UNB Faculty of Law's Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture Series

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		The Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture Series was established at the UNB Faculty of Law in 1975, under the terms of the will of Viscount Bennett of Mickleham, Calgary and Hopewell.
The Right Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett Photo credit: National Archives of Canada				Prime Minister R. B. Bennett in civil uniform, ca. 1930-1935. Photo credit: National Archives of Canada

 

Born at Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, Richard Bedford Bennett (1870-1947) had a long and distinguished career as lawyer, politician and statesman, serving as prime minister from 1930-35.  In 1941 he was raised to the peerage of the United Kingdom.  In commemoration of Viscount Bennett’s life and career, this lecture series promotes greater appreciation of the role of law in contemporary society.

More biographical information about Bennett.

List of Lecturers.  Many of the lectures have been published in the University of New Brunswick Law Journal (U.N.B.L.J.) which is retrievable in electronic full text on both HeinOnline and WESTLAWeCARSWELL.

 

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