INTRODUCTION

Angela Codina completed her studies in Canada, in philosophy, political science, international diplomacy, cooperation, and the law.  She is fluent in six languages, including English, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Italian, and has working proficiency in German.  After graduating from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, and receiving her Juris Doctorate, Angela Codina articled with the law offices of Stikeman, Elliott, in Ottawa, and also worked as legal assistant to Parliamentary counsel, Mr. Joseph Maingot, where she was involved in the drafting of legislation for the House of Commons, and was the author of an article on the Law Reform Commission of Canada which appeared in the Inter-Parliamentary Bulletin, a publication that is distributed in all of the democratically-elected parliaments of the world.  During this period, Angela Codina also worked with the Privy Council Office and the then Department of External Affairs and acted as press and liaison officer during the first Economic Summit of the G-7, which took place in Ottawa.  She was responsible for escorting heads of state, including British Prime Minister Thatcher, and French President Mitterand, and the foreign delegations at the summit.  Angela Codina was also employed with the legal department of the Canadian Transportation Commission, and the Department of Justice where she worked as legal researcher, and was legal assistant to several judges (i.e., Judge Guy Goulard, Judge Marin, Judge Beaulne), including the Honourable Justice Louise Charron, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.  Over the years, Angela Codina was also involved in a number of high profile civil rights and human rights cases, and in 1987 was successful in having the contempt of court section of the Criminal Code of Canada declared unconstitutional.  She has appeared regularly on television and on the radio and has published articles and other writings in various publications including the Globe & Mail, a Canadian national newspaper.