulatory affairs.
Leah is an active member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, a CBA member (and editor of the CBA's BarNotes magazine), a Senator for the University of Saskatchewan, a member of the University of Saskatchewan's Biomedical Research Ethics Board, and president of the Federation of Law Reform Agencies of Canada.
Leah Howie, Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan
Leah Howie is the Director of the Law Reform Commission and she has been in this role since 2016. Leah is also a sessional lecturer for the University of Saskatchewan College of Law and teaches first year Legal Research and Writing, the Current Issues in Law Reform seminar course, and coaches the College's environmental moot team.
Leah graduated from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2008, after completing a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) in 2005 (also at the U of S). After graduating from law, Leah clerked at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and then completed a LLM at Cambridge University (focussing on international law). Prior to becoming Director of the Law Reform Commission, Leah worked at the Department of Justice in Aboriginal litigation and at a large uranium mining company in regulatory affairs.
Leah is an active member of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, a CBA member (and editor of the CBA's BarNotes magazine), a Senator for the University of Saskatchewan, a member of the University of Saskatchewan's Biomedical Research Ethics Board, and president of the Federation of Law Reform Agencies of Canada.