Barbara Betcherman

Barbara Betcherman was born in Toronto, Ontario (ca. 1948). She received degrees in philosophy and later, in law, but before becoming a lawyer, she engaged in many different occupations. She was a nightclub waitress, a bank teller, a professional stage manager, a drama teacher, and encyclopedia salesperson and she also worked at the famous Toronto bookstore, The Book Cellar. Her law career was no less varied. After topping her class at the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in …