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The Hon. Chief Justice Ron Skolrood, Supreme Court of British Columbia |
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This is an archived recording of a session at the Government Law & Practice Conference hosted on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. |
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Keynote Address | The Hon. Chief Justice Ron Skolrood, Supreme Court of British Columbia
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The Hon. Chief Justice Ron Skolrood, Supreme Court of British Columbia
The Honourable Ron A. Skolrood was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia on October 15, 2024. Prior to his appointment, Chief Justice Skolrood was a justice of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia from 2022 to 2024 and a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 2013 to 2022.
Chief Justice Skolrood earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Lethbridge in 1983 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Victoria in 1986. He clerked for the Honourable Mr. Justice William McIntyre of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1986-87 then completed a Master of Laws degree at the University of Cambridge in 1989. He was admitted to the Bar of British Columbia in 1988 and to the Bar of the Northwest Territories in 2010. He was appointed King’s Counsel in 2012.
Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Skolrood practiced with the law firm of Lawson Lundell LLP in Vancouver since 1987. His main areas of practice were civil, commercial and administrative litigation.
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