‘Knees together’ judge should be able to practise law again: written submission
CALGARY — The lawyer for a former judge who asked why a rape complainant didn’t resist by keeping her knees together is arguing that a “lack of sensitivity” at the time is no reason to prevent Robin Camp from rejoining the legal profession.
Alain Hepner has filed his final written submission to the Law Society of Alberta on behalf of Camp, who stepped down from Federal Court in March following a Canadian Judicial Council recommendation that he be removed from the bench.
The council called Camp’s behaviour during a 2014 sexual assault trial “profoundly destructive” and said it undermined public confidence in the judiciary.
Camp — a provincial court judge in Calgary at the time — called the complainant “the accused” numerous times and asked her why she didn’t resist the alleged assault by keeping her “knees together.”