About Glen Luther

LL.B. (Saskatchewan, 1981), LL.M. (Queen's, 1986), Q.C. Associate Professor, College of Law, Associate Member Department of Psychiatry, Executive Committee Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences and Justice Studies , Member Saskatchewan (NCR) Review Board, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Email: glen.luther@usask.ca; Website: here Professor Luther has published extensively in the criminal procedure area. His academic interests include police powers, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, criminal law and sentencing, trial procedure, evidence, and Law and Psychiatry. Professor Luther joined the faculty of the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan in 2003 having previously held teaching positions at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and the University of Calgary. He has extensive practice experience as a criminal lawyer having practiced in Lloydminster (his hometown) from 1981-1984 and Calgary, Alberta, from 1989 – 2003 and since that time on an occasional basis in Saskatchewan. He has argued cases throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan at all levels of courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. Currently his practice is limited to consulting with other counsel and assisting them in the presentation of cases before the courts. He is a member of the Law Societies of both Saskatchewan and Alberta (non-practicing) and has been very active in numerous professional associations, most recently with the Saskatchewan Trial Lawyers Association (STLA). He regularly presents at judicial conferences through the National Judicial Institute (NJI) and the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges (CAPCJ). He was for many years a team leader in the Intensive Trial Advocacy Programme for practicing lawyers at the University of Calgary. He has published extensively in the criminal procedure area. His book, Detention and Arrest, co-authored with Professor Steve Coughlan of Dalhousie University, was published in 2010 by Irwin Law. He is an Associate Member of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan and a member of the Criminal Code Saskatchewan Review Board. He is a close collaborator with Dr. Mansfield Mela, forensic psychiatrist, (here) and they co-teach the Law and Psychiatry Seminars together to both law students and psychiatric residents. He is on the executive committee of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences and Justice Studies at the University (here). Professor Luther has received several awards for teaching excellence and in 2009 was appointed Queen’s Counsel for the Province of Saskatchewan. He is a Board member of Saskatoon’s CLASSIC legal assistance clinic (here) and a descendant of the Ojibway Nation near Sarnia, Ontario.