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Canada’s first female chief justice still hasn’t shaken the impostor syndrome

'I kind of just go ahead and do what I feel I should do, and get myself into situations where I’m thinking, "Oh, everybody here knows more than I do. But anyway, here goes." It served me very well,' says former Supreme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin.

The fear of hitting a ceiling and spending the rest of her career as a county court judge almost dissuaded Canada's first female chief justice of the Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin from accepting a spot on the bench. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Beatrice Paez

September 21, 2020

Former Supreme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin’s journey to the highest position on the highest court has been nothing short of extraordinary.

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