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Benjamin L. Berger Associate Professor

Osgoode Hall Law School York University

4700 Keele Street � Toronto, Ontario � Canada � M3J 1P3

Phone: � Fax: � E-Mail: [email protected]

Education

DoctoroftheScienceofLaw(J.S.D.) YaleUniversity(2008)

• Dissertation:“TheConceitsofCulture:ReligionandtheConstitutionalRuleofLawinCanada”• SSHRCDoctoralFellow

MasterofLaws(LL.M.) YaleUniversity(2004)

• Thesis:“TheParadoxofReligiousFreedom”• Canada-USFulbrightScholar

BachelorofLaws(LL.B.) UniversityofVictoria(2002)

• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedalist

BachelorofArtswithHonours(B.A.,Hons.) UniversityofAlberta(1999)

• ReligiousStudies• FirstClassHonours• GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal• GoldMedalinArts

PositionsHeld

• AssociateDean(Students),OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity

July1,2015–Present

• AssociateProfessorofLaw,OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity

o TeachingSubjectAreas:LawandReligion,CriminalLaw,theLawofEvidence,ConstitutionalLawandTheory.

July1,2011–Present

• AssociateProfessor(StatusOnly),DepartmentfortheStudyofReligion,UniversityofToronto

Fall2014–Present

• AssociateProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoria• CrossappointmentintheDepartmentofPhilosophy

o TeachingSubjectAreas:CriminalLaw,LawandReligion,LawofEvidence,CivilLibertiesandtheCharter,LegalProcess

o MemberoftheFacultyofGraduateStudies

2009–2012

2010–2012

• AssistantProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2004–2008

• BarristerandSolicitoro BarofBritishColumbia(currentlynon-practicing)o BarofOntario

2010–Present2009–Present

• LawClerktotheRt.HonourableBeverleyMcLachlin,ChiefJusticeofCanada

2002–2003

Benjamin L. Berger

• TemporaryArticles,ArvayFinlay,Barristers 2001

ResearchandTeachingAwardsandHonours

• CALT-ACPDPrizeforAcademicExcellenceo “honoursexceptionalcontributiontoresearchand

lawteachingbyaCanadianlawteacherinmid-career.”

2015

• OsgoodeHallLawSchoolTeachingAward 2013

• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersScholarlyPaperAwardo For“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJustice

AgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”

2010

• TerryJ.WuesterTeachingAward,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria

2011,2006

• FacultyofLawFirstYearClassTeachingAward,UniversityofVictoria

2007

EditorialActivities

• Editor-in-Chief,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety/RevueCanadienneDroitetSocieté

2014–Present

• GeneralEditorofConstitutionalSystemsoftheWorldo SeriespublishedbyHartPublishingo Editedover20volumes

2008–Present

• AdvisoryBoardMemberofAshgatePublishingseriesonLawandReligion

2014–Present

• MemberofEditorialBoard,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2013–Present

• OverseasReporter,CriminalLawJournal(Australia) 2005–Present

• MemberofEditorialBoard,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety 2008–2014

• MemberofEditorialBoard,StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses

2010–2013

• BookReviewEditor,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2006–2013

Fellowships,Institutes,andVisitorships

• VisitingFacultyo BerkeleyCentrefortheStudyofReligion

March2014

Benjamin L. Berger

o UCBerkeley

• VisitingResearchFellowo ReligioninthePublicSphereInitiativeo DepartmentofReligiousStudies,UniversityofToronto

2013-2014

• VisitingScholaro MasseyCollegeintheUniversityofToronto

2013-2014

• VisitingProfessoro MonashUniversity,PratoProgramo Prato,Italy

May-June2013

• Fellow,SIASSummerInstituteso Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theologyo BerlinBrandenburgischeAkademiederWissenschaften

Summer2006

• Fellow,SIASSummerInstituteso Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theologyo YaleLawSchool

Summer2005

ResearchFunding

• SSHRCInsightGranto Collaboratoro “SeeingCrime:VisualEvidence,Victims,andDomestic

Violence”o $177,254

2014-2019

• SSHRCInsightDevelopmentGranto PrincipalInvestigatoro “WrestlingwithTradition:Community,Authority,and

ChangeinLawandReligion”o $75,000

2013-2015

• SSHRCConnectionGranto Co-Investigatoro “LawontheEdge”jointconferenceoftheCanadianLaw

andSociety/LawandSocietyAssociationofAustraliaandNewZealand

o $50,000

2013-2014

• SSHRCMajorCollaborativeResearchInitiativeo Co-Investigatoro “ReligiousDiversityandItsLimits:MovingBeyond

ToleranceandAccommodation”o $2.5Millionover7years

2010-2017

• SSHRCSmallGrantsProgram(York)o “BetweenFreeExerciseandLaicité:Understanding

CanadianSecularism”

December2011–December2012

• BLGSummerResearchProgram Summer2009

Benjamin L. Berger

o “JusticeAgainsttheLaw:TheExceptionintheCriminalLawandtheConstitutionalImagination”

• LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaResearchGranto ReligiousDiversityandtheRuleofLawinCanada

2008–2010

• SSHRCInternalResearchGrant(UVic)o CharterRights,NationalSecurity,andtheFederalCourts

2005–2006

Publications

Forthcoming

• BenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London,UK:HartPublishing,forthcoming2016).

BooksandEditedCollections

• BenjaminL.Berger,Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2015).

• KentRoach,BenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffeandJamesStribopoulos,CriminalLawandProcedure:CasesandMaterials,11thed.(Toronto:EmondMontgomery,2015).

• BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,UnsettledLegacy:ThirtyYearsofCriminalJusticeUndertheCharter(Toronto:LexisNexis,2012).

• HamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:Lawand

LegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008).

EditedJournalIssues

• BenjaminL.BergerandJamieCameron(2013),50:3OsgoodeHallLawJournal.o Introduction:“PatterningRightsConstitutionalism:ThirtyYearswiththeCharter”

(2013)50OsgoodeHallLawJournalvii-x.

• BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos(2012),57SupremeCourtLawReview2(d).o Introduction:“TheConstitutionofCriminalJustice”(2012)57SupremeCourtLaw

Review(2d)3-9.

JournalArticles

• “RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2016)40CriminalLawJournal33-48.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)

• “SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”(2015)70SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)337-363.

Benjamin L. Berger

• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(2015)24(1)Social&LegalStudies47-63.

• “FaithinSovereignty:ReligionandSecularisminthePoliticsofCanadianFederalism”(2014)35:4IstituzionidelFederalismo939-961.

• “TheVirtuesofLawinthePoliticsofReligiousFreedom”(2014)29:3JournalofLawandReligion378-395.

• “ReligiousDiversity,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(2014)29:1CanadianJournalofLawandSociety103-122.

• “ChildrenofTwoLogics:AWayIntoCanadianConstitutionalCulture”(2013)11:2InternationalJournalofConstitutionalLaw319-38.


• “ReasoningwithInferences:ThemesfromPriorConsistentStatementsandTraceEvidence”(2012)92C.R.(6th)254-267.

• “TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”(2011)61:4UniversityofTorontoLawJournal579-616.

• “KeyTheoreticalIssuesintheInteractionofLawandReligion:AGuideforthePerplexed”(2011)19:2ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel41-52.

• “Judges,JuriesandtheHistoryofCriminalAppeals”(2011)29:1LawandHistoryReview297-302.

• “Section1,ConstitutionalReasoning,andCulturalDifference:AssessingtheImpactsofAlbertav.HutterianBrethrenofWilsonColony”(2010)51SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)25-46.


• “AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”(2009)47SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)101–125.

• “WrestlingwithPunishment:TheRoleoftheBCCourtofAppealintheLawofSentencing”(2009)162B.C.Studies25-51.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)

• “ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”(2008)41SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)161-192.

• “TheReachofRightsintheSecurityState:ReflectionsonKhadrv.Canada”(2008)56C.R.(6th)268-277.

• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”(2008)21:2CanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence245-277.

• “MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”(2008)41SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)513–552.

• “WhiteFire:StructuralIndeterminacy,ConstitutionalDesign,andtheConstitutionBehindthe

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Text”(2008)3:1JournalofComparativeLaw249-288.

• “OntheBookofJob,Justice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw”(2008)4:1Law,CultureandtheHumanities98–118.

• “Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”(2007)45:2OsgoodeHallLawJournal277–314.

• “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2007)31CriminalLawJournal369–384.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)

• “EmotionsandtheVeilofVoluntarism:TheLossofJudgmentinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2006)51:1McGillLawJournal99–128.

• “OurEvolvingJudicature:SecurityCertificates,DetentionReview,andtheFederalCourts”(2006)39:1U.B.C.LawReview101–137.o ReproducedinG.Chandana,ed.,HabeasCorpus:TheoryandPractice(Hyderabad:

TheIcfaiUniversityPress,2008)44–88.

• “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2006)30:2CriminalLawJournal100–114.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)

• “UnderstandingLawandReligionasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublicSphere.”

(2006)15:1ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel 15-22.• “TheRuleinHodge’sCase:RumoursofitsDeathareGreatlyExaggerated.”(2005)84:1

CanadianBarReview47–74.

• “CriminalAppealsasJuryControl:AnAnglo-CanadianHistoricalPerspectiveontheRiseofCriminalAppeals.”(2005)10:1CanadianCriminalLawReview1–41.o ReproducedinpartinJohnH.Langbein,RenéeLettowLernerandBruceP.Smith,

eds.,HistoryoftheCommonLaw:TheDevelopmentofAnglo-AmericanLegalInstitutions(NewYork:AspenPublishers,2009)703-05.

• “RaceandErasureinR.v.Mann.”(2004)21C.R.(6th)58-64.

• “PeineForteetDure:CompelledJuryTrialsandLegalRightsinCanada.”(2003)48:2CriminalLawQuarterly205-248.

• “UsingtheChartertoCureHealthCare:PanaceaorPlacebo?”(2003)8:1ReviewofConstitutionalStudies20-41.

• “AChoiceAmongValues:TheoreticalandHistoricalPerspectivesontheDefenceofNecessity.”(2003)39:4AlbertaLawReview848-863.

• “TheLimitsofBelief:FreedomofReligion,Secularism,andtheLiberalState.”(2002)17:1CanadianJournalofLawandSociety39-68.

• “PuttingaPriceonDignity:TheProblemofCostsinCharterLitigation.”(2002)26:3Advocates’Quarterly235-251.

• “UsingStatutoryMeasurestoRedressRacism.”(2001)24:4Advocates’Quarterly449-466.

• “ReadinginColours:HighlightingforActiveReadinginReligiousStudies.”(2001)4:1TeachingTheologyandReligion27-31.(Co-authoredwithDr.StephenEngler)

• “QoheletandtheExigenciesoftheAbsurd.”(2001)9:2BiblicalInterpretation:AJournalof

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ContemporaryApproaches141-179.

• “PicturingtheProphet:FocalizationintheBookofJonah.”(2000)29:1StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses55-68.

• “CalvinismandtheProblemofSuspenseinthePilgrimsProgress.”(1998)8BunyanStudies:AJournalofReformationandNonconformistCulture28-35.

ChaptersinBooks

• “Poetry,Mercy,andthePhenomenologyofJustice”inEhudBenZvi,ClaudiaV.Camp,DavidM.GunnandAaronW.Hughes,eds.,Poets,Prophets,andTextsinPlay:StudiesinBiblicalPoetryandProphecyinHonourofFrancisLandy(London:T&TClark,2015)175-190.

• “SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”inDwightNewmanandMalcolmThorburn,eds.,TheDignityofLaw:TheLegacyofJusticeLouisLeBel(Toronto:LexisNexis,2015).

• “ConstitutionalPrinciples”inMarkusDubberandTatjanaHoernle,eds.,OxfordHandbookofCriminalLaw(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2014)422-444.

• “PolygamyandthePredicamentofContemporaryLaw”inGillianCalderandLoriBeaman,eds.,Polygamy'sRightsandWrongs?PerspectivesonHarm,Family,andLaw(Vancouver:U.B.C.Press,2014),69-88.

• “TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”inWinnifredSullivanandLoriBeaman,eds.,VarietiesofReligiousEstablishments(SurreyandBurlington:Ashgate,2013)33-53.

• “MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw”inFrançoisTanguay-RenaudandJamesStribopoulos,eds.RethinkingCriminalLawTheory:NewCanadianPerspectivesinthePhilosophyofDomestic,Transnational,andInternationalCriminalLaw(Oxford:HartPublishing,2012)117-140.

• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”inCourtneyBenderandPamelaE.Klassen,eds.,AfterPluralism:ReimaginingReligiousEngagement(NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress,2010)98-126.[RevisedversionofarticleinCanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence]

• ContributingAuthorforMcWilliams’CanadianCriminalEvidence,4thed.bytheHonourableJusticeCaseyHill,DavidM.Tanovich,andLouisP.Strezos(CanadaLawBook,2007).o AuthorofChapter13:TheLawofPrivilegeo AuthorofChapter14:PublicInterestImmunity

• “ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”inJamieCameroned.,ReflectionsontheLegacyofBerthaWilson(Toronto:LexisNexis,2008),161-192.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]

• “Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”inRichardMooned.,LawandReligiousPluralisminCanada(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),264-296.[RevisedversionofarticleintheOsgoodeHallLawJournal]

• “Introduction:DoesLawMatter?TheNewColonialLegalHistory”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),1-12.(WithProf.HamarFosterandA.R.Buck)

Benjamin L. Berger

• “FromHumblePrayerstoLegalDemands:TheCowichanPetitionof1909andtheBritishColumbiaIndianLandQuestion”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,History’sLivingLegacy:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),240-267.(WithProf.HamarFoster)

• “MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”inJamieCameronandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,TheCharterandCriminalJustice:Twenty-FiveYearsLater(Toronto:LexisNexisButterworths,2008)513-522.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]

BookReviewsandReviewEssays• ArmingandDisarming:AHistoryofGunControlinCanadabyR.BlakeBrown(2013)34:1For

theDefence38-39.

• ColourCoded:ALegalHistoryofRacisminCanada1900-1950byConstanceBackhouseand“Race,”RightsandtheLawintheSupremeCourtofCanadabyJamesW.St.G.Walker(2001)28:3OsgoodeHallLawJournal519-529.

OtherPublications

• “InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion.”(2012)9:3CanadianDiversity/DiversitéCanadienne25-28.

• “Law,Community,andReligiousArbitration.”(2006)44:1Outlook:Canada’sProgressiveJewishMagazine7-8.

• “JudicialAppointmentsandOurChangingConstitution.”(September16,2005)TheLawyers’Weekly3.

• “TrialByMetaphor:Rhetoric,Innovation,andtheJuridicalText.”(2002)39:3CourtReview30-38.

• ContributortoAnnoDomini:JesusThroughtheCenturies,ExhibitionCatalogueandGuide.DavidGoa,LindaDistad,andMatthewWangler.ProvincialMuseumofAlberta,Edmonton,Alberta(Oct2000–Jan2001).

Conferences/WorkshopsOrganized

• “ReligionandPublicAuthorityinCanada”o Co-organizedwithProfessorRichardMoon

November2014

• “Canada’sRightsRevolution:ACriticalandComparativeSymposiumontheCanadianCharter”

o Co-organizedwithProfessorJamieCameron

September2012

• “CriminalJusticeandLegalRights:Reflectingon30Years”o Co-chairo 15thAnnualConstitutionalCasesConference,OsgoodeHall

LawSchool

May2012

• AnnualOsgoodeConstitutionalCasesConference 2012-current

Benjamin L. Berger

o Co-Chair

• LegalConsultationonOntarioHumanRightsCommissionCreedPolicy

o Co-organizero OsgoodeHallLawSchool,incollaborationwiththeOntario

HumanRightsCommission;theYorkCentreforPublicPolicyandLaw;andtheYorkCentreforHumanRights

March2012

AcademicScholarships,Awards,andHonours(Selected)

MembershipsandOfficesHeldinProfessionalandLearnedSocieties

• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiao BarristerandSolicitor

2010–Present

• LawSocietyofUpperCanadao BarristerandSolicitor

2009–Present

• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationo DirectorAtLarge,Board(2009–2010)o Vice-President,Board(2010–2013)

2009–2013

• YaleLawSchoolExecutiveCommitteeo Member

2004–2010

• SSHRCDoctoralFellowship 2007–2008

• Canada-U.S.FulbrightScholar (YaleUniversity)

2003–2004

• SirJamesLougheedAwardofDistinction 2003–2004

• ViscountBennettScholarship–LawSocietyofAlberta 2003–2004

• LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaGraduateFellowship 2003–2004

• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaScholarship 2003–2004

• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedal (UniversityofVictoria)

2002

• GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal (UniversityofAlberta)

1999

• C.D.HoweMemorialFellowship (UniversityofAlberta)

1999

• GoldMedalinArts (UniversityofAlberta)

1999

• FacultyofArtsOutstandingAchievementMedal (UniversityofAlberta)

1999

Benjamin L. Berger

• CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety,UniversityofVictoriao Member

2004–2011

• ConsortiumonDemocraticConstitutionalism(DEMCON)o Member

2004–2011

• SocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligiono Member

2010–2012

• InternationalAssociationofConstitutionalLawo Member

2010–2012

• CanadianAssociationofLawTeacherso Member

2004–Present

• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationo Member

2004–Present

• OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistoryo Member

2005–Present

• AssociationfortheStudyofLaw,Culture,andtheHumanitieso Member

2005–2010

PeerReview

• PeerReviewofBookManuscriptso UniversityofChicagoPresso OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistory

20122010

• PeerReviewofJournalArticleso DalhousieLawJournalo ElectionLawJournalo AsianJournalofComparativeLawo UniversityofTorontoLawJournalo LesCahiersdeDroito NewCriminalLawReviewo CanadianJournalofLawandSocietyo StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses

o AlbertaLawReviewo UniversityofBritishColumbiaLawReviewo SaskatchewanLawReviewo ReviewofConstitutionalStudieso Queen’sLawJournalo OsgoodeHallLawJournal

201420132013

2009,201220092009

2006,2008,2009,20102006,2007,2009,2010,

2011,20122004,2005,2008,2012

2005200520042004

2008,2011

• ReviewofFundingProposalso SSHRC–ExternalReviewerforGeneralResearchGrant

2006,2010,2012,2013

Papers,Lectures,andAddresses

• “Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)

January2016

Benjamin L. Berger

o FacultyofLaw,Queen’sUniversityo FacultySpeakerseries

• “TheMetastasizationofProportionalityinCanadianConstitutionalLaw”(Invited)

o ConstitutionalLawConference2015o CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudieso UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool

July2015

• “CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)o FacultySeminarSerieso CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudiesandthe

AustralianSocietyofLegalPhilosophyo UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool

July2015

• “CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)o FacultySeminarSerieso FacultyofLaw,UniversityofNewSouthWales

July2015

• “IssuesinSecularismandthe‘Secular’State”(Invited)o "Religiónenlaesferapública--Ley,derechosylaluchapor

elcuerpo"(ReligioninthePublicSphere--Law,RightsandtheStrugglefortheBody)

o HemisphericInstitute,NYUo HeldinBuenosAres,Argentina

June2015

• “CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism:TetheredFates?”(Invited)

o Conferenceon“ConstitutionalisminCrisis:MultipleDimensions”

o HalbertCentreforCanadianStudies,TheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem

June2015

• “Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)

o FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlberta

February,2015

• “Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheConceitsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)

o DepartmentofPoliticalScienceSpeakerSeriesonReligion,LawandPolitics

o NorthwesternUniversity

February2015

• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andCivicInclusion”(Invited)

o LansdowneLectureo UniversityofVictoria

December2014

• “EpistemicDisorderinContemporaryJustice:WhatweseeinthecaseofR.v.N.S.”

o CanadianAssociationofLawandSocietyAnnualConferenceo Winnipeg,MB

June2014

• “BuildingNegativeCapability–TheTaskofLegalEducation?”o CanadianAssociationofLawTeacheresAnnualConference

June2014

Benjamin L. Berger

o Winnipeg,MB

• “FaithinSovereignty:Religion’sRoleinthePoliticsofCanadianFederalism”

o CentralisimooSecessione?GliStatidecentratidifronteallacrisieconomica

o UniversitadiBologna,Italy

May2014

• “Secularism,Sovereignty,andSymbols:TheCaseofQuebecandits‘CharterofValues’”(Invited)

o MaurerSchoolofLawo UniversityofIndiana,Bloomington

April2014

• “SovereigntyandSecularism/QuandariesofBelonging”(Invited)

o SymposiumonReligion&Politics–HemisphericInstituteofPerformanceandPolitics

o NewYorkUniversity,NewYork

April2014

• Panelon“ReligiousFreedomandReligiousInterventionism”(Invited)

o InternationalStudiesAssociationAnnualMeetingo Toronto,Ontario

March2014

• “TheRuleofLawandtheUnrulinessofReligion”(Invited)o BerkeleyCenterfortheStudyofReligiono UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

March2014


o ConstitutionalRoundtableo FacultyofLaw,UniversityofToronto

January2014

• Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)

o SeniorCommonRoomSerieso UniversityCollege,UniversityofToronto

November2013

• “Canada’sEvidenceRevolution”(Invited,withtheHon.IanBinnie)

o CanadianInstitutefortheAdministrationofJusticeAnnualMeeting

o Toronto,ON

October2013


o ReligiousFreedomandEducation:APluralism,Religion,andPublicPolicySymposium

o FacultyofReligiousStudies,McGillUniversity

October2013

• “EducatingSecularism:TheLegalStatusofStateEducationintheManagementofReligiousDiversity”

o 2013CLSAandLSAANZJointAnnualMeetingso FacultyofLaw,UBC

July2013

Benjamin L. Berger

• “MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameinCriminalLaw”o 2013MichelProulxMemorialLectureinCriminalLawo FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity

April2013

• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)

o InvitedbytheChairederechercheduCanadasurlesidentitésjuridiquesetculturellesnord-américainesetcompares

o UniversitédeMontréal,Quebec

February2012

• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”

o Socio-LegalStudiesLectureSerieso YorkUniversity,Toronto,Ontario

October2012

• AnnualLawandReligionRoundtable(Invited)o HarvardUniversity

June2012

• “ReligiousLegalPluralismandDemocraticBelonging”o InternationalConferenceonLawandSocietyo Honolulu,Hawaii

June2012

• “Rights,Conscience,andtheProjectofJustice”(Invited)o SocialJusticeandHumanRightsWorkshop,Institutefor

ChristianStudieso Toronto,Ontario

April2012

• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)

o Workshopon“CivicEnculturation”o InstitutefortheStudyofCulture,Religion,andWorldAffairs

(CURA),BostonUniversity,Boston,Mass

April2012

• “InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion”(Invited)

o OntarioHumanRightsCommissionWorkshoponCreedo Toronto,Ontario

January2012

• “CompetingConstitutionalNarratives:TheCaseofCanada”(Invited)

o ConferenceonComparativeConstitutionalCultureso EuropeanUniversityInstitute,Florence(remotely)

January2012

• RoundtableonCollectiveRights(Invited)o FacultyofLaw,WesternUniversityo London,ON

January2012

• “TryingReligion:Multiculturalism,Religion,andLawinCanada”(Invited)

o AssociationforCanadianStudiesandCanadianEthnicStudiesAssociationAnnualMeeting

o Ottawa,Ontario

September2011

• “TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”(Invited) November2010

Benjamin L. Berger

o Workshopon“VarietiesofReligiousEstablishment”o St.ThomasUniversity,Fredericton,N.B.

• “MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw”

o Workshopon“RethinkingCriminalLawTheory”o OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,ON

September2010

• “WhatR.v.LatimerTellsusAboutourConstitutionalLives”o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualMeetingo ConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,QC

June2010

• “Mercy,Conscience,andConstitutionalism:PerspectivesfromtheCriminalLaw”

o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationMid-WinterMeetingo YorkUniversity,Toronto,ON

February2010

• “TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”

o InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto

o UniversityofToronto,Toronto,ON

September2009

• “ASymposiumonLawandSuffering”o ChairandPresentero FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria,Victoria,BC

August2009

• “TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”o NationalJudicialInstitute:JointCourtofQueen’sBenchof

ManitobaandCourtofQueen’sBenchforSaskatchewanEducationSeminar

o Onanole,MB

June2009

• “IsReligiousMulticulturalismaNobleLie?”o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConferenceo CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario

May2009

• “OfRetributionandRestoration:TheoriesofPunishmentattheB.C.CourtofAppeal”

o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConferenceo CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario

May2009

• “AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”

o 2008ConstitutionalCasesConferenceo OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario

April2009

• “JusticeAgainsttheLaw:CompassionandtheExceptioninModernCriminalLaw”

o AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,CultureandtheHumanities

o SuffolkLawSchool,Boston,Massachusetts

April2009

Benjamin L. Berger

• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”o PublicLecturefortheCentreforStudiesinReligionand

Society,UniversityofVictoriao Victoria,B.C.

February2009

• “TheLogicofProportionalityReviewandtheCriminalLaw:InstitutionalandCulturalPerspectives”

o InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto

o TelAviv/DeadSea,Israel

December2008

• “TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”o NationalJudicialInstitute:ChallengesoftheMulticultural

Courtroom:EssentialToolsforCanadianJudgeso Toronto,ON

December2008

• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”

o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation/LawandSocietyAssociationGeneralmeeting

o Montreal,QC

May2008

• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”o AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,

CultureandtheHumanitieso UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

March2008

• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”o LegalTheoryWorkshopo FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity,Montreal,QC

March2008

• ReligionThroughtheEyesofCanadianConstitutionalismo FacultyWorkshopo SchoolofLaw,UniversityCollege,Dublin,Ireland

February2008

• MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion

o FacultyandPublicPresentationo SchoolofLaw,UniversityofLimerick,Ireland

February2008

• MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion

o CanadianJuniorScholars'Conferenceo McGillUniversity,Montreal,Quebec

January2008

• DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLawinCanada

o NationalJudicialInstitute:EmergingIssuesSeminaro St.Andrew's,NB

October2007

• MoralJudgment,ReligiousFreedom,andtheCriminalLawo NationalconferenceontheCharterandCriminalJusticein

Canadao OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario

September2007

Benjamin L. Berger

• Religion,theCharterandCross-CulturalEncountero SaskatchewanInstituteofPublicPolicy,"ALivingTree:The

Legacyof1982inCanada'sPoliticalEvolution"o Regina,Saskatchewan

May2007

• TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleranceo WesternCanadaEmergingScholarsIncubatorWorkshopo UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,BC

April2007

• TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleranceo AfterPluralism:ReimaginingModelsofInterreligious

Engagemento UniversityofToronto

March2007


o NationalJudicialInstitute:FamilyLawSeminaro Victoria,BC

February2007


o NationalJudicialInstitute:EmergingIssuesSeminaro Montreal,QC

October2006

• LawandReligion:ContemporaryIssuesforLegalTheoryinCanada

o FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlbertao Edmonton,Alberta

November2006

• OnDemocraticNormsintheAgeofTerrorismandTheIdealofaCommonMorality

o SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology”o Berlin,Germany

July2006

• Law'sReligion:RenderingCultureo Law,ReligionandSocialChangeInternationalConference,

ANUo Canberra,ACT,Australia

May2006

• EqualityandtheShapeofConstitutions:PerspectivesonLegislativeRightsfromCanadaandtheUS

o CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudieso UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,Australia

May2006

• Law'sReligion:CultureandCanadianConstitutionalismo AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,

CultureandtheHumanitieso Syracuse,NY

March2006

• TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedom:ReligiousConscienceandCanadianConstitutionalism

o UVicDean'sLectureSerieso Victoria,B.C.

November2005

Benjamin L. Berger

• CanadianConstitutionalLawasCultureo SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology"o YaleUniversity,NewHavenCT

July2005• BanishedFromLiberty'sTemple:SentencingObjectivesandtheHistoricalConstructionoftheCriminal

o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConferenceo HarrisonHotSprings,BC

June2005

• TheCulturalChallengeofCanadianConstitutionalismo CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConferenceo Vancouver,BC

June2005

• Activism,AppointmentsandDecision-makingattheSupremeCourtofCanada

o ProbusClub,Victoria,MonthlyMeetingo Victoria,BC

June2005

• ReflectionsonModernConstitutions,EmergingDemocraciesandtheRuleofLaw

o WorldFederalists,VictoriaChapter-GeneralMeetingo Victoria,BC

May2005

• TheBookofJob,Injustice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw

o AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,Culture,andtheHumanities

o Austin,TX

April2005

• UnderstandingLawasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublicSphere

o ConversationsonMarsHill:LectureSeriesontheIntersectionofReligionandCivilLife

o Edmonton,AB

December2004

TeachingExperience

• CriminalLaw(FirstYear)o LectureandSmallGroupo UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool

2004–Present

• TheLawofEvidenceo Lectureo UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool

2005–Present

• Law&Religiono Seminaro UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool

2008–Present

• VarietiesoftheSecularo IntensiveSeminaro MonashUniversity,PratoCampus

2013;2014

Benjamin L. Berger

• LawinaGlobalContexto GraduateSeminaro OsgoodeHallLawSchool

2011–2012

• ProblemsofProof:AdvancedPerspectivesontheLawofEvidence

o GraduateSeminaro OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessional

Development

2014–Present

• FundamentalFreedoms(withProf.JamieCameron)o GraduateSeminaro OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessional

Development

2012

• CivilLibertiesandtheChartero Seminaro UniversityofVictoria

2006;2007

• TheLegalProcesso Seminaro UniversityofVictoria

2004–2011

• CriminalLawTermo IntensiveProgramo UniversityofVictoria

Spring2009

• CivilLibertiesandtheChartero UniversityofVictoria

2006–2007

GraduateSupervision

• SamaneHemat,Ph.D.,Lawo Supervisoro IndigenousPeoples,ReligiousFreedomAdvocacy,and

InternationalEconomicDevelopment

2014-Present

• DanaPhillips,LL.M.o Supervisoro “Let’sTalkAboutSexualAssault:Investigationthe

RelationshipBetweenSocialandLegalDiscourses”

2014-Present

• YaelMachtiger,Ph.D.,Socio-LegalStudieso CommitteeMembero “SoundsofSilence:AComparativeSocio-Legal

ExaminationofGet(Jewishdivorce)Refusal”

2011-Present

• JessicaMcKeachie,LL.M.o Supervisoro “RecoveringthePromiseofPublicTruth:Juridificationand

theLossofPublicPurposeinPublicInquiries”

2012-2014

Benjamin L. Berger

• HeatherKuiper,LL.Mo Supervisoro MajorResearchPaperonEqualityandPhilosophyofLaw

2012-2013

• JeanetteGevikoglu,LL.M.o Supervisoro “ReconcilingtheIrreconcilable?:IndigenousIdentityand

theCriminalJusticeSystem”

2010-2011

• GeoffreyConrad,LL.M.o Supervisoro “ExemplarsorExceptions:ImaginingConstitutionalCourts

inaReligiouslyDiverseSociety”

2010-2011

• IlonaCairns,LL.M.o Supervisoro “CrimesofEquality:theRacialProfilingParadoxof

Canada’s‘WaronTerror.’”

2008-2010

ServicetotheLegalProfession

• NationalJudicialInstitute,FacultyPresenter.o Participatedinover20conferences,including

§ NationalCriminalLawConference§ NewlyFederallyAppointedJudgesConference§ NationalEvidenceConference§ NationalFamilyLawSeminar§ SocialContextSeminars§ RegionalConferencesinAtlanticCanada,Ontario,

Manitoba

2006–Present

• BritishColumbiaContinuingLegalEducationSocietyo MasteringCivilEvidence

Spring2010

• CanadianAssociationforProvincialCourtJudges,Consultanto ConsultantonWebsiteProject–ReligionChapter

Spring2006

• Pro-BonoLegalConsultationonCridgeParkHomelessIssueo ConsultantonWebsiteProject–ReligionChapter

2005–2006

Advocacy

• CounselfortheCanadianCivilLibertiesAssociationo ArguedbeforetheSupremeCourtofCanadainthe

MatterofR.v.Carono Co-counselwithJosephJ.Arvay,Q.C.

April2010

VolunteerCommunityActivities

• CongregationEmanu-El 2009–2011

Benjamin L. Berger

o MembershipCommitteeChairandMemberoftheBoardofDirectors

• VictoriaRestorativeJusticeSocietyo Co-Chairo BoardMember

2008–2011

AdministrativeContributionstotheLawSchool

2014-2015

• ChairofAdmissionsCommittee• FacultyRecruitmentCommittee• OHFAGrievanceAdvisoryCommittee• DirectorofProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure 2012-2013

• FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee• OHFABargainingCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee

2011-2012(Osgoode)

• FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee

2010-2011(UniversityofVictoria)

• Co-DirectorofLegalProcess• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyGraduateStudiesAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• J.I.D.ProgramCommittee• L.R.W.MootJudge• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)


• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• AuthorofOpenMemoforLRW• Chair–HumanitarianAwardCommittee• B.I.L.ProgramCommittee• FacultyAdvisor–Dean’sAdvisoryCouncilonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)

Benjamin L. Berger


• AdmissionsCommittee(FallOnly)• FacultyAdvisoryCommittee(Appointments)• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCo-AdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawforAll)


• FacultyofLawHumanitarianAwardCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition• FacultyAdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(CriminalLawClub)2005-2006(UniversityofVictoria)

• FacultyofLawCurriculumCommittee• FacultyofLawFirstYearCurriculumReviewWorkingGroup• FacultyofLawReappointment,PromotionandTenureCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WomenandConstitutionBuilding)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WrongfulConvictions)• AssignedAuthorforFirstYearLRWOpenMemo

AdministrativeContributionstotheUniversity

• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandards(FacultyofGraduateStudiesRepresentative,UVic)

2010–2011

• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandardsPercentageGradingSub-Committee(FacultyofGraduateStudiesRepresentative,UVic)

2010–2011

• ReligiousStudiesMajorProgramCommittee(UVic) 2009–2011

• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic) 2008–2011

• CompensationandBenefitsCommittee,FacultyAssociation(UVic)

2008–2009

• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety 2005–2009

Benjamin L. Berger

(UVic)

• TaskForceonMandatoryRetirement,FacultyAssociation(UVic)

Summer2007

• DirectorSearchCommittee,CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety(UVic)

Summer2007

ServicetothePublicandOtherProfessions

• CollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeonsofOntario,DisciplineCommittee

o APrimerontheLawofEvidence

April17,2012

• SocietyofOntarioAdjudicatorsandRegulatorso PrinciplesofEvidenceforAdministrativeDecision-

Makers

February1,2012

CommunityandProfessionalPresentations

• Presentero METRACforumonBillS-7,the“ZeroTolerancefor

BarbaricCulturalPracticesAct”

April15,2015

• “ConfoundingSecularism”o Presentationat“ReflectionsonReligion,Equality,and

Women’sRights”Symposiumo LEAF

January30,2015

• “StorytellingandtheLawsofEvidence”o PresentationtoGrade11EnglishClassontheLawsof

Evidence,CWJefferysCollegiateInstituteo LAWSProgram

December8,2014

• “SecularismandSovereigntyinCanada:Law,Religion,andPoliticsfromtheOriginsoftheNationtothe‘CharterofValues’”

o YorkCirclePresentationforYorkUniversity

September20,2014

• DistinguishedSpeakers’SeriespanelontheQuebecChartero OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity

October23,2014

• ConstitutionalFaith:CharterRightsandReligioninCanadao 6weekcommunitycourseo OfferedbyTheNoorCentre,CongregationEmanu-El,

andEmannuelCollege(UofT)

Spring2013

• “ConsentandDisclosure:ADiscussionofR.v.Mabior”o PresentationorganizedbyOsgoodeHallLawSchoolLegal

&LiterarySociety

October17,2012

• TheLawofSearchandSeizureinCanada:FoundationalPrinciplesandContemporaryChallenges

April7,2009

Benjamin L. Berger

o PresentationtoBrentwoodCollegeSchool(studentsingrades10-12)

• CommunityForumontheTentCityDecisiono PanelistcommentingonVictoriav.Adamsforaudienceof

localcommunityanduniversitystudents.

November17,2008

• ABriefIntroductiontoLaw:TheCaseofAssaultandR.v.Bertuzzi

o DeliveredtotheAboriginalStudentMini-UniversitySummerCamp

Summer2008Summer2007Summer2006Summer2004

• ConferenceonTerrorismandSecurityCertificateso ModeratorforUVicInternationalandHumanRightsLaw

AssociationEvent

March3,2007

• DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLaw

o DeliveredtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistSociety

Spring2007

• DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystemo DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesof

theWuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina

Summer2006

• Harm,MoralityandtheLimitsofCriminalLawo UVicSpeaker'sBureauo PresentedtotheInmatesofWilliamHeadPenitentiary

Summer2006

• ThePathtoLawSchoolo PresentedtotheConferenceofSecondarySchool

Counselorso UVicRecruitmentServices

Spring2006

• TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedomso PresentedtotheJewishCommunityCentreofVictoriao UVicSpeaker'sBureau

Spring2006



Spring2006

• TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedomso PresentedtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistAssociationo UVicSpeaker'sBureau

Fall2005

• Participantina"Teach-In"ontheIdeaofthePassiveCitizeno UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association

Fall2005

• TheRationaleandMeritsofS.T.V.o PresentedtotheCommunityForumonElectoralReform

arrangedbytheEnvironmentalLawClub

Spring2005

• Participantina"Teach-In"onTerrorismandCivilLibertieso UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association

Spring2005

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