Marie Deschamps is a
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on the
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Education
She studied law at the
Université de MontréalThe Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
, graduating in 1974 and completing a Masters in 1983 at
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Career
She was called to the bar in 1975 and then practiced at several Quebec law firms until 1990.
In April 1990 Deschamps was appointed to the
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and in March 1992 to the
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and promoted to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2002.
Deschamps is also an Associate Professor at the
Université de SherbrookeThe Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with campuses located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It is one of two universities, and the only French language university, in the Estrie region of Quebec.In 2007, the...
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