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HEARSAY THE SCHULICH SCHOOL OF LAW ALUMNI MAGAZINE
The inimitable
JOHN CROSBIE MEET DEAN CAMILLE CAMERON CITIZEN LAWYERS DHX'S MICHAEL DONOVAN
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SCHOOL NEWS
ALUMNI
DONOR REPORT
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11 Michael Donovan credits his law degree with mapping out his successful film and TV production career
35 The law school's fundraising in review
18 John Crosbie talks about his career as a lawyer and his notable four decades in politics
ALUMNI RECOGNIZED
School moots, faculty members recognized and a new combined law degree
STUDENT NOTES 14 Third-year student Peter L'Esperance promotes environmentalism in some unconventional ways 21 By the Numbers: Student ratios, tuition numbers and financial aid
26 Citizen Lawyers: Eight paliamentarians share their passion for public service 33 Classmates Geoff Regan and George Furey are appointed The Hill's speakers of the House and Senate 34 The consummate public servant, Stewart McInnes
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22 The Bertha Wilson Honour Society's newest inductees 24 Heather MacNeil receives the 2015 Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service
FACULTY PROFILES 44 Schulich faculty members working hard, as always
GRAPEVINE 49 Find out what your classmates are up to
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IN MEMORIAM
DEAN R. CAMILLE CAMERON
56 Alumni and friends that the Law School says goodbye to this year
EDITOR & DESIGNER KAREN KAVANAUGH COPY EDITOR
2016 REUNION 59 It's the Law School's 33rd Annual Alumni Reunion. Check for your milestone class reunion year and connect with class volunteers.
JANE DOUCET CONTRIBUTING WRITERS JANE DOUCET, ALLISON LAWLOR, DONALEE MOULTON GRAPEVINE EDITOR TAMMI HAYNE
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The many students with whom I have spoken identify the sense of community that exists at the law school as one of our greatest strengths.” —Dean Camille Cameron
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First Impressions
CAMILLE CAMERON, DEAN AND WELDON PROFESSOR OF LAW
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y first months at the Schulich School of Law have been a lot of fun. When I joined the law school in September 2015, my immediate priorities were to get to know faculty, staff and students and to begin to meet our many graduates throughout the country. I have been doing that, and here are some first impressions. The many students with whom I have spoken identify the sense of community that exists at the law school as one of our greatest strengths. Our students come from and return to cities and towns all over the country, from Newfoundland to British Columbia to the Northwest Territories, and all points in between. What do they find here? A strong community, friendships that will last a lifetime, faculty who are dedicated to quality teaching and research, and administrative staff committed to ensuring a positive learning experience for every student. I marvel at the number of activities in which our students are involved that add so much to the law school experience, and sometimes I wonder how they find the time to be the excellent students they are while still being so active in extracurricular activities. I have also been using my first few months as Dean to meet our many graduates and friends in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada. As someone who practiced law in Halifax for 10 years at the beginning of my career, it has been a pleasure to renew acquaintances with many former colleagues and friends. It is clear that the law school, the profession and the judiciary share strong ties. One of my very first impressions was of the remarkably high degree of participation by judges and lawyers at every stage of our Orientation Week in September. Subsequently, I have learned just how many practitioners contribute to teaching and to our guest speaker events. We are planning an ambitious schedule of alumni visits in the Atlantic region, nationally and internationally for 2016, and I am looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible. It really is one of the delights of the job. The alumni and their stories featured in this edition of Hearsay attest to our 2016 H E A R S AY
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identity as ‘Canada’s national law school’. They also speak to the varieties of careers in which our graduates work and excel—in private practice, in business, as entrepreneurs, in politics, as government lawyers, as human rights advocates, as filmmakers. What great examples they are for our current students! That same excellence, professionalism, and scope are evident with our Schulich School of Law faculty. Our faculty members are committed to active scholarship and good teaching. They share their subject expertise with the public in media interviews and public lectures; they build local, national and international networks with other researchers; and they contribute as good citizens to the governance of the law school, the university, and the community. Their activities described in this edition attest to their excellence and their achievements. They are supported in these activities by the commitment of many talented administrative staff members. There is a consistent buzz of activity at the Schulich School of Law. Here is just a small sample of the kinds of activities I have had the pleasure to be involved with in the past few months. • A conference organized entirely by law students, IDEALaw: Access to Justice, with excellent speakers from across the country, including a keynote speech by Justice Thomas Cromwell held at the new Halifax public library. • ‘Mini-Law Lectures’ given by our faculty for members of the community on a variety of topics, from climate change, to freedom of religion, to the nuts and bolts of making a will. (PS - You can find many of them on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/schulichlaw.) • The annual event hosted by the Minister of Justice, Diana Whalen, to celebrate our Indigenous Black and Mi’kmaq Initiative, attended by current and former graduates of the program, its many supporters in the community, the Minister of Justice and members of the legislature. It was a great celebration of a great initiative. • Meeting with the students who have applied for court clerkships across the country, and being so impressed with what they have achieved academically and as people committed to giving back to their law school, university, and wider communities. • Attending our weekly research seminars and enjoying the scope and the breadth of the research that is being done by our faculty members. • Our recent professional development day for faculty, where we discussed the calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation Report and how we, as a law school, can most effectively and meaningfully respond to them, especially Call to Action 28 and its focus on Canadian law school curricula. To our alumni and alumnae, thank you for the credit your accomplishments bring to our law school and university, and thank you for your generosity in contributing your time, resources, and expertise to ensuring that we can continue to offer a first class experience for our students.
Sincerely, Dean Camille Cameron
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WELCOME to another edition of Hearsay, to 2016 and to the inaugural academic year of the Law School’s new Dean, Camille Cameron. Since my last message, several hundred more students have graduated from the Schulich School of Law. These new alumni have joined the worldwide growing number of legally trained professionals. Your support in mentoring and employing them greatly elevates the value of a degree from our alma mater. As alumni, if we support each other, we are in essence promoting ourselves. As we all recognize, the rapidly rising cost of a legal education has put more demands on our Law School and its students. Dalhousie has continued to attract academically gifted applicants from across Canada. Our graduates have found placements across the globe as practitioners, academics and advisers to corporations, governments and non-governmental organizations. One of my classmates recently received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration; another became a professional snooker player. The Weldon Tradition has encouraged alumni to participate in the communities in which they live. That donation of time and effort further enhances the reputation of the School.
We are endeavouring to encourage groups of graduates to form local alumni organizations. One of our newest branches has been established in London, England. The main purpose of a local branch isn’t to pick the pockets of our alumni—however, donations are always gratefully received—but rather to generate mutual support. If you’re interested in forming a branch or connecting with an existing branch, please contact Karen Kavanaugh, our Director of Alumni and Development, at karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca. All is not rosy in the legal profession. Enrolment in many U.S. law schools is plummeting. Legal-training costs in this country are escalating (another plug for your money). The ancient and honourable profession of practicing law is being tested—so, too, is the rule of law around the world and the question of how and whether someone can receive a legal education. The reputation of Schulich Law has so far stood the test of time, but a reputation is a fragile thing. As alumni, we want to maintain our pride in the reputation of our law school and its graduates. Whether we’re in the nation’s courtrooms, offices, legislatures or poolrooms, we’re the public face of the Schulich School of Law. Thank you for making us proud. •
THE HONOURABLE JUDGE MICHAEL SHERAR ('77) PRESIDENT, DALHOUSIE LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
DALHOUSIE LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CHAPTERS BRITISH COLUMBIA
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School News 01 Schulich moot team takes first place
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Our National Labour Arbitration Moot team took top honours at the end of January in Toronto. The Schulich School of Law placed first among eight Canadian law schools in this national competition sponsored by the Toronto law firm Mathews Dinsdale. Second-year law students Andrew Mercier and Will McLennan triumphed over the team from the University of Toronto. Congratulations to the students and their coaches, Prof. Lorraine Lafferty and Eric Slone. Thanks to those who assisted with practice rounds, including labour lawyers from Pink Larkin and McInnes Cooper and Prof. Bruce Archibald.
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In January, Prof. Joanna Erdman began her term as chair of the Global Health Advisory Committee of the Public Health Program, Open Society Foundations, which is among the largest of the thematic programs of the global philanthropies of George Soros. The Public Health Program is a grant-making and operational program that pursues goals at the intersection of health and rights. The Program also aims to make legal regimes and justice systems more responsive to public health concerns and needs.
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Prof. Wayne MacKay received an honorary degree (Doctor of Civil Law, Honoris Causa) from Saint Mary’s University on Oct. 16. He has had a distinguished career as a university administrator, legal scholar, respected teacher and constitutional and human rights expert. Previously he has served as President and Vice-Chancellor of Mount Allison University, as well as an advisor to governments, national agencies and tribunals on Canadian diversity issues, constitutional issues and civil rights and human rights initiatives. Prof. MacKay’s respected opinions are sought by academics, public policy-makers, government, community leaders and local and national media.
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In September, Prof. Jocelyn Downie was chosen by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation as a recipient of its annual prestigious research fellowships. A Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine and a faculty associate of the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie, she is the first Dalhousie scholar to be named a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow. A specialist in the legal issues surrounding medically assisted dying, Prof. Downie’s fellowship work will involve the full spectrum of stakeholders to advance law and policy on palliative care, end-of-life treatments, voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide.
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03 Law and journalism schools pair up
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The Schulich School of Law and the University of King’s College are offering a new combined law degree and master’s of journalism program, which is the first of its kind in Canada. Students with an undergraduate degree in journalism or experience as a journalist can earn the Master of Journalism/Juris Doctor degree in three years, while those without a journalism background can do the program in four. Everyone must apply separately to, and be accepted by, both the journalism MJ program and the law JD program and pay tuition to both schools.
In September, Prof. Richard Devlin was named one of 87 new Royal Society of Canada Fellows. According to the RSC, he has “produced some of the most interesting and provocative writing in the area of critical legal studies. In that period he tackled such diverse topics as Irish hunger strikes, disability, Aboriginal rights, corporate law, contract law, constitutional law, and judicial bias.” More recently, anticipating profound changes in the context of legal practice and the regulation of the legal profession, Prof. Devlin has written extensively about judicial ethics, self-regulation and legal ethics education, which has pushed him to the forefront of this field.
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Naiomi Metallic has accepted a full-time tenure track position with the Law School effective July 1. Metallic, who is from the Listuguj Mi'kmaq First Nation in Quebec, was the first Mi'kmaq person to be a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada in 2006. She is currently completing a Professional LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. Since 2008, Metallic has guest lectured at the School on subjects such as Cultural Competence, Aboriginal Peoples and the Law, and Evidence. She also taught the Aboriginal Peoples seminar course and coached the Kawaskimhon Moot.
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The Correctional Service of Canada presented the 2015 National Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award to Prof. Jennifer Llewellyn on Nov. 16 in Quebec City, as part of the annual National Restorative Justice Symposium. Prof. Llewellyn is the Viscount Bennett Professor at the Schulich School of Law and an international expert in restorative justice. Her teaching and research is focused in the areas of restorative justice, truth commissions, international and domestic human rights law and Canadian constitutional law.
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School News 09 Smith Shield Moot winners
10 Chircop named Canada Research Chair
Last year’s Smith Shield Moot winners were Emily Hansen and Kathryn Piché, who received the AS Pattillo Prize in Advocacy. The runners-up were James Boyle and Lauren Soubolsky, who received the Leonard Kitz Prize in Advocacy. Thank you to The Honourable Justice Joel E. Fichaud of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, The Honourable Justice Denise Boudreau of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and Jill Perry, President of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society. Prof. Cynthia Chewter would like to thank Jason Cooke of Burchells for his assistance with the development of the moot problem.
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11 Shapiro wins DOJ Excellence Award Prof. Jonathan Shapiro was part of a small federal Department of Justice litigation team that recently won a DOJ National Excellence Award for their work on the Manuge file. The case was a national class action lawsuit over military-pension clawbacks brought by discharged veterans. The lead plaintiff was disabled Halifax veteran Dennis Manuge, who was injured in an accident at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa in Ontario just before being deployed to Bosnia in 2001. For the Manuge file, Shapiro wrote the certification motion and several other stages of the case, including the constitutional argument. The estimated total value of the proposed settlement, which was awarded in 2013, was up to $887.8 million, including $423.3 million in retroactive payments, which in turn includes $82.6 million in interest. 10
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Prof. Aldo Chircop was named the Canada Research Chair in Maritime Law and Policy. Created in 2000, the Canada Research Chairs program has helped attract and retain some of the world's most accomplished and promising minds. Canada Research Chairs deepen our knowledge, enhance our quality of life and grow our economy. Dalhousie University will receive $5.7 million for these new chairs. The Marine and Environmental Law Institute is home to both Prof. Aldo Chircop, Canada Research Chair in Maritime Law and Policy, and Prof. David VanderZwaag, Canada Research Chair in Ocean Law and Governance.
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Running the show Michael Donovan, Canada's EY Entrepreneur of the Year, credits his law degree with helping him successfully map his film and TV production career by DONALEE MOULTON
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ichael Donovan rang out 2015 on a high note. In November, the founder and executive chair of Halifax-based DHX Media Limited, the largest independent creator and distributor of family and children’s programming in the world, inked a deal with Mattel, Inc. for a range of new content inspired by the toy company’s icons, including Bob the
Builder and Polly Pocket, and signed a deal with goliath Dreamworks to co-produce 130 episodes of original animated content. That same month, out of 183 finalists, Donovan was named Canada’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year “for his industry foresight and relentless belief in the demand for goodquality entertainment content.” Such accolades have become business
as usual for Donovan, who graduated from the law school in 1977. It was a degree that would prove useful for his many entrepreneurial efforts, but a traditional law career was never in the script. “After law school, my brother persuaded me to join him in starting a film company in Halifax,” he says. “I felt that the world of law would be much better off.” 2016 H E A R S AY
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That company was Salter Street Films, and it went on to produce Siege (also known as Self Defense). The action-thriller was shot in two weeks on a tiny budget and was sold to almost every country in the world. For television, Salter Street produced CODCO, Made in Canada and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, the first full-length satirical news series that is still on the air after 23 years. In 2002, Donovan walked the Hollywood red carpet—and walked home with an Oscar for co-producing Bowling for Columbine, a political documentary directed by Michael Moore. Salter Street, named for Donovan’s address the last few years he was in law school, went public in 1998, raising roughly $12 million. Three years later, the company was sold to Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. for about $80 million. Donovan
I was 47—too young to retire, and Canada has intellectual capital for family and children’s programming. stayed on to run the subsidiary, but when Alliance dissolved Salter Street in 2003, the founder, former owner and lifelong entrepreneur resolved to start afresh. “I decided from a clean sheet of paper to create a new company,” he says. “I was 47—too young to retire, and Canada has intellectual capital for family and children’s programming. There is a brain trust.” So Donovan launched the Halifax Film Company with his former VP of production. Together they produced shows for children, dramas for adults and the award-winning feature Shake Hands with the Devil, based on Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire’s memoir about the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Two years and one merger later, DHX made its inaugural appearance on the TSX, raising about $20 million in its initial public offering. Today the company, which is headquartered in Halifax and has studios in Toronto and Vancouver, boasts a market capitalization of roughly $1 billion, employs more than 1,300 people worldwide and owns a library of children’s and family content that
contains more than 11,000 half-hours. Revenues in fiscal 2015 were $264 million, up from $116.13 million in fiscal 2014. The success isn’t happenstance; the risks that Donovan takes as an executive and an entrepreneur are carefully calculated. “In order to arrive at a place, you have to have the map to get you there,” he stresses. The map, however, doesn’t have to be complicated. Indeed, the road to success is founded on simplicity and a little good fortune. “You need a plan where more money comes in than goes out. It’s really not much more complicated than that. Then opportunities present themselves or they don’t.” The key to DHX’s success, for example, can be largely summed up in one word: independence. The lack of corporate constraints means that DHX can move quickly to take the advantage of technology and business opportunities. “Studios are more limited to act quickly,” says Donovan. “Speed is of great importance.” He points to the opportunity afforded by the emergence and popularity of Netflix, the world’s leading distributor of streaming media. “Studios are unable to sell top shows to Netflix. As an independent company, we were able to download our entire content.” Donovan credits his law degree with helping him successfully map his film and television production career. “There is a discipline and a way of looking at the world,” he says of law school. “I feel more confident in knowing when to reject advice.” The head of DHX also has some advice of his own for those who would like to follow in his footsteps and carve their own career path. First, learn to let go. “Managers have to step back,” says Donovan. “One of the risks of too much hands-on is that you start to micromanage. There’s a discipline to stepping back.” Common sense is also essential; for example, he advises future business leaders to go where the money is, even if it isn’t where they’re based. “There’s no money in Halifax—none. Trying to get money in Halifax is a waste of time.” Donovan also recommends surrounding yourself with talented and creative people. “To an amazing degree, this decision isn’t made— it’s where 99% go wrong.” Finally, rest assured. “Confidence is very important,” he says. “Those who believe they will succeed often do. It’s a surprisingly important factor.” •
COURTESY OF FLOYD KANE
"You have to be open to opportunities and explore different options. Sometimes you have to create your own opportunities."
Candid camera Real-life experience inspires Floyd Kane's awardwinning film Across the Line by JANE DOUCET
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n September, award-winning Canadian filmmaker Floyd Kane (‘96) spoke with students in the Law School's Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq Initiative (IB&M) about alternative career paths with a law degree. Kane was in Halifax to attend the world premiere of Undone, the first feature film he had written and produced, at the 2015 Atlantic Film Festival. Inspired by the race riots at Nova Scotia’s Cole Harbour High School in 1989, when Kane was a student there, Undone (since retitled Across the Line) won the film festival’s Best Atlantic feature, has been sold to CBC-TV for broadcast, and will see a theatrical release early next year. The film was co-produced by Michael Donovan (’77) and Mark Gosine ('98) of Halifax’s DHX Media. Kane’s career path has taken a few turns in the 19 years since he earned his law degree. When he graduated from high school he knew he wanted to be a lawyer, but his Plan B was to become an English professor and to write fiction, which he had been doing since junior high. “That’s when I fell in love with writing, creating stories and characters, and expressing myself through words,” he says.
Kane was accepted to law school the second time he applied, as well as to the education program at Saint Mary’s University, from which he earned a BA in English in 1993. “I really wanted to write, but I grew up poor in East Preston, so I chose law for financial stability,” he says. “I figured worst-case scenario, I’d become an entertainment lawyer—and that’s what happened.”
From lawyer to entrepreneur The law school’s IB&M Initiative works to ensure that Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian students, and other Aboriginal and Black students, are represented at the Law School—they join the regular first class, write the same exams, complete the same work, and earn the same JD degree as do all other students at the school. But as one of eight IB&M students in his cohort, Kane says there were myths around the education that he and his fellow IB&M classmates were receiving compared to the non-IB&M students. “There were a lot of misconceptions that IB&M students were getting a second-tier education,” he says, “but it was the same law school training.”
Kane, who articled with the Toronto office of Blake, Cassels and Graydon and was called to the bar in Ontario, couldn’t shake the bug to write. Unemployed and one EI cheque away from not being able to pay the rent, he was offered a job working in politics. Little did he know that his job as a researcher for a local political party would set him on the path to his dream. Several months after meeting the co-founder of Halifax-based Salter Street Films, Michael Donovan, to discuss Nova Scotia Film Tax Credits, Kane was offered a job as in-house legal counsel, a position he held from 1999 to 2003. “It was a great experience,” he says. “You’re touching on so many different types of law – labour, corporate, intellectual, contracts, tax, immigration. I loved the variety.” On the sidelines, however, he continued with his creative writing. Kane stayed with Salter Street after it was sold to Alliance Atlantis in 2003 until the operations were shut down. He went on to join Donovan and Charles Bishop, the president of Salter Street Films, as their vice-president of creative and business affairs at their new venture, The Halifax Film Company (now DHX Media), until he launched his own film company, Freddie Films Inc. That was in 2010, two years after he and his wife, Kelly Grover, had moved back to her hometown of Toronto.
Current projects & wise counsel In addition to Across the Line, Kane is producing two new features: Jean of the Joneses and the prequel to the acclaimed Nalo Hopkinson novel, Brown Girl in the Ring. “It’s challenging to find time to work on my own writing,” he admits. To current and future law students, Kane has this advice: “Everything is a learning experience, whether you do law or the arts—all education has value. There’s more than one route to achieve your goal, but you have to really want it.” Kane’s creative career path is firmly rooted in his legal education. “Law is a great foundation, especially if you want to be a businessperson,” he says. “I loved law school, even though it was hard work. Some of my classmates are still good friends. It was a fantastic experience, and I’m very nostalgic about it.” •
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In His Nature The great outdoors has always sustained Peter L’Esperance. Now the third-year student is doing everything in his power to preserve it so future generations can enjoy it.
L'Esperance rowed the 16-foot John Gardner Swamscott dory named Gioventù from Halifax to LaHave, a 275-kilometre round trip, and raised $7,800 for the Nova Scotia Trust Fund
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PETER L'ESPERANCE GREW UP ENJOYING COASTAL NOVA SCOTIA — IT WAS NATURAL FOR HIM TO DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
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eter L’Esperance developed an appreciation for nature when he was growing up in the rural community of Prospect Bay, N.S. There, he and his family and friends enjoyed the surrounding forests, coastal tundra, uninhabited islands, and miles of spectacular coastline. “The outdoors was, and continues to be, the setting for more or less all of my leisure activities,” says the third-year Schulich School of Law student. “I feel more balanced when I’m outdoors.” It’s no surprise, then, that L’Esperance, 26, has focused his time, interest, and energy on environmental and marine law. During his undergraduate studies at the University of King’s College, he studied economics and Italian. “I wasn’t really thinking about law at that time,” he says. “But I took courses in environmental economics and poverty and inequality, and I loved studying social issues at Dal.” L’Esperance was drawn to apply to Schulich because he knew it had a strong marine and environmental law program. “I’ve always been interested in all things maritime,” he says. “I grew up hiking near the water, and my family had a sailboat.” He felt that Schulich’s Marine & Environmental Law Institute (MELAW) was unique in Canada; this year, he’ll graduate with a certificate of specialization in marine law and will have completed several courses in environmental law.
“The whole faculty is very committed to teaching, and they’re all doing their own fascinating research,” says L’Esperance. “It’s wonderful for students to see how their skills and knowledge can be applied in the real world. They’re also eager to engage students. I was the copy editor for the Ocean Yearbook in first and second year, and I spent the summer of first year doing research on global offshore wind farms for Professor Aldo Chircop. I love how the students and faculty collaborate.”
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THE WORKING EXHIBIT. L'ESPERANCE SPENT BETWEEN 500 AND 600 HOURS BUILDING THE WOODEN DORY AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE ATLANTIC’S BOAT SHOP.
Environmentalism is in everyone’s best interest. We all want a clean, healthy environment. The future climate change forecasts are pretty grim, but that’s no excuse for inaction.
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CARBON CONSULTANCY: HOW IT WORKS
COURTESY OF PETER L'ESPERANC
What do one of Atlantic Canada’s largest law firms, a diversified consultancy and a barbershop have in common? They are committed to addressing their carbon emissions and, ultimately, climate change. Here’s how they contributed to the Carbon Consultancy:
McInnes Cooper was the first to embrace the project. To mitigate emissions associated with employee business travel over a two-year period, the firm pledged $10,000 over two years to the project. Group ATN Consulting Inc. measured the carbon emissions generated by the operation of their offices. They offered their clients the option to pay a premium to reflect those emissions, which worked out to be a modest $1.33 per billable hour but has the potential to generate over $2,000 annually. Saint Lou’s Gentleman’s Barber Shop is located in Historic Properties in Halifax. It measures its carbon emissions by calculating the average emission generated by each haircut. For 2016 Saint Lou’s will offer its patrons the option to pay 10 cents per haircut.
Other participating businesses include a sole-practitioner law office; ProOceanus, a scientific instruments company; and a local loft development, Glubes Lofts.
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW STUDENTS’ SOCIETY. OF THE 35 STUDENTS AND NON-STUDENTS IN THE GROUP, ABOUT 20 OF THEM ARE CORE MEMBERS. THE ELSS ORGANIZES GUEST LECTURES, COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW-ORIENTED EVENTS, AND SOCIAL OUTINGS.
STUDENT ACTIVISM During the second semester of first year, L’Esperance joined the Environmental Law Students’ Society (ELSS), which focuses on environmental issues as they relate to the law. Of the 35 students and non-students in the group, about 20 of them are core members. The ELSS organizes guest lectures, community collaborations, environmental law-oriented events, and social outings. In one of those outings this past October, 20 ELSS students hiked on McNabs Island. “Outings like that promote team building,” says L’Esperance, who is one of the Society’s co-chairs. “And it gives the students—especially those from outside the province—a chance to see some of our beautiful natural settings.” The ELSS works with the East Coast Environmental Law Association to pair students who want to do research projects to gain real-world knowledge. It also partners with other societies and faculties at Dalhousie, including the Dean’s Sustainability Council at Schulich, to propose ways to make the university more energy efficient.
ROWING FOR NATURE In 2013, L’Esperance took his environmentalism to a new level when he spent part of the winter, spring, and summer (between 500 and 600 hours) building a wooden dory at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s boat shop on the Halifax waterfront. The “working exhibit” allowed community members to help with certain parts of the building process and culminated in a 16foot John Gardner Swamscott dory. L’Esperance named his dory Gioventù (Italian for “youth” or “adolescence”). “I chose that name because it calls to mind qualities such as new perspectives, energy, and ambition—qualities I believe will be vital in addressing climate change’s challenges,” he says. When the dory was ready, L’Esperance rowed solo from Halifax to the LaHave River and back between August 1 and 8. It took 60 hours to complete the 275-kilometre round trip, for which he raised $3,300 for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. After he finished the journey, he donated the dory to the Nature Trust, which sold it for
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$4,500 and kept the proceeds as a second donation. “My goal was to raise funding for and awareness of the importance of coastal conservation,” he says. “On the water and while I was camping, I saw seals, fish, eagles, deer, rabbits, and lynx—it was pretty awesome.” ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY L’Esperance’s environmental activism didn’t stop there. Through the ELSS, he conceived of a community-based Carbon Consultancy renewable-energy pilot project that provides indiviuals, businesses and organizations with the opportunity to address their carbon emissions by contributing to campus-based renewable energy projects. The project proposes that a fivekilowatt solar panel be installed on the Dalhousie Legal Aid Service (DLAS) office in Halifax’s north end. The installation's estimated cost is $32,500; by March L'Esperance and the ELSS had raised over $27,000 through successful pitches to interested sponsors that range from large organaizations such as McInnes Cooper ($10,000) to medium-sized ones such as Glubes Lofts on Gottingen Street ($1,000) to small businesses such as Saint Lou's Gentlmen's Barber Shop in Historic Properties (it's providing patrons with the option to pay an additional 10 cents per haircut to reflect the emissions associated with the service). McInnes Cooper’s contribution to the project is unique. The firm calculated how much it would cost to offset annual work-related employee air travel through contributing to standard carbon-offset projects, such as those provided by Air Canada when you buy a flight ticket, which amounted to around $5,000 annually. Rather than direct those funds to Air Canada-sponsored projects, they chose to donate the funds to the DLAS solar-panel installation. They’ve committed to donating two annual instalments of $5,000 to mitigate work-related travel emissions. “The goal is to open up channels for individuals, businesses, and organizations to bring more renewable-energy installations into the community,” says L’Esperance, who
is the project’s lead. (It was the director of Dalhousie’s Office of Sustainability, Rochelle Owen, who suggested putting the panels on the DLAS.) The panels will produce net emission reductions of roughly 71,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide during its 30-year lifecycle and will lower the DLAS’s energy costs by more than $24,000 over that time period. Other Dalhousie partners include the Marine Environmental Law Program, the Advancement Office, Facilities Management, and Financial Services. “Being involved in the Carbon Consultancy is a lot of work, but it’s fun talking to people about how they can make the environment cleaner,”
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Being involved in the Carbon Consultancy is giving faculty and staff, students, and community members an opportunity to shape the place where they work, study, and live.
says L’Esperance. “It’s giving faculty and staff, students, and community members an opportunity to shape the place where they work, study, and live.” L’Esperance will continue raising funds for the Carbon Consultancy while he wraps up his final year of law school. After he graduates, he plans to article with McInnes Cooper. “They have strong marine and environmental law groups, which is the sort of work I’m interested in,” he says. The firm’s collective social responsibility program, which gets lawyers and staff involved in the community, also appeals to him. Beyond that, L’Esperance knows he’ll be involved in planet-friendly endeavours for the rest of his life. “Environmentalism is in everyone’s best interest—we all want a clean, healthy environment,” he says. “The future climate change forecasts are not optimistic, but that’s no excuse for inaction.” •
For more information about or to contribute to the Environmental Law Students’ Society’s Carbon Consultancy, contact thecarbonconsultancy@gmail.com or visit www.facebook.com/ carbonconsultancy
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The Honourable John Crosbie’s time in politics spanned more than four decades and consisted of myriad provincial and federal appointments. Now 85, the charismatic Officer of the Order of Canada and former lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador reflects on his time at Dalhousie Law School (Class of ’56) and his legal and political careers.
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A conversation with
John Crosbie by JANE DOUCET
When you graduated from Dalhousie Law School, you won several awards, including the Viscount Bennett Scholarship, bestowed by the Canadian Bar Association to the outstanding law student of the year. Why do you believe you were chosen to receive it? As I recollect, the Viscount Bennett Scholarship was given mainly on the basis of scholastic achievement during law school. I don’t recall there being an interview process. I enjoyed the academic side of law school and excelled at it. I used the scholarship at the London School of Economics because of my interest in English Law and political institutions, and the desire to live in London. However, I found that the coursework repeated learning that I had already acquired at Dalhousie Law School. About halfway through the academic year, I ceased to attend LSE and decided I would learn more law by working at Homewood Back & Manson, a firm of insurance brokers with a seat at Lloyd’s. They had a relationship with businesses owned by my family in Newfoundland and were specialists in marine insurance.
What did you enjoy most about your days as a Dalhousie Law School student? I was fortunate enough that my parents were able to support me and my wife, Jane, while we were at Dalhousie. We had a house on Beech Street, close to the law school, and these days were carefree. I enjoyed the courses; for example, property with Professor Graham Murray and contracts with Dean Horace Read. We also learned about Nova Scotia and enjoyed getting around the province. Much has been written about your political career, but less about your law career. What can you tell us about it? I have been a great reader all my life, and I started reading about the law when I was as young as six or seven years old. I was entranced by the English system and the stories behind the cases, and the personalities involved in the law. The English cases always seemed more interesting and more learned than the Canadian ones. I decided to become a lawyer because of my interest and reading in the law, and because I also had a long interest in and read a lot about politics, and the two seemed to be a good complement. When I returned to St. John’s from London, I articled with the
well-known admiralty lawyer P.J. Lewis. Due to space limitations, my office was a broom closet. My practice in the 1950s and 1960s was varied, but when I started I did a lot of criminal law. Broadly speaking, there are barristers who do court work, and solicitors who don’t, and I enjoyed the barrister work more. One of my early cases involved an appeal by a grandfather who had been convicted by a magistrate of raping his young granddaughter. He would get her up to make the fires in the morning, and that would be the excuse for the criminal activity. Under the criminal code of that day there had to be corroborative evidence, and an accused could not be convicted solely on the evidence of the complainant. When I read the transcript, I realized that there was no corroborating evidence. When I took the case before the Court of Appeal, it was composed of the three judges of the Supreme Court sitting en banc. They were Chief Justice Sir Albert Walsh, Sir Brian Dunfield, and Justice Harry Winter. I had not gotten far into my argument when Sir Brian burst out: “Look here, Mr. Crosbie, you know very well this man is guilty.” Sir Brian was opinionated and irascible, and he had essentially announced in open
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I gained a lot of my reputation
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The Hon. John C. Crosbie Weldon Tradition Scholarship was created in 2011 to honour the public service of John Crosbie and provide an entrance scholarship for students from Newfoundland and Labrador to attend the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie. Fundraising continues for this worthy scholarship.
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court that in his opinion, corroboration did not matter despite what the criminal code said. The other two judges were shocked and astounded at this interrogation by Sir Brian and adjourned the hearing, coming back several hours later with a decision that overturned the conviction. News that there was a new lawyer in town whose fees were reasonable quickly got around the penitentiary, and my criminal practice built from there. Unfortunately, the robbers were not brilliant back then, and there were no narcotics cases, so although the work was interesting, the fees were modest. Another of my triumphs occurred when I defended a man from the southern shore who was accused of stealing a sheep. It turned out that he had not stolen the sheep at all; he had stolen a pig. Why do you think lawyers make good politicians? Lawyers don’t necessarily make good politicians. A good courtroom lawyer knows that everyone, including judges, has their prejudices, and that to be persuasive and win cases you need to know what those prejudices are. This can be a transferable skill, because the electorate too has prejudices, and if you want to persuade the electorate, you have to know what those are. Of course, training in the law teaches you how laws are made and applied, and how to make an argument, but if you don’t know the prejudices of the audience, then your argument may fall on deaf ears. As a politician, you were famous for using colourful language and making what many people considered were politically incorrect statements, even though they were based in truth. How did you get the confidence to let loose in such a way? It’s part of my personality. Also, I think the public appreciates politicians who don’t always agree with their premiers and prime ministers. I enjoyed a good battle and making my point of view known. I wasn’t afraid of authority, and I liked to be able to stand up to people. I particularly liked Question Period in the House of Commons. The whole point of Question Period is for politicians to get publicity for themselves or to embarrass the government. I gained a lot of my reputation there by questioning [then prime
minister Pierre] Trudeau. I learned a lot from him—you learn a lot from your opponents. Trudeau wouldn’t come back with a tame answer, he’d counterattack and often flatten you, so you had better have your counterattack ready. That made me sharper and a better parliamentarian. Were you as fiery in the courtroom? Law school encourages debate, particularly in mock courts, but you can’t just go wild in court and roughhouse the judge—you have to be respectful, mannerly, and polite, or you’ll be held in contempt. You definitely have more freedom to express yourself as an elected politician. What reforms do you think need to be made to the justice system? Litigation is becoming more and more expensive, so it’s more difficult for people who don’t have deep resources to get justice. It’s very costly for clients, because the process often takes a very long time. It’s easy for a judge appointed to the bench for life to acquire bad habits. Some of them get on the bench and think they’re like the Lord! I call them “lazy louts on the bench”—they don’t think they have any obligations to the lawyers and litigants before them. There should be a legal award given to the judges who reach their well-thoughtout decisions quickly. This is important to both lawyers and their clients. We also need an intelligent press and good reporters for the whole system to work properly. Journalists have to report fairly what’s happening in the courts so the public will really know what’s going on in the justice system. What advice would you give to law students who are about to launch their careers? They should realize that the law profession is becoming increasingly popular, crowded, and competitive, and that law schools are attracting more students who want to become lawyers. To become a lawyer, you have to work diligently. It isn’t an easy path to follow unless you’re serious, a hard worker, and ambitious. My legal education was good experience and training for politics, especially when it came to representing myself in public. •
By the Numbers: 2015 Schulich Law Student Body
1,481
$17,771
221
Total number of applications in 2015
Annual tuition and auxiliary fees
Number of students who received financial aid from the Law School
(30% increase from 2014)
482
$1,239,962
Enrolled students
Total bursary and scholarship monies awarded to students in 2015
160
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Total number of accepted students
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ALBERTA
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
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MANITOBA
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QUEBEC
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3
ONTARIO
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USA 1 OTHER 1
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Mary Hetherington (’63)
Justice Janet McMurtry (’85)
Calgary
Regina
Career highlights: • One of only two women to graduate from Dalhousie Law School in 1963. • First female lawyer to open a practice in a downtown Calgary office. • In 1985, the first woman to be appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta and to the Courts of Appeal of the Northwest Territories and, later, Nunavut. • Adjudicator for the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat. • Active in the Alternative Dispute Resolution Group and Alberta’s Criminal Injuries Review Board. • Deputy Judge in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Career highlights: • Began practicing law in 1985 and was in private practice until 1994, when she was appointed to the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, where she served for 11 years. • During that time, appointed Administrative Judge for Regina and Southern Saskatchewan and Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court. • In 2005, appointed Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan, where she has served for the last 10 years.
Special interests: • Volunteered with the Elizabeth Fry Society, Discovery House, Calgary Seniors’ Resource Society, the Calgary Foundation’s Seniors Forever Fund and the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. Noted for: • Honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary and a Member of the Order of Canada.
Special interests: • Director and fundraising chair of Big Sisters in Saskatoon and founded the Regina branch of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF). • Presided over the Saskatchewan Provincial Court Judges Association as well as co-chaired its Education Committee. • Mentors law clerks and seconded articling students at the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench and a frequent lecturer at Canadian Bar Association meetings. Noted for: • A respected leader among her peers, her expertise is nationally recognized.
2015 BERTHA WILSON HONOUR SOCIETY THE BERTHA WILSON HONOUR SOCIETY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2012 IN TRIBUTE TO THE HONOURABLE MADAM JUSTICE BERTHA WILSON, WHO GRADUATED FROM THE LAW SCHOOL IN 1957. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN APPOINTED TO THE ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL AND THE FIRST FEMALE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA. THE SOCIETY RECOGNIZES OUR EXTRAORDINARY ALUMNI AND SHOWCASES THEIR GEOGRAPHIC REACH AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO LAW AND SOCIETY.
To make a nomination for 2016 visit: www.dal.ca/faculty/law/alumni/alumni-awards call: Karen Kavanaugh 902-494-3744 or email: DLAA@Dal.Ca
Mary Lynn Kane, Q.C. (’87) Charlottetown Career highlights: • Managing partner of Cox & Palmer in Charlottetown and a former chair of the firm’s regional board of directors. • Appeared at all levels of courts in P.E.I., and before and on behalf of administrative boards and tribunals. • Listed in Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading legal practitioner in medical negligence. • Course instructor in Supreme Court Practice for the Law Society of PEI’s bar admission course. Special interests: • Member of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce and past deputy chair of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Capital Campaign. • Member of 100 Women Who Care, which supports local charities with the help of local women. • Former Deputy Chair of the Elizabeth Hospital Campaign.
Deadline: May 1, 2016 Noted for: • Panel member and Liberal spokesperson on CBC Radio Island Morning talk show. 22
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Jim Prentice, Q.C. (’80)
The Late Stewart McInnes, Q.C. (’61)
Calgary
Halifax
Career highlights: • In 1980, began working as an entrepreneur and lawyer in Alberta in the area of environmental actions and developments. • Was law commissioner with the Indian Claims Commission of Canada with land and property rights. • Served as co-chair of the Indian Claims Commission of Canada. • Was minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, minister of Industry and minister of the Environment. • Served as vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Career highlights: • Practiced at McInnes Cooper in Halifax for over 38 years. • Was president of the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association, a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Bar Council and a director of the Law Foundation of Nova Scotia.
Special interests: • Was governor and vice-chair of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and governor of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Noted for: • Elected Alberta’s 16th premier. • Member of the board of directors of Bell Canada and a Canadian member of the Trilateral Commission.
Special interests: • Fundraised for the Brunswick Street Mission and the ALTA Gymnastics Club. • Was chair of the Halifax United Way, the Dalplex Campaign and the Canadian Mental Health Campaign Nova Scotia. • Was president of the School for the Blind, the Hearing and Speech Clinic, the Halifax Club and the North British Society. • Served on Dalhousie University’s board of governors and board of directors, the Grace Maternity Hospital, the Halifax Foundation, the Canada Summer Games, the CNIB and the World Wildlife Fund Canada. Noted for: • Member of Parliament for Halifax and member of the federal cabinet from 1984 to 1988.
Ronald J. MacDonald, Q.C. (’82)
Judge Corrine Sparks (’79, LLM ’01)
Halifax
Halifax
Career highlights: • Began his career with Burchell MacAdam, Hayman & Merrick in 1991. • Joined the Public Prosecution Service of Nova Scotia. • Appointed to the Department of Justice Criminal Law Policy Advisory. • Was president of Federation of Law Societies of Canada and sat on the Continuing Legal Education Committee and Planning Committee. • Worked for the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and its committees for nearly 20 years; was president in 2004–05. • Currently director of the Serious Incident Response Team. Special interests: • Volunteered for many community groups, including the Antigonish Sexual Assault Response Team, the Antigonish Interagency Committee on Family and Sexual Violence and the Canadian Red Cross. • Coaches varsity volleyball and basketball, as well as club softball and basketball. Noted for: • Advocating for the interests of vulnerable groups such as the LGBTQ community in Nova Scotia.
Career highlights: • In 1987, became the first female African Canadian to be appointed to the judiciary and the first African Nova Scotian to serve on the bench. • Supports judicial education and developed programs to address gender and racial discrimination in the courts. Special interests: • Member of various boards of directors, including the Black Loyalist Heritage Society, the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges and the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers. • Served on the CBA Gender Equality Task Force and the university Review Committee of the Indigenous Blacks and M’ikmaq Initiative at the Law School. Noted for: • Has received many awards, including from the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, the Elizabeth Fry Society and the African Canadian Achievement Awards. • In 2007, the Dalhousie Black Law Students’ Association established the Judge Corinne Sparks Award to honour her contributions to the legal community.
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Heather McNeill receives 2015 Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service
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eather McNeill, Q.C. (’94) has embraced the Weldon tradition of unselfish public service in all aspects of her life for more than two
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decades. She's a practicing lawyer with the Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, where she also supervises law students. As a passionate advocate for her Mi’kmaq people, she blends the traditional Aboriginal concepts of respect and sharing with her legal talents to advance the interest of marginalized individuals and communities in Nova Scotia. Through her work at Dalhousie Legal Aid and her volunteerism and leadership in the Mi’kmaq First Nation and in general, she continually demonstrates a commitment to putting others first. Over the years, Ms. McNeill’s community service has included serving as a member of the Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq Initiative Advisory Council and the IB&M Standing Committee at the Schulich School of Law. She has also provided pro bono services to individuals through Immigrant Settlement & Integration
Services and has served as the president and board of director at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre. In addition, she serves as a board of director or committee member with Tawaak Housing Association, the Nova Scotia Health Promotion Clearinghouse, the Minister’s Advisory Committee on Child Welfare, the Racial Equity Committee and the Fitness to Practice Committee of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. A former commissioner with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, McNeill has never forgotten her humble yet strong roots. “I’m a member of the Millbrook First Nation, which supported me 100 per cent in my efforts to obtain a law degree,” she says. “My entire upbringing was about service to others and giving back. My band funded my legal education, which allowed me, as a single parent, to raise my daughter and concentrate on my studies without worrying about finances. I’m blessed to have a law degree, a job I enjoy, and the freedom to use my skills to help those in need.” •
I’m blessed to have a law degree, a job I enjoy, and the freedom to use my skills to help those in need.
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THE 2017 WELDON AWARD FOR UNSELFISH PUBLIC SERVICE
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS This annual award, sponsored by the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association, is to honour a graduate of the Law School for unselfish public service in the community. Established in 1983, this award is a tribute to the ideals of the school’s first dean, Richard Chapman Weldon, and a reminder of the Weldon tradition, which had its origins in his 31-year tenure as dean from 1883 to 1914. Eligibility:
A Dalhousie law graduate
Nominations:
With this form please include a letter of nomination with a minimum of two letters of support along with the nominee’s curriculum vitae.
Selection:
A selection committee appointed by the board of directors of the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association.
Deadline:
March 31, 2017
My nomination for The Weldon Award of Unselfish Public Service: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nominated by: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: e-mail: ________________________________________________
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Please return this form to: Karen Kavanaugh Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University 6061 University Avenue P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2 tel: 902-494-3744 fax: 902-494-1316 karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca
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John Baigent ‘69
Brian Flemming ‘62
Ed Dunsworth ‘75
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True Weldonites, these Dalhousie lawyers live their passion for public service
Whether it was pure coincidence or a touch of political magic in the air, the class of 1983 counts Speaker of the House Geoff Regan, Speaker of the Senate George Furey and Green Party leader Elizabeth May among its graduates. While the three political powerhouses may be some of the best examples of the public service ideals of the school’s founder, Richard Chapman Weldon, they’re not alone on Parliament Hill. Last year’s federal election saw eight alumni of the law school elected to public office. Given the law school’s emphasis on public service, maybe it’s no surprise that so many graduates would choose to give up a more lucrative career in private practice and face a higher level of public scrutiny in the pursuit of elected office. Now widely known as 26
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the “Weldon Tradition of unselfish public service,” the school has long advocated that graduates work and serve to improve their communities. But what motivates someone to seek public office? Is it ambition, a higher calling, a family legacy, a sense of duty, or just circumstance? For Elizabeth May, it is a means to an end—to protect the Earth. ELIZABETH MAY When asked during her law school
entrance interview whether she viewed the law as a shield or a sword in her fight for the environment, she answered: both. “I went to law school in order to defend the environment,” says May, who attended as a mature student. She later taught for a year at Dalhousie while develop-
Good leaders have to accept responsibility when things go wrong. They have to inspire others.”
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ing a program established in her name in Women’s Health and Environment. May spent more than three decades advocating for the environment before becoming the first Green Party candidate elected to the House of Commons in 2011. In the mid-1970s, she established herself as an environmentalist and anti-nuclear activist, successfully leading a grassroots movement to help prevent aerial insecticide spraying in Nova Scotia. While in law school, she continued her environmental work and even missed graduation because she was cross-examining a witness. She and a local group of residents had gone to court to prevent herbicide spraying. Citing Dal Law professor Graham Murray as one of her many mentors, May still adheres to his advice: “Develop the habit of thoroughness.” Thoroughness and studying law have been “indispensable” in her environmental activism and fight for social justice, from her role as senior policy advisor to a federal environment minister to executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada. Now, as the MP for the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands, May acts as a watchdog in the House. Her legal training not only allows her to analyze and digest massive pieces of legislation quickly, but also better detect when bills are violating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
“I wouldn’t have done anything different with my law degree,” says May. “I’ve never lacked for feeling my life has meaning and purpose.” As a leading environmentalist, May tries to adopt what she calls a "servant style" of leadership. She sets the bar high with Jesus and Gandhi as her role models. “If you want to be a good leader, you have to be a good servant,” she says. GEOFF REGAN For Erin O’Toole and Geoff Regan, it isn’t a stretch
to say public service was a family calling. Regan’s father, Gerald, was a former MP and former Nova Scotia premier, and his son watched admiringly from his front-row seat as his dad performed in the political arena. “I felt that what he was doing was trying to build a better province,” says Regan. When Regan decided to pursue law after graduating from St. Francis Xavier University, politics was an option but not a certainty. With a deep fear of public speaking, he wondered how he could ever succeed in the political world. Following a friend’s recommendation, he joined Toastmasters, a non-profit organization focused on helping develop public-speaking and leadership skills. As his law practice in Bedford grew, Regan became not only more confident speaking publicly but also more involved in his 2016 H E A R S AY
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community. Crediting his mother, who believed firmly in service to others, he volunteered with such food banks as Beacon House and the Metro Food Bank Society (now Feed Nova Scotia), eventually becoming the organization’s board chair. “I was doing things I enjoyed and felt were worthwhile,” he says. A speech to graduating students at Sackville High School, which he attended in the 1970s, forced him to look seriously at his own political ambitions. Regan encouraged the students to not let fear hold them back from pursuing their dreams. Knowing that he had to follow his own advice, he took a run at provincial politics in 1988. He lost but didn’t give up; in 1993, he ran federally and won. Crediting law school for teaching him how to think analytically and for developing his understanding of legislation, Regan also attributes his legal background for his appointment as parliamentary secretary to the government House Leader in 2001 and his decision to run as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2015. En route to achieving his political aspirations, Regan has been inspired by many people, including former cabinet minister Don Boudria, who taught him the ins and outs of the House of Commons, and the late scholar and former senator John Stewart, who taught him the intricacies of parliamentary procedure. “Good leaders have to accept responsibility when things go wrong,” he says. “They have to inspire others.” 28
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ERIN O'TOOLE Like Geoff Regan, politics runs in the O’Toole family.
O’Toole’s father, John, was a longtime Progressive Conservative MP in Durham, Ont., a provincial seat he won in 1995. After being first elected as a Conservative MP in a 2012 by-election, O’Toole now represents the federal riding with the same borders. “I got the political bug from him,” he says. “I saw my dad being able to help people.” Aside from his father, O’Toole also credits Hugh Segal, a former senator and chief of staff to then prime minister Brian Mulroney, as a mentor. O’Toole first met the political strategist while he was a student at the Royal Military College of Canada. “I liked the way he would approach a disagreement with a measured approach,” he says. When O’Toole embarked on his third career as a politician, he had already had two successful careers, first as a captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force and then as a corporate lawyer on Bay Street. Along the way, he built an inspiring charitable record. Dedicated to helping veterans, he was instrumental in creating the True Patriot Love Foundation. Since 2009, the national charity has raised more than $15 million to support veterans and their families as they deal with the challenges that follow active service. “Going to law school allows you to be an effective advocate,” says O’Toole, who graduated from Dalhousie in 2003. He also credits his law school experience for developing another valu-
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The chance to make a change in the justice system is pretty heady stuff. There’s constantly an opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.
able skill needed in Ottawa: the ability to adapt. “Change is the law of life,” he says. O’Toole has had to adapt to a host of changes since the Conservatives lost power in the last election, including losing his post as minister of Veterans Affairs. While his leadership role has changed, he remains eager to continue working for his community as an MP. “A leader needs to know when to collaborate,” he says. “To be a collaborative leader is a sign of strength.” SEAN CASEY When Sean Casey started his private law practice 30
years ago in Charlottetown, he was expected to not only choose his political stripes but also roll up his sleeves and help at election time. In the 1988 federal election, he threw his support behind Liberal candidate George Proud. As a young member of the election team, Casey was sent to the city’s rooming houses to convince reluctant voters to use their ballot to fight the Canada–U.S. Free Trade Agreement. Proud won, and Casey was hooked. “Politics sort of got in my blood,” he says. “There was a whole mix of people and a competitive aspect to it. It was the thrill of the hunt as much as anything.” More than 20 years later, Casey ran as a Liberal candidate in Charlottetown. He won a seat in the 2011 federal election and was re-elected in 2015. He now serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of Justice. “The chance to make a change in the
justice system is pretty heady stuff,” he says. “There’s constantly an opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.” At Dalhousie, politics was far from Casey’s mind; instead, building a successful private practice was his goal. After graduating in 1988, he returned home to P.E.I. and joined the firm that would later become Stewart McKelvey. By 2008, he was the managing partner. When his wife, Kathleen, was elected to Charlottetown City Council in 1997, she inspired him to think about pursing public office. “She would come home from a council meeting about a foot off the ground,” he says of Kathleen, who was elected MLA in 2007. Active in his community, through the Chamber of Commerce and his children’s sports teams, Casey credits timing for his decision to run in the 2011 federal election. With his two sons leaving home, he felt that he had more time to fight the direction in which then prime minister Stephen Harper was taking the country. The election campaign was an eye-opener for Casey; knocking on doors, he saw what living in poverty was like. While he charged $300 an hour as a lawyer, he met people in his riding who were forced to choose between paying the rent and buying a prescription drug. Making the leap into politics was made easier by having been to law school. “It teaches you how to think—how to break down a problem and identify the issue,” says Casey. He also credits his 2016 H E A R S AY
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legal practice for instilling the importance of thorough preparation. “Hard work takes you a long way.” Among Casey’s mentors are Irwin Cotler, a former Attorney General of Canada, Senator Percy Downe and lawyer and former MP Shawn Murphy. From each he took something different about what it means to be a good leader, such as Murphy’s ability to see the big picture and disregard what isn’t unimportant. “I like to think I’m a patient listener,” says Casey of his own leadership qualities. “I constantly remind myself that I have two ears for a reason.” LINDA DUNCAN Timing was everything in Linda Duncan’s decision
to enter politics. A third-generation Alberta lawyer who followed in her grandfather’s and father’s footsteps, Duncan now sits as the only NDP MP from Alberta. When she was first elected MP for Edmonton Strathcona in 2008, she was just the second New Democrat MP ever from Alberta. Despite her family history, Duncan wasn’t convinced that law was for her. She contemplated earning a master’s degree in social work but eventually chose the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law. “I never had a particular interest to be a practitioner in a law firm,” she says. “My interest has always been in community law and in public law.” In 1982, Duncan founded the Environmental Law Centre to help 30
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Albertans concerned with environmental and natural resources law. Five years later, she established a new enforcement unit at Environment Canada. She also worked as the assistant deputy minister for Renewable Resources in the Yukon government, led the enforcement department of NAFTA’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation, and helped establish environmental law enforcement systems in Jamaica, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. In 1999, she earned an LLM from Dalhousie, and in 2013, she was appointed a fellow of the Marine and Environmental Law Institute at the Schulich School of Law. While working in Bangladesh, Duncan felt compelled to return home to run in the 2006 federal election. She wasn’t successful but tried again in 2008 and won. “I feared that Stephen Harper would shred our environmental protections,” she says. After spending decades building environmental laws, she needed to prevent the Conservative government from eroding her work. “I wanted to be a watchdog,” she says, “and to work with communities to give them a louder voice.” Legal training is valuable for a parliamentarian, Duncan says, because it teaches everything from critical thinking and private versus public law to how to read the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Duncan is inspired by local and community organizations that advocate for change, such as saving a river or a waterway.
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“I believe in participatory democracy,” she says. “A real leader is someone who quietly works in the background. It’s like a community-development approach to law reform.” KYLE PETERSON Motivated by a strong sense of public service, Kyle Peterson ran for the Liberals for the first time in 2011. He lost, but in 2015 he ran again and won, becoming the MP for the Ontario riding of Aurora–Newmarket, where he grew up. “I want to contribute to my community,” he says. President of his high school student union, he joined the Ontario Young Liberals during his undergraduate degree at Western University. “I had the political bug early,” he says. After graduating from law school in 2004, Peterson was torn between pursuing a career at a big law firm or in business. Possessing both a law degree and a keen interest in business (he later earned an MBA from the University of Toronto), he articled with McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto and later spent a couple of years working for Magna International. While a partner at the Toronto law firm Affleck Greene McMurtry, where he specialized in commercial litigation and advocacy, Peterson became increasingly involved in community organizations, serving as the director of the United Way of York Region and chair of the Aurora–Newmarket Family Health Team, as well as the Newmarket Economic Development Advisory Committee.
Attributing his strong belief in community service to his parents, who were both teachers, Peterson looked to Charles Beer, a member of the Ontario legislature, as a political mentor. “He always conducted himself with integrity and honesty,” he says. Law school was where he learned one of the most valuable skills he felt that he needed to succeed in politics: the ability to listen. “You have to listen to both sides,” he says. “I’m a litigator. I know firsthand there are two sides to every story.” SEAN FRASER For Sean Fraser, attending law school wasn’t a route
to becoming an elected politician, but early on he learned that politics fit nicely with his passion for litigation. “I love solving problems and thinking on my feet,” he says. While completing his kinesiology degree at St. Francis Xavier University, Dal Law graduates Colin MacDonald (’77) and Justice Patrick Sullivan (’74), members of the university’s board, encouraged him to attend law school and find a way to help make a difference at the local level. “Fundamentally, what you’re doing in politics is passing laws that will help your community,” says Fraser. “Contributing to mine has been a common thread throughout my life.” Timing was everything for Fraser’s leap into politics. After graduating from law school in 2009, Fraser was working at Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP in Calgary when former MP and cabinet 2016 H E A R S AY
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minister Peter MacKay announced that he was stepping down in Fraser’s home riding of Central Nova. Fraser’s phone started ringing, and after receiving five or six calls a day from people encouraging him to run, he agreed. “You don’t take the opportunities when they’re convenient,” he says, “you take them when they’re available.” As a young newly elected MP in Ottawa, Fraser is eager to be the kind of leader he respects—someone who is skilled at “listening to others and facilitating things for others, as well as acting as a bridge to connect people who are trying to do good things.” COLIN FRASER can’t remember a time when he wasn’t interested
in politics. After graduating from Carleton University in 2000 with a political science degree, he went to law school at the University of Wolverhampton in England as a way to see another part of the world. He returned to Canada and attended Dalhousie for a year in 2006 to convert his degree to Canadian law. “I loved politics but really wanted to practice law,” he says. While practicing at Nickerson Jacquard Fraser in Yarmouth, N.S., he became involved in the Yarmouth Liberal Association and worked on former MP Robert Thibault’s 2006 and 2008 election campaigns. He also volunteered with the Yarmouth Hospital Foundation and the South West Nova Transition House Association. When the 2015 federal election was called, Fraser’s name was on the ballot for the Liberals in the riding of West Nova. “Representing people is what you do as a lawyer,” he says. “It’s also what you do as a politician. The desire to help people is present in both fields.” As a young politician, Fraser put building a lucrative legal practice on hold, but he’s satisfied it’s in the pursuit of higher ideals: “You don’t do [politics] for the money, you do it to serve your community.” •
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Double Duty Classmates Geoff Regan and George Furey appointed speakers of house and senate
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istory was made last December when Geoff Regan was elected Speaker of the House of Commons, the first from Atlantic Canada in almost a hundred years, and on the same day George Furey was appointed Speaker of the Senate, the first ever from Newfoundland and Labrador. Not only do both men hail from Atlantic Canada, but they studied law together— graduating with the class of 1983. Proud alumni, they both know a lot of work lies ahead. “In my new role as Speaker, I am keenly aware that Canadians want to see a reformed Senate that is less partisan, more transparent and more accountable,” Furey said. A native of St. John’s, Furey took a circuitous route to the Senate. After spending part of his childhood in Mount Cashel Orphanage, Furey went to Memorial University, became a teacher and school principal and later attended law school. Prior to being appointed to the Senate in 1999, he practiced at the St. John’s law firm, O’Brien, Furey and Smith. “For me, empowering others is the essence of leadership,” Furey said. Regan’s long and varied political career has seen him move from the back benches to cabinet to a member of the third-place party in the House of Commons. After first being elected as an MP in 1993, the Bedford, N.S., native served as minister of fisheries and oceans from 2003 to 2006. As the newly-elected Speaker, Regan’s goal is to reduce cynicism in politics— something he’s been working on since becoming an MP. “I want to see a better atmosphere in the House,” he said. “I want to work with the parties to bring in reforms so every member can have a say.” “We shouldn’t take democracy for granted,” he added. “We should nurture it.” •
The new Senate Speaker, George Furey, is seen after being sworn in during a ceremony in the Senate chamber
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Stewart McInnes: the consummate public servant by ALLISON LAWLOR
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tenacious Halifax lawyer, arbitrator and federal politician who served in the cabinet of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, Stewart McInnes was widely known for his great sense of civic responsibility and for never taking “no” for an answer until he reached his goal. “He was an exemplary public citizen who believed that we all have a responsibility to give back to the community. No one I know lived that belief more than he did,” said Senator Jim Cowan. "Every cause that came along that he believed in he put his soul into it,” Senator Cowan added. In 1984, voters elected McInnes, who died of heart failure in his Halifax home on Oct. 3 at the age of 78, to the House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative member for Halifax, ousting former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan. A year after the election, Mulroney appointed him minister of supply and services. From 1986 until 1988, McInnes served as minister of public works and housing. In Ottawa, McInnes is credited for getting the then controversial Confederation Bridge linking New Brunswick and PEI built, helping to create the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the CanadaUnited States Free Trade Agreement, and introducing the Loonie to replace the one dollar bill. “Stewart was a man of action with a tremendous amount of energy. He liked to make things happen,” said Donald MacLeod, a Halifax lawyer who worked with McInnes in Ottawa as his executive assistant. After being defeated by Liberal Mary Clancy in 1988, McInnes received his first Senate seat offer a few months later. While it was a great honour to be asked, he told Mulroney that he couldn’t accept the Senate seat because he loved Halifax and his 34
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Determined, Stewart McInnes never took no for an answer until he reached his goal. McInnes overcame polio as a child and went on to play hockey and football while attending Dal.
family more. The second Senate call came in 1990. For the second time, McInnes refused. McInnes knew virtually everyone in Halifax, if not Nova Scotia, which made him a great fundraiser. He served as chief fundraiser for the provincial Tories. “It’s amazing he has any friends,” former Nova Scotia premier John Hamm joked at an event to honour McInnes in 2009. “Caller ID was created because of Stewart.” Outside of politics, McInnes was deeply committed to community and charitable organizations, said Mr. MacLeod. “When he got involved in an organization it was always in a meaningful and significant way,” he said. Born in Halifax in 1937, McInnes came from a long lineage of lawyers. His grandfather Hector founded the law firm that would become McInnes Cooper in 1859. McInnes, along with his brother Hector, followed in his grandfather's and father’s footsteps, working as a partner in the law firm for nearly 40 years. And his daughter,
Sarah, graduated in 2012 and continues to practice at McInnes Cooper. Having overcome polio, which left him paralyzed and in bed for six months at age 12, McInnes went on to become an athlete. He played hockey well into his 70s and golfed weeks before his death. While at Dalhousie University, he was on both the hockey and football teams. In 2004, he was inducted to the Dalhousie Sport Hall of Fame and recently received Dalhousie’s A.J. “Sandy” Young Award, recognizing his lifelong contribution to athletics in the province. When he wasn’t working, you could find McInnes in the YMCA’s steam bath or in his half-hectare garden. Calling it his “indulgence,” his sprawling garden at his Halifax home boasted 16,000 tulip bulbs. He also planted countless roses and rhododendrons. It was often the spot for fundraisers and garden tours. “Once he set his sights on something, it was inevitable that it would come to fruition,” MacLeod said. •
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John W. Alward, QC Fintan J. Aylward Benjamin W. Doliszny, QC Constance Glube* Thomas R. Judge Ian M. MacLeod, QC Frances B. McConnell Saul D. Paton A. J. Stone
Hon. Robert C. Hebb Derek Jones Hon. Arthur M. Lutz K. R. MacDonald Stuart MacKinnon John A. MacLellan Douglas F. Smith
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1943 Class Participation................50% R. Lorne MacDougall, QC *
1947 Class Participation................10% Alexander Hickman*
1948 Class Participation..................9%
1956
Hon. Justice Murray J. Ryan Philip H. G. Walker, QC *
Total Class Giving...........$34,976 Class Participation................14%
1949 Class Participation..................4% David J. Waterbury, QC
The day I received my scholarship 1950 Class Participation.................. 3% was my affirmation that I could fulfill Robert Lyall my dream. It was the biggest confidence boost I could have received 1951 Jenna Clark Class 2015
Class Participation................10% Lorne Clarke, OC Maj (Rtd) John A. Commerford Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, QC *
1952 Class Participation.................. 5% Edwin A. LeBlanc, QC Donat Pharand
1953 Total Class Giving...........$21,868 Class Participation................ 21% W. Marshall Black Hon. Justice Hiram Carver Harold F. G. Stevens, QC Hon. Ronald C. Stevenson Herbert Wyman
1954 Total Class Giving.............$2,549 Class Participation................14% Hon. W. Dan Chilcott, QC * Hon. Judge Kenneth L. Crowell Kenneth Lund Joel Matheson, QC Hon. Gordon H. McConnell
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1957 Class Participation.................. 5% Michael D. MacDonald Hon. John R. Nichols
1958 Total Class Giving...........$10,368 Class Participation................15% Dr. William H. Charles Prof. Peter E. Darby Donald Hall* June Nudelman Karlin Hon. Justice William Marshall Joseph O’Brien
1959 Total Class Giving.............$2,750 Class Participation................15% Hon. Walter R. E. Goodfellow James MacQuarrie Cyril Mullane Shirley T. Rayes Elizabeth Strong Reagh, QC David A. Stewart, QC
1961 Total Class Giving............ $5,000 Class Participation................32% George Caines, QC Ross Carson Richard Cashin, PC , OC Paul Creaghan Milton H. Grant Boyd Lowery David Matheson Tom Scott Stewart McInnes, PC , QC *
1962 Total Class Giving........... $13,311 Class Participation................37% Alan V. M. Beattie, QC David Bissett Malcolm H. Bradshaw* Hon. Robert Ferguson Brian Flemming Charles Haliburton Lawrence Hayes Larry Hebb Hon. Justice Donald J. MacMillan Ross Mollard Robert E. Radford, QC Hon. Eugene A. Scheibel Wayne R. Smith Clyde K. Wells
1963 Total Class Giving.......... $20,347 Class Participation................52% Robert H. Barrigar, QC Libby Burnham QC David Case Len Compton, QC David F. Curtis, QC Mary Hetherington Robert F. Lindsay, QC Harold MacKay
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Ian D. McLellan G. Brian Purdy, QC T. William Sommerville, QC
1964 Total Class Giving.............$2,450 Class Participation................19% W. Donald Goodfellow Hon. Justice William Fitzgerald Peter R. Hayden, QC David M. Morris Donald Oliver Sandra Oxner John A. Yogis
1965 Total Class Giving.............$8,567 Class Participation................29% Dr. George T. H. Cooper, CM , QC William Dickson Arthur Donahoe Gerard Hawco Dr. Peter A. Herrndorf Ian MacDonald Hon. Theodore E. Margeson
1966 Total Class Giving...........$13,200 Class Participation................ 11% Peter Dey Paul Murphy, QC William Rand Richard A. Thompson
1967 Total Class Giving............ $6,806 Class Participation................ 21% Robert N. Gilmore Robert Kelly John C. Lovett, QC Peter W. Mills Hon. George J. Mullally Thomas J. O’Reilly, QC Ernest G. Reid, QC David B. Ritcey, QC Dennis M. Starzynski, QC John Stewart Willard Strug
1968 Total Class Giving............. $7,498 Class Participation................16% Brian Coleman Mary Jane Dodge, QC Heather Grant D. William MacDonald William R. McColm Roger McIntyre David H. Sohmer Robert B. Waind William E. Wells
1969 Total Class Giving...........$10,675 Class Participation................13% Brian D. Bruce Morris J. Haugg, QC Steve Konchalski Paull N. Leamen Ronald A. MacDonald Robert G. MacKeigan, QC John S. McFarlane, QC David A. Milner Joel E. Pink, QC Timothy Sullivan
1970 Total Class Giving...........$18,746 Class Participation................18% Richard W. Cregan Mary Dawson Pierre M. Hebert Clifford Hood Ted Horton Ceri Hugill Hon. Emile R. Kruzick George MacDonald Alan Macleod James “Skip” Oliver Dennis Y. Perlin Kenneth Ross John M. White
1971 Total Class Giving...........$15,580 Class Participation................15% Tom Boyne, QC Christopher Breen M. A. Cameron Christopher Carroll
Donald W. Clark Bill Digby Judge William Dyer Donald Gibson Rod MacKinnon Walter A. McEwen Derry Millar Peter Milliken Douglas Moores Tarcisio Nella Graham W. Stewart David Wallace Charles White
1972 Total Class Giving...........$29,811 Class Participation................14% Frank Borowicz, QC Daniel M. Campbell, QC Edgar Gold William J. Leslie, QC Hon J. Vernon MacDonald George Macintosh J. Fraser B. Mills Dolores M. Morrell David Prowse Friedhelm Roth Clement P. Scott Hon. Justice Janet Sinclair Prowse Greg Warner Hon. Judge James C. Wilson
1973 Total Class Giving...........$18,005 Class Participation................13% John Arnold Ritchie Clark Cdr. William J. Fenrick Brian Gibson Raymond F. Glennie, QC John Gleeson Kelly William Lea John McLeish Peter McLellan Justice John D. Murphy Hon. Justice Jamie Saunders Hon. Justice Nicoll M. Scaravelli Andy Watt
1974 Total Class Giving..........$88,846 Class Participation................24% Prof. Bruce Archibald, QC Mel F. Belich, QC Felix A. Cacchione Hon Justice Douglas C. Campbell John W. Chandler, QC Mary Clancy James Coleman Prof. Brent Cotter James E. Dickey Hon. Tamarin Dunnet Bruce Elman Fred Fountain Richard S. Goodman, QC Garth C. Gordon, QC James A. Gregg Hon. Justice M. Jill Hamilton Mary M. Helleiner David W. Hooley, QC Paul D. Jardine Mark Johnson Michael Leir John Lowman Beryl MacDonald James MacPherson David Meadows William Mouris Connie Munro Kathy Neilson Daniel O’Connor John Plowman Lynne Gavin Reed Elizabeth Roscoe Glenn Smith Paul R. Stokes, QC Howard Wetston
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James Lisson John MacDougall Christine A. McCulloch, QC Laurie S. Pascoe Justice Paul J. Pearlman F. T. Mark Pujolas Heather Robertson Wendell Sanford Michael S. Schelew Lawrence Steinberg Janet D. Willwerth Steven Zatzman, QC
1976 Total Class Giving........... $17,357 Class Participation................19% Brian F. Bailey Hon. Jean-Louis Batiot J. Marshall Burgess, QC Roberta J. Clarke, QC Paul D. Edwards G. David Eldridge, QC David G. Fredricksen Linda M. Gaudet David C. Hicks Mary A. Kimball Raymond F. Larkin, QC Andrew Love Vernon MacDonald Brian MacLellan John C. MacPherson Timothy Matthews Stephen Mattson, QC Justice Gerald Moir Stephen K. Mont* Elizabeth A. Mullaly M. Elizabeth Mustard Hon. Justice Linda Oland Robert M. Purdy, QC Gerry Roy
Total Class Giving...........$32,129 Class Participation................15% Peter E. Belliveau John Carr, QC John Dauvergne Gregory S. Hildebrand Beatrice Fejtek Hines Prof. Archie Kaiser Alan W. Kennedy Brian Langille
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1977 Total Class Giving.......... $29,020 Class Participation................17%
I can never say thank you enough for all of the things the Schulich Scholarship has allowed me to do, specifically giving back to my community. Aggrey Semi Class 2015
Thomas Akin Hon. Robert Barnes Hon. Nancy J. Bateman Janice M. Bruni, QC F. Martha Deacon Steven Enman Dan Gallagher Cyril J. Goodyear Justice Kenneth C. Haley Alison Taylor Love, QC Colin P. MacDonald R. Michael MacKenzie Robert G. McNeil Susan C. Potts Gerard P. Scanlan Hon. Judge Michael B. Sherar Elizabeth J. Shilton Frans Slatter T. Ann Smiley Harold M. Smith, QC James W. Stanley Robert Stewart Tim White Catherine S. Walker, QC
1978 Total Class Giving..............$7,241 Class Participation................15% Frank Archibald Edmond P. Blanchard, QC * Bernard J. Butler Elizabeth T. Callaghan Joseph A. Cameron Elizabeth Ellis Anne Emery Paul W. Goldberg* David S. Green Kevin C. Hale Kari J. LeLacheur Valerie Macdonald E. Anne MacDonald Mary E. Meisner, QC
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1979
James MacLean Donald MacLennan J. Brian Medjuck Michael W. Miller Hon. Jim Prentice Anthony Pylypuk Patricia L. Reardon Mark S. Rosen Alison W. Scott Randy Smith James Spurr
Total Class Giving.......... $30,480 Class Participation................15%
1981
Andrew Brands Mary Ann Burke-Matheson Hon. Judge Marc Chisholm John Cuthbertson David C. Dingwall, QC , MP Patrick J. Duncan Randall C. Fleming D. Suzan Frazer Rose Ann MacGillivray Brian Maltman Marian McGrath Paul Michael Donald R. Miller Justice Rosemary Nation Maureen O’Connell Lawrence I. O’Neil David N. Ross Rosemary Scott David J. Sullivan Alan T. Tufts Raymond Wagner Ted Wright
1980 Total Class Giving........... $17,328 Class Participation................15% John Andrews Kenneth L. Baggs, QC J. Helen Beck Richard A. Conway Valerie Dyer Anne Derrick Brian G. Johnston Stuart Koskie Norman Letalik Mark MacDonald, QC
Total Class Giving...........$12,971 Class Participation................15% Jeffrey B. Berryman Barbara H. Campbell Patrick I. Cassidy, QC Gregory W. Dickie, QC Margaret Dickson Michael E. Dunphy, QC Michael Lynk J. Scott MacKenzie, QC Steve MacNeil Dinyar Marzban Bill Nearing John V. O’Dea Arthur Oliphant Curtis C. Palmer P. Geoffrey Plant, QC Paul Radford, QC W. Riley Clifford J. Shaw, QC Philip J. Star, QC Paul L. Walter, QC Pamela Reid Webster Vance Wirth Rhonda Wishart
1982 Total Class Giving...........$12,858 Class Participation................14% Clare F. Barry Margaret Carter-Pyne Terri E. Deller Andrew Drury Charles G. Dunphy Kenneth L. Godfrey Scott P. Gray Justice Lois Hoegg
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Ian S. MacKay Ted L. McDorman Justice Glen G. McDougall Dianne Pothier Solveig P. Schuster G. Douglas Sealy, QC Toshimi Ando Sembo Shauna Sullivan Curley, QC Hilary Whitmey* Bradford Wicks Peter Willcock Justice Michael Wood
1983 Total Class Giving...........$24,561 Class Participation................17% Del Atwood Jeffrey J. Chad Ms Julia E. Cornish, QC Ches Crosbie, QC M. Alison Crowe Brian W. Derrah Guy Desmarais Daryl Fridhandler James A. Graham Blair Kasouf Prof. Lorraine P. Lafferty D. A. Landry Beth E. MacConnell-Matthews Bruce V. McLaughlin Charles Meagher* Thomas Milroy Christopher W. Morris Richard Murphy M. Lynn Murray Scott Norton Erin E. O’Brien Edmonds, QC Gretchen G. Pohlkamp Hon. Geoff Regan Ann Marie Simmons Hon. Judge Robert T. F. Smith Ronald Stockton Art Theuerkauf, QC Natalie Vukovich Daniel S. Walker
1984 Total Class Giving.......... $26,554 Class Participation................22% Fred Angus Kevin C. Blair
Janet M. Chisholm Claire Christie Holly J. Clark Bill Faminoff John S. Fitzpatrick, QC Andrea D. Gillis Peter Gorgopa Rod Gould Mark A. Greenberg Steffan Hanson Do-Ellen Hansen Neil L. Jacobs Shirley Lee Robert R. MacArthur, CD Margaret MacKenzie Chris Manning Douglas McLean Candace E. Malcolm Gillian Marriott Randy McLachlan Ken Mills Jim Musgrave, QC Kim Pate Ken Pike Heather Rae Johnson Gregory D. M. Stirling Larry Stordy Penelope Tham Jeremy A. Thomas James G. Walsh Paula M. Wedge Judge Pam Williams Barry N. Zacharias
Kevin MacLean Brian E. McConnell, UE Francine McIntyre John Meaney Celia J. Melanson Valerie A. Miller Cathleen C. O’Grady Brenda J. Picard, QC Dean D. Pietrantonio Donald L. Presse Peter M. Rogers Penny A. Ross Samy F. Salloum Gary Wharton
Brent Melanson Mary E. Murphy R. Alexander Neve Anna L. Perry Christina Perry Stanley Silverstone Kimberley D. Smith Maynard Janice E. Younker
1988 Total Class Giving.........$418,376 Class Participation................16%
1985
Gita Anand Christine Carter Michelle Christopher Paula L. Condran Barry G. Fleming Hon. Justice Theresa Forgeron Donna Franey Donald B. Jarvis Paul Lepsoe John E. Lowe Robert R. Regular Gail Rudderham Chernin, QC Robyn Ryan Bell Ronald M. Snyder Justice Maria Speyer Ian C. Wallace Kelly Wharton
Total Class Giving...........$13,040 Class Participation................27%
1987
Marianne L. Alto-Bond Janice E. Beaton, QC MGen B Blaise Cathcart, CD Aldo Chircop Peter Dale E. W. Scott Dickieson, QC Rina Elster Pantalony Mark W. Fletcher Jack Graham Kate D. Harris Margot E. Hillman Rachel A. Huntsman Ronald J. Kelly D. Brian Loewen David S. MacDougall Gordon Manuel Alnasir Meghji Michael Pantalony Dave Pentz Michael J. Philcox Mark Schmidt Chip Sutherland Brian V. Vardigans Ann G. Wilkie Caroline R. Zayid
Total Class Giving............. $9,310 Class Participation................13%
1989
Deborah Amour M. Alexandra Bednar Brenda Christen Steve Coughlan Nancy Cuelenaere Joan Dornian C. Gavin Giles Hon. Judge Pamela Goulding Charlotte Hatfield Jay C. Humphrey Mark T. Knox Hon. Justice Mona M. Lynch Jim MacAulay
1986 Total Class Giving............. $7,351 Class Participation................ 11%
Robert A. Balcom Wayne Bruce Fran Carnerie Brett Christen Brian W. Conway Charlotte Davis Mary C. Dixon Brandy Dow-Dall Margery Fowke Christopher Hale Paul R. Ives John Kulik, QC Wendy MacGregor Stordy
Total Class Giving...........$15,920 Class Participation................12% Ahab T. Abdel-Aziz R. Glen Boswall Moonchul Chang Hon. Judge Stephanie A. Cleary John M. Doricic Nathalie Goyette Sarah Harding Charles Kazaz M. Ross Langley Nancy MacCready-Williams John R. Manning
Margaret R. Matheson John A. McKinlay Keith S. Morgan Sheila O’Kane Marilyn Sandford Michael Sobkin Janice Spencer
1990 Total Class Giving...........$13,330 Class Participation................ 11% James K. Arends Bob Buckingham James E. Fisher Sandra Giffin Jonathan G. Herman Mark Houston Gareth C. Howells Donald G. MacDiarmid Donald K. MacKenzie Mary C. MacKenzie Diane L. McInnis George L. Murphy Suellen Murray* Anita Ploj Dave Schioler Michael Taylor Phyllis Weir Mitch Williams James D. Wood
1991 Total Class Giving...........$10,509 Class Participation................14% Steven Baldwin James K. Beriker, PC Lorenz Berner James L. Chipman, QC Colin J. Clarke Scott E. Cozens Neil Craik Jane M. Fitzpatrick Heather L. Hemphill Bob Hickey Jennifer E. Jolly Genevieve Lavertu Sean F. Layden, QC Celine Levesque Hugh A. MacAulay Susan MacKay Bernadette Maxwell Peter Nathanson * Deceased 2016 H E A R S AY
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1992 Total Class Giving...........$32,768 Class Participation..................8%
The generosity exemplified through this scholarship will never be far from my mind.
J. Gordon Allen Anita Anand Sheila J. Cameron Thomas J. Digby Dale E. Ives John T. Kalm Geoffrey Litherland Janet L. McCready Robert Bakewell Mitchell Stephen G. A .Pitel T. A. Pratt Darren Stratton Hugh Wright Samira G. Zayid Rodney J. Zdebiak
Margarete Daugela Class 2015 1993
Total Class Giving............. $7,221 Class Participation..................9% Brian Beck Subrata Bhattacharjee Matthew Certosimo Jeff Christian Frederick L. Glady Anthony Glavin Joan Hatch Erin Iles Roger Lee Barbara A. Legay Peter MacKenzie Joe B. Marshall Gerrit W. Verbeek Scott Warwick
While every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of this report, we apologize if your name has been misspelled, omitted or incorrectly listed. Please let us know so that we can correct our records. Total Class Giving amounts are excluded for those classes with under five donations to protect confidentiality.
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1994 Total Class Giving..............$7,164 Class Participation................22% Tara L. Anstey J. Paul Berry Paula M. Bremner Helena H. Chaye
Michael I. Christie David Clayton Timothy Costigan Glenn C. Dodge Shanti Dogra Jane D. Harrigan John Le Blanc J. Philip Leefe Megan A. Longley Daphne C. Loukidelis Shauna MacDonald Jennifer A. MacLellan Tyna Mason Garry A. McCay Nancy C. Milford Anna E. Myers Patricia A. Neild Darren C. Osborne Jennifer Palov Andre Perey David C. Perlmutter John Reynolds Chris Rockwell Amy J. Satov Greg Shirley Holly A. Shonaman Christopher S. Spiteri Alison F. Strachan Eric Taylor David A. Thompson Henry A. Visser Mary Ann Winterhalt
1996 Total Class Giving.............$2,100 Class Participation..................4% Ken Dekker Douglas E. Howell Nicholas P. Katsepontes Samiran P. Lakshman Maria K. Somjen Zarah E. Walpole D. Scott Worsfold
1997 Total Class Giving............. $1,695 Class Participation.................. 5% Cheryl Canning Susan E. Carruthers Douglas R. Downey Paul Dufays Vincent C. Kazmierski Robert F. MacDonald Julie E. McAlpine Jeffries M. Chantal Richard Duaine W. Simms
1998 Total Class Giving............. $1,676 Class Participation.................. 5%
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Total Class Giving............. $2,701 Class Participation..................8%
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John P. Bodurtha Jill K. Brown Jennifer G. Carmichael Anneke Driessen van der Lieck Shannon Farrell Annie Finn Christopher Harrington Jones Jennifer Khor Gil J. Korn Jay Maw Patricia Thiel Candace Thomas John Underhill
Total Class Giving.............$4,684 Class Participation..................6% Naomi Andjelic Bartlett Patrick Bartlett Sylvie Bourassa Paul F. Buckle Kathleen Dewhirst Sunny Ho Harry Korosis Loretta Manning Andrew P. Mayer Greg Moores Sheila Wildeman
2015 DONOR REPORT This report is a recognition of gifts received during the fiscal year 2014 to 2015.
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Annie Kaderly Blair McGeough Marie McNamee Andrew Waugh Michelle E. Wilson
2001 Total Class Giving.............$2,970 Class Participation..................4% Joe Burke Annette J. Duffy Andreas E. Kuntze E. Mark Rogers Andrew Wilson
2002 Total Class Giving........... $15,216 Class Participation.................. 5% Level Chan Patricia E. Doyle-Bedwell Elizabeth J. Hughes David H. Izett Darlene M. Lamey Leigh Lampert Dr. Ikechi Mgbeoji Erin M. Wilcott
2003 Total Class Giving............. $1,073 Class Participation..................4% Tyson Dyck Mala Joshi-Lomaga Tandiwe C. Nyajeka Chris Peddigrew Julia Tremain Donald Zarow
2004 Total Class Giving................$833 Class Participation.................. 5% Peter Godsoe, OC Anastasia Linthwaite James MacDuff Royland Moriah Devon Peavoy Maureen Peters Brendan Y. B. Wong
2006 Total Class Giving................ $941 Class Participation..................6% Charlotte Christophersen Michael Dull Lisa Filgiano Keri Gammon Catherine G. Gribbin Sarah Lennerton Julien Ranger-Musiol Lee Seshagiri Beth Sheppard Meredith Wain
2007 Total Class Giving................$564 Class Participation.................. 3% Peter Dostal Jennifer Ko Wendy Miller Claire Wilson
2008 Total Class Giving................ $576 Class Participation.................. 3% Emma Coyle Dave Mollica Andrew Sowerby Mark Watton
2009 Total Class Giving................ $435 Class Participation.................. 3% Amy Abbott Ashley McConnell-Gordon Dr. Pamela D. Palmater Jillian K. Pawlow
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2011 Class Participation.................. 1% Jade William Buchanan
2012 Class Participation.................. 2% Alex Deacon Joshua Nodelman Bradley Vermeersch
2013 Class Participation.................. 2% Jeff St. Aubin Jalana Lewis
2014 Total Class Giving................ $282 Class Participation.................. 5% Angelina Amaral Gillian Angrove Mallory Arnott Patrick Cashin Kelsey Evaniew Alexander Hartwig Ashley Schuitema
2015 Class Participation.................. 2% Roslyn Chambers Amelia Cooke Chantelle Coulson
HERITAGE SOCIETY The Dalhousie Heritage Society was established to recognize and thank those who have remembered the faculty in their estate plans. Anne Bastedo Christopher English Trinda L. Ernst, QC Keith R. Evans, QC Cherry Ferguson Arthur* & Patricia Fordham Duncan C. Fraser Dale Godsoe Jarvis Patrick Googoo Edwin C. Harris, QC & C. Patricia Harris, QC Dale Ives Janette Ferguson MacDonald Lori McCurdy Robert & June McInnes A. Anne McLellan Robbie Shaw Judge Robert J. L. White
ESTATES Estate of R.B. Viscount Bennett Estate of Douglas Coombes Estate of J. William & Edith H. Mingo Estate of James S. Palmer Estate of Alex Ross Estate of John McIntrye Stoddart Estate of Sarah Wolff
FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL Michael Andrews Michael Angrove Laura Angrove Dr. Philip Anisman Katie Archibald Colin R. Arnold Marie Arnott Heidi Ash Ray Baird Brian Baldwin
Jennifer K. Bankier Harold Barnett Jennifer Bell Stephen Bernardo Avard Bishop & Joanne McKeough Vaughan Black Lynne Bridger-Dunn & David Dunn Kimberley Brooks Lucille Bryan Hon. Alex B. Campbell Catherine Cashin Mary Louise Cashin George Clarke Marshall Cohen Curtis Cole Joanne Cole Margaret G. Cox Julia Crabbe Karen E. Crombie Annette Cumberbatch Pat Curran Richard J. Curtis Susanna D’Arcy Reena Davis Martin Day Megan Deveaux Paul Deveau Richard Devlin Peter A. Doig Denise Dwyer Stanley Dwyer Gordon S. Earle Jo-Anne Embree Anne Emery Kirk Emery Dick Evans Hon. J. Trevor Eyton, OC Catherine Faulkner Jeanne Fay Bernard Fishbein James Francis David L. W. Francis Jane Fraser Rachel Fridhandler Valerie D. Getson Marvin Goldberg Audrea Golding Marlyce Greene Peter Hajecek Meredith Hancock * Deceased 2016 H E A R S AY
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LAW CLASS OF ’74 BURSARY PAYS TRIBUTE TO ‘BELOVED PROFESSORS’ by JOANNE WARD-JERRETT If there’s one group that relishes a challenge, it’s the Law Class of 1974. How else to explain the explosive growth of the Class of 1974 Schulich Law School Bursary from a modest fund of $7,400 to a grand endowment in excess of $165,000? “This is a group that makes things happen,” according to class organizer Mary Clancy (’74). Along with classmates Brent Cotter (’74, LLM’79) and David Meadows (’74), Clancy was on hand during reunion celebrations for the inaugural presentation of the Dean’s Cup, awarded to fundraising projects that reach a $100,000 milestone—a goal far surpassed by the Class of ’74 bursary challenge. The Class of ’74 award, established in 2009 by classmate Jim Coleman, provides up to six bursaries annually to students in need at the Law School. Each bursary is named after one of six “beloved professors” from the Class of ’74 student days. “The early 70s were a kind of golden age at the law school,” says Clancy. “To have the blazing intellect and rapier wit of Innis Christie at 8:30 a.m., the empathy, experience and charm of Bill Charles at 10 a.m., and the warm, welcoming personality of John Yogis after that could actually make your head spin.” All of these beloved professors were “not just academic brains, but they embodied the ideal of public service,” says Clancy. “It was a privilege to watch them conduct a class. Members of our class went on to achieve great success.” Indeed, the Class of ’74 boasts more than its fair share of accomplished grads. Many have distinguished themselves in public and private law practice and in business careers. A dozen became judges, four of whom have served in Courts of Appeal. At least eight became law professors, including five deans. Two became members of parliament, one a cabinet minister and deputy prime minister. Another became a diplomat for Canada. A number served in senior positions in the public service, including leadership of the Law Society of Upper Canada, of Canada’s Competition Bureau, and of the Ontario Securities Commission. And the present and past Chancellors of Dalhousie University are graduates of the Class of ’74. Contributing to the Class of ’74 bursary is one way for individual members of the class to pay tribute to their Dalhousie experience. “Simply put, if you do well, you should give back,” says Clancy. “Universities are hugely important to the community in every way.”
DEAN CAMILLE CAMERON (LEFT) PRESENTS THE DEAN'S CUP TO CLASSMATES MARY CLANCY, BRENT COTTER AND BRUCE ARCHIBALD AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CLASS OF '74 FOR THE MILESTONE CLASS GIFT AT THE LAW REUNION CELEBRATIONS IN OCTOBER 2015.
MEET THE ‘BELOVEDS’ MURRAY FRASER “A shining example of the Weldon Tradition, Murray died far too young. He was always there for us during that terrifying first year, rolling up his sleeves in Torts class and saying, ‘Okay, what are the insane rumours floating around this week?’” INNIS CHRISTIE “Innis scared the living daylights out of us because he was so tough. He was possessed of a brilliant mind and an incredible wit, behind which lay a very kind heart.” JOHN YOGIS “The best friend of the class to this day, John’s door was always open and he was particularly encouraging to women. We had 25 women in our class, so it was a watershed year. There were only five in the year before.”
BILL CHARLES ”The recipient of the class ring, Bill Charles was “the uncle figure—always a reservoir of avuncular good advice.” HUGH KINDRED “Our first year of law school was also Hugh’s first year teaching, and we basically adopted him because he was the same age as us. He was our buddy and just like another classmate.” PETER DARBY “Peter was Everyman. He had a wonderful quiet wit and he was marvelously accessible. He made us feel better, as if we really could make it through law school after all.”
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THE WELDON PROFESSORS 01 Professor BRUCE ARCHIBALD is teaching labour law and criminal law within his new status as a 50 per cent post-retirement professor. He is readying for publication a paper presented in June 2015 at a conference of the global Labour Law Research Network in Amsterdam. In September, he presented at an annual conference of the pioneering Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service. In October, he served as a member of a panel of arbitrators, during a conference dedicated to the late Professor Bernie Adell at Queen’s University, assessing the impact of arbitral jurisprudence in the 20 years following the Supreme Court of Canada’s ground-breaking decision in Weber v. Ontario Hydro. 02 Professor VAUGHAN BLACK taught courses on torts, animals and the law, and conflicts of law. He continues as editor of the Dalhousie Law Journal and is published in the field of tort law and private international law.
03 Professor KIM BROOKS is on administrative leave for the 2015-2016 academic year and is badly missing time in the classroom. She eagerly anticipates returning to teach a variety of courses, especially tax law, next year. In the interim, she is working on a project on comparative tax systems and tax administration more generally. 04 Dean CAMILLE CAMERON has just completed a collaborative book project (Elgar Publishing, manuscript submitted) on collective litigation with scholars from 10 countries. The book, Class Actions In Context: How Economics, Culture and Politics Shape Collective Litigation, analyses the ways in which different legal systems throughout the world deal with collective litigation. Dean Cameron is the author of one chapter (Litigation as ‘core business’: commercially funded class actions in Australia) and co-author with two scholars, one Canadian and one Israeli, of another chapter (Economic enablers of class actions). Dean Cameron has been working on various projects with this group of scholars since 2010.
05 Professor ALDO CHIRCOP continues to teach and undertake research in maritime law and the international law of the sea. His principal activity was leading the research and production of the second edition of Canadian Maritime Law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2016), which he co-edits with William Moreira, Hugh Kindred and Edgar Gold. Supported by a SSHRC grant, this major reference work contains 26 chapters from 28 contributors from academia, public prosecution, and leading law firms across Canada. As in the case of the first edition, this work will assist courts, legal practitioners, teachers and students in this country and overseas.
06 Professor STEVE COUGHLAN taught criminal law again and returned to teaching criminal procedure this year, in addition to his upper-year seminar course. He was also busy writing the third edition of Criminal Procedure, preparing a soon-to-be published book presenting the rules of criminal procedure in graphic form (test-driven with this year’s class) and bringing out the 13th edition of Learning Canadian Criminal Law. In addition he was engaged outside the Law School speaking at conferences in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, as well as being involved with online judicial education.
07 Professor ELAINE CRAIG’S recent research has included an interview-based project with criminal defence lawyers and Crown Attorneys across Canada, a study examining the commercial speech engaged in by criminal lawyers on their websites, and a project examining trial transcripts in recent sexual assault cases. Her recent work has been published in the Ottawa Law Review, the UBC Law Review and the University of Toronto Law Journal. Her current project involves an examination of the rules excluding evidence of a complainant’s other sexual activity.
08 Professor ROB CURRIE, in collaboration with Bob Adler of Nossaman LLP in Washington, D.C., has developed a new course called “Cross-Border Litigation in an Applied Context.” The course will expose students to the various kinds of issues that arise in civil and regulatory litigation that involves more than one country. It will be “intensive” in format, a series of lectures over the course of several days, and cover anti-trust/competition matters, white-collar crime, class actions, tax enforcement and economic sanctions, among other topics, through the lens of real-life cases. It is hoped the course will be offered in the winter 2017 term.
09 Professor MICHAEL DETURBIDE returned from sabbatical and resumed the position of Associate Dean. With Professor Steve Coughlan he completed a comprehensive research report for the Office of Consumer Affairs, Industry Canada, that addressed issues requiring consumer protection in the context of electronic commerce. He taught business associations and gave presentations, including a public “mini law” lecture on online purchasing. He was on the organizing committee of the CIAJ’s annual conference “Privacy in the Age of Information” in St. John’s. He also served on the Nova Scotia Securities Commission and many university and law school committees. A highlight of the year was a cycling tour through the Loire Valley, France, with his family. 10 Professor RICHARD DEVLIN’S research projects have focused on the relationship between the judiciary and regulation theory. The first project is a collaboration with Professor Adam Dodek (Ottawa), called Regulating Judges. In this edited collection, the authors bring together scholars from 19 countries to critically analyze the variety of mechanisms deployed to regulate judges. The second project is his contribution to the development of a set of international principles for the appointment of judges. The principles will be jointly published by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the University of Cape Town. The third project, with Professor Sheila Wildeman, is a critical assessment of the judicial discipline processes in Canada.
11 Professor MEINHARD DOELLE is collaborating with a team of leading academics and UN staff to develop a guide and critique of the new UN climate regime arising from the Paris Climate Agreement. The book will cover the range of issues to be included in the new climate regime, from mitigation and adaptation to finance, loss and damage, technology, capacity building and compliance. The book will be published by Oxford University Press and is due to be released in the fall of 2016. In parallel to the book, the editorial team is developing a training and education program on the emerging UN climate regime. 2016 H E A R S AY
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12 Professor JOCELYN DOWNIE was kept busy this year with the matter of assisted death. Following the decision from the Supreme Court of Canada in Carter v. Canada, the issue shifted from whether to decriminalize assisted death to how to do so. Most recently, she was on the Provincial/Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying. On the teaching front, she is continuing the Sisyphean task of refining the Legal Ethics and Regulation of the Profession course. Up next is trying to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations aimed at law schools by starting to bring indigenous legal traditions, principles, and values into the “PR” classroom.
17 Professor H. ARCHIBALD (ARCHIE) KAISER taught criminal law, criminal procedure
13 Professor JOANNA ERDMAN, MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy, was recently appointed to chair the Global Health Advisory Committee of the Public Health Program, Open Society Foundations, a global grant-making network active in more than 100 countries. The Public Health Program works at the intersection of health and human rights, seeking to advance the social inclusion of groups discriminated against in health, and to increase transparency, accountability and participation in health related-decision making. Joanna also chairs the Gender and Rights Advisory Panel of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization.
18 Professor WILLIAM LAHEY taught property law, administrative law and health
14 Professor ELAINE GIBSON was awarded the Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship from the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, and in October 2014 presented the results of her research at their annual conference in St. John’s on the topic of “Competing Forces: Retention and Destruction of Personal Health Information in an Electronic World.” She drafted a report for the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness (along with Leah Hutt, Constance MacIntosh and Sheila Wildeman) on legal issues surrounding the electronic monitoring of forensic mental health patients. Elaine co-chairs the Advisory Committee on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. 15 Last year, Professor DIANA GINN worked with Paul Hutchinson (a mediator, therapist, former director of the Correymeela Peace and Reconciliation Centre in Northern Ireland, and a filmmaker) to develop a new short course on mediation, with a focus on applying lessons learned in Northern Ireland to conflicts in Canada. The course was offered by the law school for the first time in the fall of 2015 and received very positively by students. Professor Ginn looks forward to continuing collaboration with Paul Hutchinson; last May she attended a week long session on conflict resolution at the Corrymeela Centre and this May, will be returning with another group, this time as a co-leader. 16 Professor ELIZABETH HUGHES, Assistant Dean Academic, taught tort law and damage compensation to first-year students again, and continued to serve as faculty supervisor for the Nova Scotia Supreme Court and Court of Appeal student clerkship programs. She coordinated a number of new initiatives within the Law School and continues to work closely with students. Professor Hughes served on the Dalhousie University Senate in the 2014-15 academic year, and on a number of law school and university committees. Professor Hughes continues her volunteer work in animal rescue.
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and mental disability law: civil and criminal, as well as legal issues in psychiatry. He published two articles on the Mr. Big sting, based on the Hart and Mack cases, accompanied by sessions for the bar and faculty. He was a lecturer at the Osgoode National Symposium on Mental Health Law, the McGill Journal of Law and Health Colloquium, the National Judicial Institute and the Mini-Law Program. His daughters and partner are busy: Elspeth (PhD in Law , UBC); Catriona (JD, University of Saskatchewan); Freya (BA Hons, Queen’s); Anne, Provincial (and Youth) Court, doing long trials.
systems law and policy and in the College of Sustainability and the School of Health Administration's executive education program. He received the Dalhousie Law Students’ Society and Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award. With Professor Meinhard Doelle, he completed a report for the Province of Nova Scotia on a new regulatory framework for the aquaculture industry. Articles or book chapters addressed the role of utilities regulation in improving environmental performance of electricity systems, inter-professional regulatory collaboration in health care, health care’s response to frailty and the role of legislation in environmental governance.
19 Professor JENNIFER LLEWELLYN continues to research and work on a restorative justice approach nationally and internationally. She facilitated the design process for the restorative inquiry for the Home for Coloured Children and was appointed to the Inquiry’s Council of Parties as a process advisor. She served as an advisor and co-facilitator of the restorative justice process at the Faculty of Dentistry. She also conducted a review of the Northwest Territories Human Rights System. She is planning the international conference Exploring Possibilities: A Restorative Approach to Climate and Culture in Education, Workplace and Professions to be held in Halifax in June 2016. She received the National Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award from the Corrections Canada.
20 Professor GEOFFREY LOOMER was delighted to be awarded tenure and to be promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. In addition to teaching various tax law subjects and secured transactions, he published articles on the taxation of multinational corporations and international partnerships, co-authored a new textbook on the taxation of business organizations in Canada, and contributed to the fifth edition of a textbook on Canadian income tax law. Geoff continues to a member of the planning committee for the Canadian Tax Foundation’s annual Atlantic Conference.
21 Professor CONSTANCE MACINTOSH, Director of Dalhousie’s Health Law Institute, collaborated with colleagues on a report for the Department of Health and Wellness on Charter, Criminal Code, and Human Rights Code implications of GPS tracking for forensic mental health patients. She served on an expert panel for the Nova Scotia Independent Review of Hydraulic Fracturing and was lead author on chapters on regulatory issues and the constitutional and other rights of Mi’kmaq people. Her community-based work involved the Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women, speaking at Amnesty International’s AGM, and acting as supervising lawyer for ISANS’s legal information clinic. She served on university committees, supervised graduate students and taught contacts, immigration, refugee and Aboriginal law.
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27 Professor MICHELLE WILLIAMS led the Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq Initiative’s
Mary’s University in recognition of his public service to Nova Scotia, Canada and beyond. He continues as the media person for most legal matters. He gave the keynote address at the Canadian Law Reform Commission’s conference in Halifax in October 2015 and presented on the Charter aspects of Bar Society Discipline hearings at another national conference. He delivered presentations on cyberbullying, including a Mini Law School session. He teaches public law and holds the Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law. He published the lead article in the most recent U.N.B. Law Journal on the legal aspects of cyberbullying.
25th Anniversary celebrations including a student outreach day, a symposium on the Donald Marshall Jr. Report, a gala unveiling Donald Marshall Jr.’s portrait and recognition of Shawna Hoyte’s induction into the Bertha Wilson Honour Society. The IB&M Initiative received the Canadian Race Relations Foundation Award of Excellence in 2014 and the Canadian Bar Association—Nova Scotia Branch Law Day Award in 2015. She taught criminal law, made a deputation to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights entitled “African Nova Scotians: Rooted Claims for Generational Justice” and presented at the 2015 Black Canadian Studies Association Biennial Conference on “Reconstituting African Canadian Identity.” In September, the IB&M Initiative welcomed its first Mi’kmaq Elder-in-Residence, Jane Abram.
23 Professor LEONARD ROTMAN, Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law, spent the 2014-15 academic year on leave. He continued writing and tweeting (@ProfessorRotman) in corporate law, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary obligations, but also undertook work on Disgorgement in Contract and the role of Equity in law school and contemporary law. He published the chapters “Fiduciary Obligations” and “Remedies” in Faye Woodman’s Trusts casebook and wrote a paper on Disgorgement for the National Judicial Institute conference in May 2015, which also examines the notion of good faith in Contract Law from the SCC’s judgment in Bhasin v. Hrynew.
24 Professor ROLLIE THOMPSON continues to teach family law, evidence and civil procedure when not gadding about the country talking to judges or lawyers about spousal support or evidence law or relocation of parents or child protection. This past year, his doctoral student Ilana Luther successfully defended her brilliant thesis on Nova Scotia's child protection law and history and obtained her PhD Rollie is currently producing a Revised User’s Guide to the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, with Carol Rogerson from U of T. The “R.U.G.” will be released in time for the National Family Law Program in July in St. John’s (he’s one of the organizers).
25 Professor DAVID VANDERZWAAG continues to work with natural scientists in exploring the governance challenges raised by climate change and ocean acidification. Under the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network, a National Centre of Excellence based at Dalhousie, his recent publications include “Ocean Acidification and Geoengineering: Navigating Beyond the Law of the Sea” (2014) 47 Belgium Review of International Law 137 and “Ocean Acidification: Scientific Surges, Lagging Law and Policy Responses” in R Warner & S Kaye (eds), Routledge Handbook of Maritime Regulation and Enforcement (2015) (with Katja Fennel).
28 Professor FAYE WOODMAN with Mark Gillen (University of Victoria) produced the third edition of The Law of Trusts: A Contextual Approach in the summer. She also continued her teaching and lecturing at the school and to community groups on pension law and financial strategies for families with persons with disabilities.
29 Emeritus Professor HUGH KINDRED was involved in the publication of two books in 2014. He was a co-author with Stephen Coughlan, Rob Currie and Teresa Scassa of the descriptively titled Law Beyond Borders: Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in an Age of Globalization and a co-author and co-editor with Phillip Saunders and Rob Currie of the new eighth edition of International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada. In 2015 he co-authored and co-edited with Aldo Chircop, Will Moreira and Edgar Gold the second edition of Canadian Maritime Law. He continued to work with graduate students as well as teaching classes in international law and consulting on course curriculum for trade and shipping law.
30 Professor MOIRA MCCONNELL retired from teaching in July 2015 and was appointed Professor Emerita of Law and also named as an Honorary Fellow by the Marine & Environmental Law Institute. Colleague Professor Emeritus John Yogis nominated her for a place among the tremendous women on the “Riva Spatz Womens’ Wall of Honour.” Although she is now based in Montreal, she is still involved in projects related to maritime law, law of the sea and environmental law and is currently completing a book. She remains actively engaged with graduate programs and is an adjunct professor for the Law School’s graduate program, for the University’s Interdisciplinary PhD program and for the Master's Degree in Marine Affairs in the Faculty of Science.
26 Professor SHEILA WILDEMAN has been exploring the connections between deprivation of liberty and lack of community supports, as illustrated by institutionalization in psychiatric hospitals, prisons, and residential care facilities. In the spring in Saskatoon, she was on a panel addressing the myth of the rule of law in prisons with prison activists Lisa Neve and Yvonne Johnson. This past fall in London, she presented work examining England’s “deprivation of liberty safeguards” in light of liberty restrictions in health and social care in Nova Scotia. Sheila was on a panel with prison activist Julie Bilotta and lawyer-activist Emma Halpern, addressing the use of women’s bodies as instruments of punishment in prisons.
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TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH JUDICIAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE, PROFESSOR EMERITUS JOHN YOGIS, Q.C., AND ASSOCIATE DEAN MICHAEL DETURBIDE, Q.C., ENJOYED A ONCEIN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY HAD A PERSONAL MEETING WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH II AT ST. JAMES’S PALACE IN LONDON ON OCT. 27. THE OCCASION WAS A RECEPTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF COMMONWEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. JOHN (PICTURED) WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE IN 1998. LOCATED AT THE SCHULICH SCHOOL OF LAW, THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES SUPPORT TO AND LINKAGES AMONG EXISTING COMMONWEALTH JUDICIAL EDUCATION BODIES; JOHN AND MICHAEL ARE ITS DIRECTORS AND ALUMNUS JUDGE SANDRA OXNER (’65) WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT AND REMAINS AS CHAIRPERSON. JOHN DESCRIBED HIS MEETING WITH HER MAJESTY AS “A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. IN THE MOMENT, IT IS DIFFICULT TO REALIZE YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN THE WORLD. SHE WAS GRACIOUS AND PUT ME INSTANTLY AT EASE.”
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counsel with McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of trusts and estates. He retired from the firm on Dec. 31, 2015.
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counsel with McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, received the Exceptional Volunteer Service Award from Mount Saint Vincent University in recognition of his volunteer service to the university. He retired from the firm on Dec. 31, 2015.
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the Bedford firm of Pressé Mason as counsel.
Patterson Law’s Truro, N.S., office as counsel.
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counsel with McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of energy regulatory law. GEORGE COOPER,
BoyneClarke in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of corporate law.
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counsel with McInnes Cooper Halifax, was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of mergers and acquisitions.
Halifax joined Pink Larkin in January as counsel after spending spent 45 years with McInnes Cooper. He was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of construction law.
CLARENCE BECKETT was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of insurance law, legal malpractice and personal injury litigation. He is a partner with Patterson Law in Halifax. THOMAS BOYNE of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of corporate law, insolvency and restructuring law, real estate law, banking and finance law.
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is the first member of the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador to be inducted into the province’s Volunteer Hall of Fame. The gala and induction ceremony was held in St. John’s in October 2014. DOUGLAS MOORES
J. RONALD CREIGHTON was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of real estate law and trust and estates. He is a partner with Patterson Law in Halifax.
awarded the 2015 Louis St-Laurent Award of Excellence by the Canadian Bar Association in February 2015. The award recognizes distinguished or exceptional service to the objectives and goals of the CBA. Mick is a partner with Stewart McKelvey in Halifax, where he has practiced since 1972.
19 7 2 DAVID BRIGHT of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of criminal defense and personal injury litigation.
of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of real estate law.
formally installed as Chancellor of Dalhousie University in May 2015 during convocation ceremonies. She had been a senior advisor with the law firm Bennett Jones in Edmonton since 2006. Prior to this appointment, she had a distinguished career in politics. HOWARD WETSTON has
been appointed a Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, a Toronto-based research organization. Most recently he was the Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission and prior to that position was the CEO of the Ontario Energy Board, the head of the federal Competition Bureau and a Federal Court of Canada trial judge.
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LARRY FREEMAN joined
Stewart McKelvey’s Halifax office as partner. PAUL PETTIPAS stepped
down from his position of CEO of the Nova Scotia Home Builders’ Association in September 2015.
was appointed Crown Attorney for Yarmouth, N.S., in November 2015 after working on a per diem basis there for the past two years.
CYRIL PROUDFOOT of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of personal injury litigation.
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a partner in McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, was elected to the board of directors for Alpine Canada Alpin, the national governing body for alpine, para-alpine and ski-cross racing in Canada. CHRIS ROBINSON,
R. JAMES WILLIAMS received ANNE MCLELLAN was
WILLIAM (MICK) RYAN was
DELL WICKENS
an honorary degree from Dalhousie University in May 2015 for his influence as a justice, a legal educator and a children’s rights advocate.
19 7 8 is the first chief regulatory officer with the Province of Nova Scotia. He will head the newly created Office of Regulatory Affairs and Service Effectiveness. FRED CROOKS
MICHAEL DONOVAN ,
executive chairman of DHX Media Ltd.—a global film-and-television company specializing in the production, distribution, broadcasting and licensing of children’s and family entertainment— is this year’s Canadian Entrepreneur Of The Year. He will compete with more than 50 other country’s winners for the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in June. ANNE EMERY released
19 7 6 was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of insurance law and personal injury litigation. He is a partner with Patterson Law in Halifax. ROBERT PURDY
her newest mystery, Ruined Abbey, in May 2015.
received an honorary degree (Doctor of Civil Law, Honoris Causa) from Saint Mary’s University in October 2015. A. WAYNE MACKAY
CYRIL RANDALL of
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BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of real estate law.
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is now counsel with Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office. She previously spent over 20 years in the Moscow office of a major global firm, where she was managing partner. CAROL PATTERSON
EUGENE ROSSITER was appointed Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada. He was sworn in by the Governor General of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, at Rideau Hall in January 2015. He was first appointed to the Tax Court as a judge in 2006 and then appointed Associate Chief Justice in 2008.
19 7 9 NORM LETALIK retired from Borden Ladner Gervais after 27 years and accepted a position as general counsel and corporate secretary with Volkswagen Group Canada Inc. in Ajax, Ont. RICHARD NEUFELD of Calgary was appointed a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta to fill a new position created by Bill C-31. He previously practiced with Dentons Canada LLP.
19 8 0 MARGARET MACDONALD retired
from the Nova Scotia government in September 2015 as deputy minister of intergovernmental affairs. She had previously served as deputy minister of finance under both the McNeil and Dexter governments. received a 2014 Equality Award from the Manitoba Bar Association for her work with indigenous people, women and other marginalized and disadvantaged groups.
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JIM PRENTICE has been named a visiting scholar for a four-month term with the Canada Institute of the Wilson Centre in Washington, D.C. He will be working on a book that will examine energy and environmental issues in Canada.
19 8 2 is counsel with Wickwire Holm in Halifax. He previously practiced with Auld Allen. GREG AULD
is a senior partner with Wickwire Holm in Halifax. He was previously with Ritch Williams & Richards. PHIL CHAPMAN
19 8 1 of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of criminal defence. BRIAN CASEY
a partner in McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of health-care law. MARJORIE HICKEY,
SCOTT MACKENZIE
was appointed chair and CEO of the Prince Edward Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (IRAC), the administrative tribunal that regulates electricity, petroleum, auto insurance and non-resident land ownership and is the administrative appellate body for appeals for land use planning matters in the province. Prior to his appointment, Scott was a senior partner at Stewart McKelvey in Charlottetown.
SHAUNA SULLIVAN CURLEY
was appointed Ethics and Integrity Commissioner for the Government of Prince Edward Island. Prior to this, she was deputy minister for the Prince Edward Island Public Service. Over the years, she served as deputy minister of Justice, Environment and Education and Early Childhood Development.
NANCY RIDEOUT joined
Weldon McInnis in Halifax. She was previously with MacKinnon Buckle Stevenson.
GEOFF REGAN was elected Speaker of the House of Commons in December 2015. He is the first Atlantic Canadian in nearly 100 years to be elected to the role. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Halifax West in Nova Scotia, representing the Liberal Party, during the 2015 federal election. FAE SHAW, a partner with McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of securities law.
MATTHEW NAPIER of
BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of personal injury litigation. a partner with Coady Filliter, is chair of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission.
PAUL RADFORD,
19 8 3 was appointed the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Association’s Patron of the Arts for 2015. This award, given to a person, business or organization, recognizes an ongoing commitment to the arts in the province through innovative, community or sustained support of artistic activity. He is a partner in the St. John’s office of McInnes Cooper. JOHN O’DEA
KATHRYN PENTZ was appointed Chief Crown Attorney of the Cape Breton region of Nova Scotia. She joined the Sydney office of the Public Prosecution Service in 1993 as a Crown Attorney and in 1999 was appointed senior Crown Attorney, achieving the designation of senior Crown counsel in 2005.
is second vice-president for 2015–16 for the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society. She is a partner with Sealy Cornish Coulthard in Dartmouth. JULIA CORNISH
was appointed Speaker of the Senate in December 2015 by the Governor General of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. He was named to the Senate in 1999 by then prime minister Jean Chrétien.
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ELIZABETH MAY was elected Member of Parliament for Saanich–Gulf Islands, B.C., representing the Green Party during the 2015 federal election.
19 8 4 CLARE CHRISTIE published My Dear Alice: War Letters 1937–1950 in 2014. Alice was the mother of Clare and Innis Christie (’62) and the grandmother of Michael Christie (’94). The letters, thanking Alice for sending parcels to relatives in England during the Second World War, present vivid depictions of life on the home front. Order a copy at newworldpublishing.com/catalogue. Email Clare at clare_christie@auracom. com to order her novel, anthologies and booklets. DAVID COLES of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of defamation and media law and was named Lawyer of the Year in Halifax in the same areas of the law. He was also named Local Litigation Star in 2016 for the Atlantic region. He will be highlighted in the 4th edition of The Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys.
CHRISTENE HIRSCHFELD was named the North American Co-Chair of TAGlaw’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology Specialty Group. She has been an active member of this Specialty Group since 2010. JOHN FITZPATRICK of
BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of insolvency and financial restructuring law. NEIL JACOBS was appointed Stewart McKelvey’s Newfoundland and Labrador regional manager in January 2015. He is based in the St. John’s office. BERNARD HIBBITTS received
the Canadian American Bar Association’s John D. Lawson Award, which recognizes Canadians who have excelled in the practice of law and/or made an outstanding contribution to the law or legal scholarship in the United States. Bernard is publisher and editor of JURIST, the award-winning law student-powered legal news service that he created at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he has been a professor since 1996. CHRISTENE HIRSCHFELD of
BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of entertainment law, information technology law and intellectual property law. JIM MUSGRAVE was
the 2014 recipient of the national Lionel J. McGowan Award of Excellence in Dispute Resolution, awarded by the ADR Institute of Canada. Jim is a partner with, and a chartered mediator in, Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office.
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19 8 5 joined the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization as Chief of Legal Services. Legal Services accepts interns for three to six months. If you’re interested in an internship, email sonya.brander@ctbto.org. She lives in Vienna with her family and returns to Nova Scotia each summer.
SONYA BRANDER
was appointed Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in September 2015. She is the first woman to be appointed Chief Judge in any level of the court in the province. Previously, she was Crown Attorney and senior Crown Attorney responsible for the Special Prosecutions Office. Before being appointed a provincial court judge, she was assistant deputy minister and drector of Public Prosecutions with the Department of Justice. PAMELA GOULDING
TIM HILL of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the areas of insolvency and financial restructuring law.
is in-house counsel for Oceanex Inc. in St. John’s. He was previously with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Justice.
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BRIAN MCCONNELL was
elected a trustee of the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada (UELAC) at its annual meeting in Victoria in June 2015. He is a volunteer director and secretary of the Nova Scotia Branch of UELAC.
KAY RHODENIZER joined McGinty Doucet Walker as counsel, coinciding with this family law firm’s move to expanded Halifax offices.
was elected Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, representing the Liberal Party, during the 2015 federal election.
SEAN CASEY
a partner with McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, was nominated president of the board of directors for the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE). He is also the Nova Scotia director for CACE and was re-elected to the board of directors of the International Tennis Federation for a fourth term.
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19 8 6 MICHELLE CHRISTOPHER is executive director of Student Legal Assistance (SLA) and teaches clinical programs at the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. SLA recently celebrated 35 years of law students providing legal services to low-income Calgary and area residents.
19 8 7 BRIAN CONWAY was
appointed a judicial officer for World Rugby. His previous appointments included Judicial Officer for Canada vs. Samoa and USA vs. Tonga men’s international rugby matches in Toronto as part of the Pacific Nations Cup. DARRELL DEXTER, former premier of Nova Scotia, was appointed vice-chair of Toronto public relations firm Global Public Affairs. PAUL IVES was
re-elected mayor of Comox, B.C., in November 2014 for a third term after serving six years as mayor and six years as councillor. He practices law at Ives Burger in Courtenay and has lived in Comox since 1992. Contact him at paul@ivesburgerlaw.com or paulives@shaw.ca.
DAVID MACDOUGALL ,
a partner in McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of natural resources law. DREW WHITE took a position at the United Nations as a legal advisor within the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, specifically assigned as the legal counsel and reporting officer in an investigation of war crimes violations and abuses of human rights in Libya.
has rejoined McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as partner. He was previously the deputy minister for Planning & Priorities for the Province of Nova Scotia. He will continue his role in public service for the next year with a new title of Senior Executive Advisor for the newly amalgamated offices of Planning & Priorities and the Executive Council Office for the province.
BERNIE MILLER
University Excellence in Teaching Award in May 2015. TILLY PILLAY,
the executive director of the Legal Services Division at the provincial Department of Justice, is the new president of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.
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former federal Justice Minister and Member of Parliament for the riding of Central Nova in Nova Scotia, left his career in politics after 18 years. MacKay joined the Toronto office of global law firm Baker & McKenzie as partner. He will advise firms doing global business and international companies doing business in Canada.
DONALD MACKENZIE is the current president of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island. He is the executive director and legal counsel for the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I., which includes serving as the lead negotiator for Aboriginal and treaty rights on behalf of the Mi’kmaq people of Prince Edward Island. LENA METLEDGE DIAB,
MLA for Halifax–Armdale and Immigration Minister for the Province of Nova Scotia, was recognized in November 2015 by the Canadian Progress Club of Halifax Cornwallis for her contributions to business and the greater community.
19 8 9 KAREN OLDFIELD,
president and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority, was recognized by the Canadian Progress Club Halifax Cornwallis in November 2015 for her contributions to the business and greater community.
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19 8 8 has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation. A senior tax lawyer in Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office, his practice focuses on domestic and international tax advisory services and the implementation of tax-related transactions and business structures. ROB ARKIN
JUDITH FERGUSON stepped
down as Nova Scotia’s deputy minister of Justice in April 2015. She is the new vicepresident of corporate affairs at Nova Scotia Power Inc.
a law professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) at the Chicago–Kent College of Law, received the IIT’s 2015 John W. Rowe
CLAIRE MILTON of BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of corporate governance practice.
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PETER RUMSCHEIDT joined Weldon McInnis in Halifax in June 2015. He was previously a partner with Cox & Palmer.
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C. LOUANN CHAISSON was
appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court’s Family Division. Prior to her appointment, she was a partner with Weldon McInnis in Dartmouth, where her area of practice was family law. TIM DALEY was
appointed a Nova Scotia Family and Provincial Court Judge. Most recently, he was the sole practitioner of the Goodman MacDonald Law Group in New Glasgow, N.S., focused primarily on family law. JANE FITZPATRICK was
appointed a Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court Justice. She spent most of her career as a legal aid lawyer with the province.
JEFFREY HUNT was
appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court’s General Division. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner with Patterson Law in Truro, N.S., where he practiced civil and criminal law. DONNA TURKO added
part-time stage mother to her full-time criminal defence lawyering. Donna’s 13-year-old son is a leading actor in the television series Gracepoint.
appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Until her appointment, she was senior family law counsel with Jenkins Marzban LLP in Vancouver, a position she had held since 2014. She was an associate lawyer with Davis LLP from 1993 to 2005, when she became a partner with that firm.
19 9 4 PETER DRISCOLL won
the Benchmark Canada 2015 Atlantic Litigator of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. Lawyers from across the country were recognized for important litigation matters, in particular their work involving cases that set important precedents or whose verdicts involve notably high dollar amounts. He is a McInnes Cooper partner based in Calgary.
ELIZABETH BUCKLE was
appointed a judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1994, then to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1998. She practiced exclusively in criminal law, quasi-criminal defence and administrative law in Toronto and Halifax. Between 2004 and 2008, she worked as a federal Crown Prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. In 2008, she returned to private practice as a partner with the Halifax firm of MacKinnon Buckle Stevenson. She was with the firm until her appointment to the bench.
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a partner in Stewart McKelvey Halifax, received a 2014 Progress Women of Excellence Award in the category of Management and the Professions. It was presented at the 25th Annual Progress Women of Excellence Awards held in Halifax. MICHAEL CALLAGHAN is
Crown counsel in the prosecution of Regina v. Jian Ghomeshi before Justice William B. Horkins of the Ontario Court of Justice.
19 9 8 LINDA DUNCAN was
elected Member of Parliament for Edmonton–Strathcona, representing the New Democratic Party, during the 2015 federal election.
COLLEEN HANYCZ was
named the first female president of La Salle University in its 152-year history. She will be the first layperson to head the Philadelphia-based university, whose previous presidents have been Christian Brothers. She left her role as president of Brescia University College in London, Ont., to accept this appointment.
MARK GOSINE ,
executive vice-president of legal affairs and general counsel for Halifax-based DHX Media Ltd., received an award from Canadian Lawyer for in-house lawyer innovation in the merger-and-acquisition dealmakers category.
began his appointment as a judge of the Tax Court of Canada in June 2015. He had been a lawyer with McInnes Cooper since 1997 and a partner since 2003.
has been named the new head of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Prior to her appointment she was minister-counsellor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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SARAH KIRBY is a Crown Attorney for the Public Prosecution Service in Halifax. She was previously Assistant Dean, Student Services, at the Schulich School of Law.
2000 SARAH CAMPBELL joined McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as a partner. She was previously a partner in Patterson Law’s Truro, N.S., office. SARI GRABEN is the recipient of the 2015 Dean’s Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award. She teaches in the Department of Law and Business at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University.
2 0 01 became a partner in Shearman & Sterlings’ Singapore office, where he practices in the capital markets group. TREVOR INGRAM
LISA TAYLOR was the 2015 recipient of Ryerson University’s Faculty of Communication and Design Dean’s Teaching Award. She is a professor in the School of Journalism.
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GREGORY MACLEAN joined the Moncton office of McInnes Cooper as counsel.
a partner in McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office, received the Heenan Ross Award in September 2015 at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers. The award recognizes Tara’s efforts as a founding director and an officer of the association. TARA ERSKINE,
2002 CHRIS QUIGLEY is
counsel with the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board. He was previously with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Justice. TONYA (FLOOD) FLEMING
JENNIFER GRAY was
promoted to partner at McInnes Cooper Halifax.
joined the executive team of Painted Pony Petroleum Limited in Calgary as vice-president and general counsel. CHRISTIAN PROVENZANO
was elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. in October 2014.
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is acting director of executive education at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. She was previously a partner with ZSA Legal Recruitment in Toronto, where she worked for nine years. REBECCA TOTH
MEGAN LESLIE accepted a role as a senior advisor to the World Wildlife Fund of Canada. She will work on the oceans program and promote marine planning, sustainable fishing, the protection of ocean biodiversity and habitat-friendly renewable energy.
2003 REBECCA HILTZ-LEBLANC , a partner with BoyneClarke LLP, is president of the Neptune Theatre Foundation in Halifax. MALA JOSHI launched
an
intellectual property boutique firm in Toronto that offers services in all aspects of intellectual property law and has a focus on trademarks and litigation. She can be reached at mala@joshilegal. com.
ELANA LIBERMAN received a 2014 Progress Women of Excellence Award in the category of Entrepreneur/Innovator, which was presented at the 25th Annual Progress Women of Excellence Awards held in Halifax in November 2014. She is the owner/creator of Cyclone Group Fitness.
2006 appointed partner in McInnes Cooper’s Halifax
SARAH LANE
ERIN O’TOOLE was
elected Member of Parliament for Durham, Ont., representing the Conservative Party, during the 2015 federal election. CHRIS WILSON was
promoted to partner at McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office.
2004 promoted to partner at McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office. SCOTT CAMPBELL ,
a partner with Stewart McKelvey in Halifax, was recognized as one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 for 2015. SHIVANI CHOPRA was
promoted to partner at McInnes Cooper’s Fredericton office.
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JESSICA LOCKETT joined Epiq Systems as director of document review services in Toronto and will oversee the company’s document review services in Canada. Epiq Systems provides integrated technology solutions for the legal profession. DAN WATT was promoted to partner at McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office.
2009 SEAN FRASER was elected Member of Parliament for Central Nova, N.S., representing the Liberal Party, during the 2015 federal election.
STEPHEN CAMPBELL
is now a partner with BoyneClarke and a member of the Business Law team. He was previously an associate lawyer with the firm.
SEAN GLOVER is now a partner at Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office.
KYLE PETERSON was
ADAM PICOTTE was NICHOLAS MOTT is
now a partner at Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office.
KATE GLOVER was
2005 SARAH DYKEMA joined McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as a senior associate in the private client service group, with a practice that focuses on estate planning and trusts.
was appointed a partner at McInnes Cooper’s St. John’s office. BETH MCGRATH
JAMIE ANGUS was
was the winner of the 2015 Zöe Odei Young Lawyer’s Award. It was established by the Canadian Bar Association in 2003 to honour and recognize a young lawyer’s distinguished or exceptional service to the CBA and the community or charitable causes. Daniel is counsel at McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office. DANIEL WALLACE
JAMES MACDUFF was
office. was appointed a provincial Crown Attorney for Antigonish, N.S., in June 2015.
property law, property law and intellectual property and human rights at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law. He and Meg welcomed Malcolm Michael Sheldon Murtha-Reynolds on Oct. 21, 2015.
ROBERT MIEDEMA of
BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth was recognized as one of Lexpert’s Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 for 2014 and was named to the 2016 Best Lawyers in Canada list in the area of tax law. GRAHAM REYNOLDS teaches and researches in the areas of copyright law, intellectual
appointed assistant law professor at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.
2007 COLIN FRASER was
elected Member of Parliament for West Nova, N.S., representing the Liberal Party, during the 2015 federal election. is now a partner with BoyneClarke and practices exclusively in the area of personal injury. He was previously an associate with the firm.
DAVID PARKER
2008 joined Patterson Law’s New Glasgow, N.S., office as a senior associate. She was previously with Blackburn English in Bedford. ELLEN BURKE
appointed a part-time member of the federal government’s Social Security Tribunal of Canada for the Income Security Section and will hold office for two years. MICHAEL SCOTT was
promoted to partner at Patterson Law in Halifax after only four and a half years with the firm, the shortest period of time in its 85-year history. joined BoyneClarke LLP of Dartmouth as an associate to the personal injury team. JENNIFER SNOW
2 0 10 LYDIA BILLINGSLEY joined BoyneClarke as an associate. She was previously with the Halifax firm Davis Reierson Family Law.
ROB DUMERTON and his wife, Sherri, welcomed their second son, Riley Alexander, on July 27, 2014. Rob is practicing with McLean & Armstrong in West Vancouver, where he specializes in commercial and construction law.
was elected for a two-year term as president of the board of directors of Sail Nova Scotia. Sean was also appointed to a three-year term on the board of governors for the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He is an associate at Stewart McKelvey’s Halifax office. SEAN KELLY
2 0 13 was appointed Crown Attorney in the Bridgewater, N.S., office of the provincial Public Prosecution Service. Matthew articled with the Corner Brook office of the Newfoundland and Labrador Prosecution Service. Prior to his appointment, he had been doing per diem work as a prosecutor in Nova Scotia.
MATTHEW KENNEDY
EMMA WOODBURN is a Crown Attorney with the Dartmouth Provincial Court in Nova Scotia for the Public Prosecution Service. She was previously an associate with Stewart McKelvey.
2 0 14 2 0 11 RICK ENG ,
a Canadian Armed Forces Legal Officer, returned in January 2015 from a six-month deployment aboard HMCS Toronto as part of Operation Reassurance. HMCS Toronto was participating in NATO Operation Active Endeavour and tasked with vessels that were suspected of terrorist activities in the Mediterranean Sea. Major Eng provided legal advice to the ship in the areas of operational law, military administrative law and military justice.
VICTORIA CROSBIE joined McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as an associate.
joined McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as an associate.
DUNCAN HARVEY
JOHNATHAN MCDONALD
joined the law office of Bob Buckingham in St. John’s. He was previously with Babb Law Office in Carbonear, N.L. ELIZABETH MCISAAC joined
2 0 12 MICHELLE CHAI is
a board member of the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia and a member of the Canadian Bar Association Equality Committee. She is an associate at Stewart McKelvey’s Halifax office. joined Code Hunter LLP in Calgary as an associate.
BEN FRENKEN
McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office as an associate. joined Patterson Law’s Halifax office as an associate.
LESLEY SAWERS
joined Patterson Law’s Truro, N.S., office as an associate.
Send us your news The law school’s alumni magazine is a great way to communicate with your classmates and let them know what you have been up to lately. Send your submissions to Tammi Hayne lawalum@dal.ca (tel) 902-494-5100
KATELYN VINER
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T. ALEXANDER HICKMAN ('47)
passed away peacefully at his home in the presence of family after a courageous battle with cancer on January 10, 2016. He attended Memorial University and then Dalhousie University, where he obtained his law degree. He practiced law in St. John’s with the firm of Barron, Lewis and Hickman from 1948 to 1953 and then as a senior partner with the firm of Halley, Hickman and Hunt in St. John’s, except during periods of absence from 1966 to 1979 when he was a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He held numerous cabinet positions, including Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of Health, Minister Responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Education. In 1979, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland as Chief Justice of the Trial Division. As Chief Justice, he was the chairman of two well-known Royal Commissions. From 1982 to 1985, he was the chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ocean Ranger marine disaster, and from 1986 to 1989, he was the chairman of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. prosecution. In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. JOHN FRANCIS DONALD MACISAAC ('49) passed away suddenly on October 22, 2015 He attended St. Mary’s University and at the outbreak of the Second World War, he volunteered for active service with the Canadian army. Following the war, John returned to Halifax where he used his veteran’s benefits to obtain his law degree. He re-joined the army, as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Branch. He served with the Canadian Infantry Brigade 56
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Group in Korea in 1952-53 and retired in 1969. In 1970 he became a legal advisor to the Atomic Energy Control Board. He finished his public service in the Department of Justice. In November 2014, he was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur by the French government in appreciation of his service in the campaign to liberate France. MARTIN BUSHELL ('51) passed away on May 1, 2015 in Hammonds Plains, N.S. Following his time in the army, he attended law school, then practised law and retired after several years with the Nova Scotia Public Trustee.
passed away on November 6, 2015, in Dartmouth, N.S. He served during the Second World War with the Royal Canadian Air Force and survived a bomber crash by parachuting to safety although he suffered injury in doing so. After his time in service he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Brunswick and then his LLB and LLM degrees from Dalhousie University. He spent his entire legal career with McInnes, Cooper and Robertson in Halifax and was invited to be a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1979 and in 1998 was appointed “an Honourary Fellow of the Law for the Future Fund” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the legal profession and to the advancement of law in Canada by the Canadian Bar Association.
HAROLD JACKSON ('51)
passed away on August 10, 2015. After serving with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve he attended law school. He practised with Stewart McKelvey primarily as a trial lawyer until his appointment to the Appellate Court of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1973. After retiring from the Court in 1992 he became counsel to the law firm known as Joel C. Pink, Q.C. & Associates, retiring once again in 2001. He also lectured for many years at the law school. ANGUS MACDONALD ('51)
in 1978, a pivotal time in the history of the party. During the Mulroney government, he was minister of National Defence. He retired from politics, declining to run in the 1988 election. Bob was appointed to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal by the Mulroney government and re-appointed by the Chrétien government. He retired in 1998. He was a recipient of the Canadian Governors’ General Medal in 2002 and, more recently, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal. JOHN O’NEILL ('54) passed
passed away on January 17, 2015, in Augusta, Georgia. After receiving his law degree he went on to earn his LLM from Southern Methodist University and spent most of his career working with Imperial Oil in Toronto, where he was general counsel. He retired at age 57 and spent his retirement travelling. GEORGE ROGERS ('52)
away on February 2, 2015. He graduated from Dalhousie University, then was admitted to the Newfoundland Bar the same year. He had a distinguished career as a lawyer before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, Appeal Division, in 1986. He retired in 2002.
DOROTHY (MACDONALD) RODO-
passed away on April 28, 2015. He attended Glebe Collegiate before going on to study law. After serving as a Crown Attorney in Ottawa and Crown Prosecutor in the Northwest Territories, he founded the firm of Binks & Chilcott with his partner and friend, Ken Binks. The partnership continued for over 30 years until his appointment to the Ontario Superior Court.
W. DAN CHILCOTT ('54)
passed away on January 11, 2016, from the effects of a stroke. He attended Mount Allison University before earning his law degree. After articling and working with Alfred Milner in Amherst, N.S. he served for 31 years as the Progressive Conservative MP for Cumberland County, N.S. He was elected president of the Progressive Conservative Party
ROBERT COATES ('54)
CANACHI ('54) passed away on May 3, 2015 in Victoria after a lengthy illness. After earning her law degree and raising her family, she returned to law and retired from her career as a legislative drafter in 1995. CONSTANCE GLUBE ('55) passed
away on February 15, 2016, at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Centre in Halifax after suffering a stroke. She obtained her BA at McGill University and followed that with a law degree from Dalhousie University in 1955. She practiced in Halifax at the law firm of Kitz Matheson, and later as a partner in the law firm of Fitzgerald and Glube, before joining the legal department at Halifax City Hall in 1969. Six years later, she became Halifax's city manager, the first woman to hold that position in any Canadian city. In 1977 she
was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and in 1982 she was appointed Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, the first woman to hold the position. In 1998 she was appointed Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and of the Court of Appeal. In 1997 she was one of the first recipients of the Frances Fish Women Lawyers Achievement Award that was established in honour of Frances Fish, the first woman to graduate from Dalhousie Law School and Nova Scotia’s first woman lawyer. In 2005 she was awarded the Order of Nova Scotia and in 2006 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2009 the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Bar Association established the Constance R. Glube CBA Spirit Award recognizing achievement in law by Nova Scotian women lawyers. She retired in 2004 after 48 years in the legal profession – 21 years as a lawyer and an additional twenty seven as a judge. DONALD HALL ('58) of
Berwick, N.S., passed away on July 16, 2015. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, then obtained his BA from Acadia University. While at Dalhousie he played hockey for the Dalhousie Tigers. He was an inductee of the Berwick Sports Hall of Fame. He operated his own law firm for several years and served as solicitor for the Town of Berwick. He later became Crown Prosecutor for Kings County and was appointed a judge of the County Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. After his retirement in 2006, he was appointed to the Pension Appeals Board.
JACK DAVISON ('59) passed
away on September 1, 2015. After earning his law degree he worked in the legal department of Great West Life in Winnipeg before moving back to Halifax to practice law with McInnes, Cooper & Robinson. During his 26-year career with the firm he specialized in Insurance and Tort Law and at the time of his retirement was a managing partner. In 1987 he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division, serving until 2008. He was appointed a member of the Executive Council of Canadian Judges Conference, was a judicial appointment to the Nova Scotia Appointment of Judges Committee and was a chair of the committee overseeing the revision of the Nova Scotia Civil Procedures Rules.
passed away after a lengthy illness on January 19, 2016, in Wallace Bridge, N.S. Harry attended Mount Allison University, King's College and Dalhousie Law School. After graduation from the law school he articled with the firm of McInnes, Cooper & Robertson, later McInnes Cooper, and stayed with the firm for the remainder of his law career. In 2002, Harry received the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society’s Distinguished Service Award. Harry retired from active law practice in 2004 due to declining health and moved to his beloved summer residence on the Wallace River.
HARRY WRATHALL ('59)
LIONEL ALBERSTAT ('61) passed away peacefully on October 17, 2015 after a struggle with vascular dementia.
D. STEWART MCINNES ('61) passed away on October 3, 2015. He graduated from Ashbury College in Ottawa, then returned to Halifax to obtain his BA and LLB from Dalhousie. He was the third generation to join the law firm known as McInnes Cooper – his father was Donald McInnes (LLB 1926) and his grandfather was Hector McInnes (LLB 1888). In 1984 he was elected Member of Parliament and was then appointed Minister of the Crown, holding the portfolios of Public Works and Supply and Service. In 1988 he returned to the practice of law, focusing on arbitration and mediation. He was devoted to Dalhousie University and was rewarded with an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree, the A.J. “Sandy” Young Award for Great Contribution to Sport in Nova Scotia, was inductee of the Bertha Wilson Honour Society and Dalhousie Alumnus of the Year. He served as president of the Canadian Bar Association (Nova Scotia) and was a recipient of the Bar’s Community Service Award. He received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee Medals and was named the Hedley Ivany Senior Citizen of the Year. He was a member of the Dalhousie Sports Hall of Fame and received the Significant SIG Award from Sigma Chi Fraternity. Many organizations benefited from his dedication to public service. MALCOLM BRADSHAW ('62) passed
away on October 2, 2015. He was a graduate of Normal College and studied pre-law at King's College before graduating with his law degree. He taught school for 10 years prior to entering full-time private law practice in Yarmouth and Digby, N.S.
WILLIAM MACINNES ('67) passed away on November 2, 2015. He obtained his B.Comm and LLB degrees from Dalhousie University. He began his legal career at the law firm MacInnes, Wilson and Hallett, then continued in private practice until the time of his death. JAMES ALLEN ('70)
passed away on
June 30, 2015. MICHAEL KING ('72) passed
away on June 24, 2015, after a short struggle with lung cancer. He attended Laval University before attending law school. He practiced in Halifax, specializing in family law, and helped many through his considerable pro bono legal work.
DANIEL CLARKE ('73) of Halifax passed away on July 14, 2015, after a brief battle with ALS. He attended Saint Mary’s University before earning his law degree. After a short teaching career he worked as both a lawyer and a distinguished public servant. In 1976, he was elected alderman, serving two terms on Halifax City Council and was appointed Deputy Mayor. He also ran in three provincial elections as a Liberal candidate. EDWARD HEARN ('73) of Labrador City, N.L., passed away on July 24, 2015, in Toronto. After graduating from Memorial University he obtained his law degree, then practiced with Miller and Hearn in Labrador City. He had a distinguished legal career representing the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the City of St. John’s and the Labour Relations Board in a number of cases before the Supreme Court of Canada. Most notable of these appearances was the 1984 Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act case. He was acknowledged 2016 H E A R S AY
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by his peers and the broader community as an expert in constitutional, administrative, Aboriginal and labour law and was a Master of the Supreme Court. HAROLD VICKERS ('75) passed away on July 14, 2015. He began his legal career with Eamon, Rollins and Company in Calgary and then jointly opened Eamon, Vickers, Vogel & Butler in 1980. In 1986, he established Vickers & Associates, which became Vickers Hendrix LLP in 2009. His practice had a particular emphasis on mortgages and mortgage foreclosures and he lectured for the Alberta Mortgage Brokers Association and was employed by Mount Royal College (now Mount Royal University) as a lecturer for the Mortgage Brokerage course, which is mandatory for Alberta Mortgage Brokers. RICK MACLEOD ('75) passed away on February 17, 2015. He spent most of his career on Prince Edward Island working as a lawyer with the Bureau of Pensions Advocates Veterans Affairs Canada.
passed away peacefully in Halifax on December 25, 2015. He was an active businessman in Halifax while simultaneously completing his MBA and law degree at Dalhousie University. Eventually he made his way to the South Shore of Nova Scotia, where he took over operations of White Point Beach Lodge. He became a champion for the tourism and hospitality industry in Nova Scotia and in 1988 became part owner of the resort, growing it from a small seasonal operation to a worldclass full-service destination.
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STEPHEN MONT ('76) passed away on March 14, 2015. He formed his own law firm in Dartmouth, N.S., with classmates Thomas McInnis and Cyril Randall and later became a partner in the firm Weldon Beeler Mont and Dexter, now known as Weldon McInnis. In 2003 he retired to focus on his appointment as a presiding justice of the peace, which he loved. In 1979 he was appointed chairman of the Nova Scotia Psychiatric Facilities Review Board, a post he held for 11 years, and he made many important recommendations to the Department of Health regarding the treatment of the mentally ill. In 1982 he was elected a municipal councillor in Cole Harbour for Halifax County and re-elected until he retired in 1988.
passed away on August 17, 2015. He graduated from Dalhousie University with his MBA degree as well as his law degree. He co-founded the form Goldberg Thompson, which eventually merged with Cox and Palmer. He practised law for 36 years, retiring in July 2015.
PAUL GOLDBERG ('78)
GRAYDON LALLY ('78) of
Carroll’s Corner, N.S., passed away on September 26, 2014. In his early years he worked as a meteorologist and then pursued law, practising for over 35 years.
GEORGIA GASS ('79) passed away on May 11, 2015, in her home overlooking the LaHave Islands on the south shore of Nova Scotia after a battle with ovarian cancer. After practising law, became a diplomat for over 30 years with the Foreign Service. Her work took her to Southeast Asia, India, West Africa, Jerusalem, Germany, London and New York.
FRANK GRONICH ('80) passed away on April 18, 2015. He obtained his BA from Memorial University in 1977, followed by his law degree at Dalhousie University. After returning to his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador, he was Chief Crown Prosecutor with the Department of Justice from 1985 to 1993. DANIEL WEIR ('81) passed
away on March 9, 2015, in Halifax. He attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y., before studying law. He went on to practise in Halifax for over 30 years. He was a junior provincial tennis champion and was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame in the athlete category. passed away on February 2, 2015. After law school she was Assistant Crown Attorney in Toronto. In 1999 she moved to the Belleville office and in 2002 she became Crown Attorney in Picton. She left the Crown’s office in 2009 on disability leave.
HILARY WHITMEY ('82)
PETER VANFEGGELEN ('88) passed away on November 12, 2015. JOHN KENDRICK MACDONALD ('89) passed away suddenly on October 31, 2015. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force for twenty-two years. In 1974 he graduated from Mount Allison University. He retired to Halifax and graduated from Dalhousie University Schools of Public Administration and Law. He then practiced law until his retirement in 2004. DAVID FRY ('98) passed away on October 22, 2015. He was a successful swim coach for all of his adult life. He was head coach for the Dartmouth Crusaders Swim Club in the 1970s and '80s and led them to many regional championship wins. He spent 16 years as head coach of the Dalhousie University swim team, which won 30 of a possible 32 Atlantic university swimming titles. He was Dalhousie’s coach of the year— a record five times—and twice chosen Canadian University swim coach of the year.
CHARLES (CHUCK) MEAGHER ('83)
passed away suddenly on February 9, 2015, in Calgary. He earned his undergraduate degree at Queen’s University before attending law school. Meagher was inducted as a member of the Bertha Wilson Honour Society in 2012.
GERRY FLEMING ('99) passed away suddenly on December 15, 2015, at the age of 45. He obtained his BSc as well as his law degree from Dalhousie University. He was a partner at the St. John’s, office of Stewart McKelvey.
KEVIN PRESTON ('87) passed
WILLIAM O’NEILL ('05) passed away on December 9, 2015. He obtained degrees from St. Francis Xavier University, Western University and Dalhousie University and was well known in the sports community in Nova Scotia having played basketball while at St. FX. He was practising with Counsel West Law of Calgary at the time of his death.
away on March 4, 2015, as a result of a vehicle collision. He earned a BA from Memorial University before attending law school. He worked at White, Ottenheimer and Green until he moved to Gander, N.L., in 1989 to join the firm that became Easton Hillier Lawrence Preston in 2008.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
reunion
the annual law alumni
weekend
Who says that once you graduate, your university days are over? Come back to Weldon and relive those life-changing moments. Get caught up with classmates, sit in on a lecture, join students for Domus Night and join us for dinner where you can catch up with professors and meet the Dean. And this time around, no exams, no papers!
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Noella Brennan Fisher noella.fisher@icloud.com Dick Thompson dthompson66@bell.net
Peter Reardon Peter.Reardon@mcmillan.ca Bud MacDonald bmacdonald@macdonaldhanley.com
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Myrna Gillis MGillis@gillisassociates.ca Jennifer Jolly jjolly@familyjustice.ca
Rob Dysart rdysart@stewartmckelvey.com
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Amir Ghahreman Amiraag@la-law.ca
Theresa Forgeron tmforgeron@gmail.com
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Chris Buchanan buchanan.christopher@gmail.com
For more information Karen Kavanaugh • lawalum@dal.ca • 902-494-3744
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THE VETERAN BULGE VE-DAY CELEBRATIONS • MAY 8, 1945 • BARRINGTON STREET, HALIFAX At the end of the Second World War there were enormous demands on the law school. In the fall of 1945 the class size expanded from 75 to over 150—the largest first-year class in the history of the law school. For four years 75 per cent of the students were veterans. There was a small but competent faculty of four including Dean Vincent MacDonald. Professor Moffat Hancock said of the student body at the time: "They were very eager and determined students and that made the law school an exciting place to be ....they were older men and they were not timid in speaking up, or very few were: and some of them came to class, you might almost say, spoiling for a fight. They loved to argue and debate in the traditional law school manner."
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