{{short description|Canadian jurist}} '''Manon Savard''' is a Canadian jurist who has been Chief Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal since June 2020.
==Early life and education==
Savard, daughter of Marc Savard and Suzanne Primeau,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.urgelbourgie.com/fr/necrologie-avis-de-deces/26553-marc-savard|title=Marc Savard|language=French|access-date=2021-01-15|archive-date=2021-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926014903/https://www.urgelbourgie.com/fr/necrologie-avis-de-deces/26553-marc-savard|url-status=dead}}</ref> is from Montreal.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://courdappelduquebec.ca/en/about-the-court/composition/the-honourable-manon-savard/|publisher=Court of Appeal of Quebec|title=The Honourable Manon Savard|accessdate=15 January 2021}}</ref> She attended the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, finishing high school in 1979. In 1982, she graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from McGill University and in 1985 with a Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Law at the University of Montreal.<ref name=bio/>
==Career== Savard was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1986 and worked at law firm Ogilvy Renault (now Norton Rose Fulbright) from 1986 until 2009. Her expertise is in employment and labour law, human rights and administrative law.<ref name=bio/> Savard has taught at the Bar of Quebec and advised the Quebec Minister of Labour on legislative issues.<ref name=bio/>
On 29 July 2009, Savard was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court, becoming a member of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee and overseeing the court's Student Interns Committee.<ref name=bio/> Savard was appointed to the Court of Appeal on 25 April 2013.<ref name=bio/>
On 11 June 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Savard's appointment as Chief Justice of Quebec.<ref name=announce>{{cite web|url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2020/06/11/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-quebec|date=11 June 2020|accessdate=15 January 2021|publisher=Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada|title=Prime Minister announces appointment of new Chief Justice of Quebec}}</ref><ref name=ctv>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/trudeau-appoints-manon-savard-new-chief-justice-of-quebec/|title=Trudeau appoints Manon Savard new chief justice of Quebec|first=Selena|last=Ross|date=11 June 2020|access-date=15 January 2021|publisher=CTV News}}</ref> She became the second woman in the role, after Nicole Duval Hesler, whom she replaced.<ref name=announce/><ref name=ctv/>
==Personal life== Savard is married to Daniel Jutras, rector of the Université de Montréal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lordreading.org/newsletter/newsletter-may-2016/|title=You too can be a Senator|first=Larry|last=Markowitz|publisher=The Lord Reading Law Society|date=May 2016|accessdate=15 January 2021|work=Newsletter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/law-prof-jutras-appointed-to-order-of-canada/|title=Law prof Jutras appointed to Order of Canada|work=McGill Reporter|date=8 January 2020|accessdate=15 January 2021|first=James|last=Martin}}</ref>
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