Sharon A. Williams (1951-2016) was a Canadian lawyer and legal scholar who served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague from 1991 to 1997, was a consultant to the Canadian Department of Justice on extradition matters, and was a Judge

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from 2001 to 2003. She studied at Harvard (LL.B.) and Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.M., D.Jur.) where she was a professor of law.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Sharon Canadian lawyers Canadian legal scholars Academic staff of the Osgoode Hall Law School International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia judges Canadian judges of United Nations courts and tribunals Harvard Law School alumni Osgoode Hall Law School alumni 1951 births 2016 deaths