Education
May 2008	Master of Arts, War Studies Royal Military College, Kingston, ON
June 2001	Diploma in High Performance Coaching National Coaching Institute - Victoria University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
June 2001	Bachelor of Laws University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
June 1998	Diploma in Public Sector Management University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
June 1997	Bachelor of Arts Degree, Political Science University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
August 1995	Associate of Arts Degree, Anthropology Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Community Involvement
June 1994 - present	VESSEL COMMANDING OFFICER CANADIAN FORCES - MARITIME COMMAND
Commanding Officer of various Canadian Forces Tender Class Vessels responsible for the safety of the crew and the ship at all times and the training of the crew and Officer complement. This position involves going to sea primarily on weekends and conducting various military training exercises. This command position includes responsibility for all aspects of vessel logistics including passage planning, rationing and storing as well as administrative responsibility for staff promotions. Given my current level of seniority I am primarily tasked with the additional duty of being the "Officer in Tactical Command" of the entire squadron which results in a significant increase in my organizational, administrative and logistical responsibilities.
1998 - present	BC WHEELCHAIR SPORTS
Provincial Coach for Athletics for BC Wheelchair Sports. This volunteer position includes doing physical assessments as well as developing both annual and competition plans for a variety of athletes with a broad range of disabilities throughout the province.  Head Coach of the Provincial Team at both the Western Canada Summer Games in 1999 and 2003 and the Canada Summer Games in 2001 and am currently appointed for the Canada Games in 2005. I have also taken various members of the Provincial team to the annual National Team Training Camp for BC and attended the World Championships in Lille, France in July of 2002 as a Coach with the Canadian National Team and the 2004 Paralympics Games in Athens, Greece.  One of only two wheelchair athletics coaches to ever be certified at Level 4 of the National Coaching Certification Program and hold the professional designation ChPC as a Chartered Professional Coach.
2005 - present	ATHLETICS CANADA
Event Group Leader for Athletics Canada's Paralympics Program working particularly in the areas of athlete and coach development, coach education and national team programs as well as the general advancement Paralympics athletics.
1997 - present	NCCP COURSE CONDUCTOR
One of a very select few National Coaching Certification Program Course Conductors who travels around Vancouver Island delivering the NCCP program to the many small communities where there would otherwise be no coach education taking place. A significant component of this program involves the issue of ethics in sport.
2003 - 2007	PACIFICSPORT - VANCOUVER ISLAND
Vancouver Island nominee to the Provincial Board of PacificSport. PacificSport's mission is to create a dynamic environment for sport performance at all levels by integrating world-class Athlete Services, Coaching Excellence and long-term Sport Development initiatives.  Chaired the standing sub-committee on Governance and the Integration sub-committee.  Chair of the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Island region of PacificSport.
Certificates
Canadian Forces	Tender Charge Command Endorsement Tender Charge Certificate Winter Adventure Training Instructor CHAP Instructor
Canadian Yachting Association	Instructor Evaluator Red/Orange Instructor Basic Cruising Instructor Gold Sail (Level VII) Coastal Navigation Certificate
Other Certificates	NCCP Level IV Wheelchair Track and Field Coach NCCP Level III Sailing Coach Industry Canada Examiner for Marine, Land and Aeronautical Radio Telephone Operator's Licenses
Awards
Coaching	BC Athletics High Performance Coach of the Year 2007 Coaches Association of BC International Coach of the Year 2006 BC Athletics High Performance Coach of the Year 2006 BC Wheelchair Sports Coach of the Year 2005 BC Wheelchair Sports Coach of the Year 2004 Coaching Assoc. of Canada - Coaching Recognition Award 2003
	BC Wheelchair Sports President's Award 2003 BC Wheelchair Sports Coach of the Year 2002 BC Wheelchair Sports President's Award 2001 BC Athletics Excellence Award (Senior Coach) 2001 BC Wheelchair Sports President's Award 2000 BC Wheelchair Sports President's Award 1999 Bob Bearpark Coaching Bursary 1998
Legal	Owen Bird Prize in Appellate Advocacy 1999 Top 4, Sopinka Cup, National Trial Moot 1999 1st place, MacIntyre Cup (Western Can. Trial Competition) 1999 1st place, Peter Burns Trial Competition 1998 Jim Pozer Award 1998-99
Military	Canadian Forces Decoration, 2004 Massey Memorial Sword of Honour for Top Student, Basic Officer Course, 1992
Other	Duke of Edinburgh's Gold, and Silver Awards
Academic Papers & Presentations
Lawless, Peter R. (May 2006). 'Broken arrows, broken dreams: the myth of the Avro Arrow'. 17th Military History Colloquium, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, University of Western Ontario.  Lawless, Peter R. (Apr 2006). 'The workings of the U.S. military commissions at Guantanamo Bay'. 4th Research Group in International Security Colloquium, University of Montreal.  Lawless, Peter R. (Feb 2006). 'Why use military commissions?' 8th Annual Conference on War & Security, Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Calgary.