> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Supreme Court Advocacy Institute - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/supreme-court-advocacy-institute/ - Published: 1999-01-03T00:32:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-03-20T19:23:43.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs The **Supreme Court Advocacy Institute (SCAI)** is a Canadian charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario. ## Organization SCAI's leadership and personnel are listed on its website.[\[1\]](#fn1) | Name | Position | Notes | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Owen Rees | Co-Founder[\[2\]](#fn2) | [CBA Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CBA-Task-Force-on-Justice-Issues-Arising-from-COVID-19), Ontario Superior Court of Justice | | Frank Iacobucci | National Advisory Committee Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada, Torys | | Michel Bastarache | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada | | Ian Binnie | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada, Lenczner Slaght | | Thomas Cromwell | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada, [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG), [Advocates' Society](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Advocates-Society) | | Marie Deschamps | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) | | Morris Fish | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada | | Clément Gascon | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada | | Gérard La Forest | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada | | Louis LeBel | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada | | John C. Major | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada | | Beverley McLachlin | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | [Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cross-Jurisdictional-Technical-Advisory-Group), Supreme Court of Canada | | Marshall Rothstein | National Advisory Committee Honorary Chairperson | Supreme Court of Canada | | Shantona Chaudhury | Executive Director | \- | | Grégoire Webber | Executive Director | \- | | Sheila Block | Member for Ontario | \- | | David Coles | Member for Atlantic Canada | \- | | Mona Duckett | Member for Alberta | \- | | Anthony Gerein | Member for Saskatchewan | \- | | Daniel Jutras | Member for Quebec | University of Montreal | | Richard Peck | Member for British Columbia | \- | | Richard Wolson | Member for Manitoba | \- | | Michael Feder | Member at Large | \- | | Pierre-Jérôme Bouchard | Member at Large and Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for Quebec | \- | | Alan Hepner | Member, Regional Committee for Alberta | \- | | Clarke Hunter | Member, Regional Committee for Alberta | \- | | Julie G. Hopkins | Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for Alberta | Western Arbitration Chambers, [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) | | Y. Liliane Bantourakis | Member, Regional Committee for British Columbia | Supreme Court of British Columbia, British Columbia Prosecution Service (BCPS) | | Geoff Cowper | Member, Regional Committee for British Columbia | Fasken | | Patrick G. Foy | Member, Regional Committee for British Columbia | \- | | Mila Shah | Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for British Columbia | British Columbia Prosecution Service (BCPS) | | Sarah Inness | Member, Regional Committee for Manitoba | Campbell Gunn Inness Seib Jones, Court of King's Bench of Manitoba | | Heather Leonoff | Member, Regional Committee for Manitoba | Manitoba Justice, Law Society of Manitoba | | Sacha Paul | Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for Manitoba | \- | | Robert Frater | Member, Regional Committee for Ontario | Federal Prosecution Service, [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada) | | Brian Greenspan | Member, Regional Committee for Ontario | Greenspan Humphrey Makepeace | | Roslyn Levine | Member, Regional Committee for Ontario | [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada), Ontario Superior Court of Justice | | Colleen Bauman | Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for Ontario | \- | | Erin Dann | Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for Ontario | \- | | Louise Mailhot | Member, Regional Committee for Quebec | Fasken, Court of Appeal of Quebec | | Guy J. Pratte | Director and Vice Chair (former),[\[3\]](#fn3) Regional Committee for Quebec member[\[4\]](#fn4) | [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG), [Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institute-for-Advanced-Legal-Studies) (CIALS) | | Gérald Tremblay | Member, Regional Committee for Quebec | \- | | François Goyer | Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for Quebec | \- | | Robert Leurer | Chair, Regional Committee for Saskatchewan (former)[\[5\]](#fn5) | [Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institute-for-Advanced-Legal-Studies), [Canadian Judicial Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Judicial-Council) (CJC) | | Mark Brayford | Member, Regional Committee for Saskatchewan | \- | | Aaron Fox | Member, Regional Committee for Saskatchewan | \- | | Mark Kindrachuk | Member, Regional Committee for Saskatchewan | \- | | Shoshanna Paul | Session Coordinator, Regional Committee for Saskatchewan | \- | | Ian F. Kelly | Newfoundland and Labrador Member, Atlantic Regional Committee | Royal Newfoundland Regiment | | Christian Michaud | New Brunswick Member, Atlantic Regional Committee | Ellsworth Johnson Michaud (EJM) | | M. Lynn Murray | Prince Edward Island Member, Atlantic Regional Committee | Key Murray Law | | Michael Marin | Session Coordinator, Atlantic Regional Committee | \- | ### Funding SCAI has received funding from:[\[6\]](#fn6) - [Advocates' Society](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Advocates-Society) - American College of Trial Lawyers - American College of Trial Lawyers Canadian Foundation[\[7\]](#fn7) - Barreau du Québec - Canadian Bar Association (CBA) - Grant Thornton - Law Foundation of Ontario[\[7:1\]](#fn7) - OBA Foundation ## External links - [Charitable Impact](https://my.charitableimpact.com/charities/supreme-court-advocacy-institute-institut-de-plaidoirie-devant-la-cour-supreme) - [Website](https://www.scai-ipcs.ca/) --- 1. *Governance.* Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Retrieved April 14, 2021, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Owen Rees, BCL alum and former stipendiary.* (2023, July 5). University of Oxford Faculty of Law. [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. *Guy J. Pratte.* Borden Ladner Gervais. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. *Governance.* Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Retrieved March 8, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *The Honourable Robert Leurer.* (2023, October 10). Prime Minister of Canada. [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Partner Organizations.* Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *Partner Organizations.* Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Retrieved September 8, 2015, from [↩︎](#fnref7) [↩︎](#fnref7:1)