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Contents

SCHOOL NEWS

ALUMNI

DONOR REPORT

12 Alex Neve speaks out about the refugee crisis

41 Alumni and friends support the school and its programs

16 Young, dynamic and entrepreneurial Mandy Woodland is the fresh face of law

ALUMNI RECOGNIZED

20 Alumni, professors and students are at the forefront of food law

24 The Bertha Wilson Honour Society’s newest inductees

33 Criminal lawyer Sean MacDonald’s TrialDrone navigates the ethosphere of social media

40 Stewart McInnes is remembered with the Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service

36 After 22 years, the Class of ’94 still enjoys friendships made while in law school

FACULTY PROFILES

A McKelvey Cup win, Peter MacKay visits, IB&M Initiative wins award and a student day of solidarity

STUDENT NOTES 28 Greg Johansson shares his story of overcoming addiction and finding his way back to law school

50 Schulich faculty members are working hard, as always

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GRAPEVINE 55 Find out what your classmates are up to

HEARSAY

IN MEMORIAM

DEAN CAMILLE CAMERON

58 Alumni and friends the law school said goodbye to this year

EDITOR & DESIGNER KAREN KAVANAUGH COPY EDITOR

2016 REUNION 62 See the 2016 Alumni Reunion Dinner in pictures

JANE DOUCET CONTRIBUTING WRITERS JANE DOUCET, RACHAEL KELLY, JULIE SOBOWALE (’12) GRAPEVINE EDITOR

THE LAW SCHOOL WAS THERE 64 Dean Cameron and her colleagues criss-cross the country visiting alumni

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CAMILLE CAMERON, DEAN AND WELDON PROFESSOR OF LAW

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ello and warm greetings from Weldon. It is a pleasure to share this edition of Hearsay with you. Hearsay gives us an excellent way to celebrate our alumni and their many achievements. As Dean, I have the opportunity of spending time with our graduates from coast to coast to coast. This past year I met with many of you individually and at alumni events in Halifax, St. John’s, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. It was wonderful to welcome many of you back to Weldon for our annual Law Alumni Reunion Weekend. We will be hosting alumni receptions in 2017–18, some of which will coincide with Dalhousie University’s 200th-anniversary celebrations. Stay tuned for details. We are excited to be welcoming four new colleagues this year; you can read about them on page 11. They come with varied backgrounds and expertise in a broad range of subjects, including intellectual property, business, environment, family and criminal law. They will join us in July, but already, from a distance, they are contributing ideas and energy. Speaking of ideas and energy, we welcomed Professor Naiomi Metallic this year as our inaugural Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy. This Chair was

made possible by a generous donation from our Chancellor, Anne McLellan (’74). We are losing to retirement this year four faculty members whose names will be familiar to you: Professors Vaughan Black, Wayne MacKay, Lorraine Lafferty and Faye Woodman. We will say goodbye to them at the end of June, and we are planning a suitable celebratory send-off. We will also honour them and their contributions at this year’s Convocation ceremony. On the subject of goodbyes, I must mention a sadder one: Professor Dianne Pothier passed away in January of this year. We were so very sad to see her go, but we are glad to be able to remember her in this edition of Hearsay. She will be missed. We will honour her memory with a scholarship (see page 60) and, as she had a beautiful voice and was a fan of karaoke, we have already honoured her memory with a karaoke evening at the Lion’s Head Tavern in Halifax (a good time was had by all). One of our significant undertakings this year has been a strategic-planning project. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the alumni who accepted the invitation to participate in our consultations, whether in

person or by email. We heard from faculty, staff, students, alumni and university leaders, and the result will be richer because of that input. We will send you a copy of our strategic plan and welcome all comments, ideas, questions and suggestions. You will see in these pages that our faculty is, as usual, involved in interesting ventures, from national and international conferences on food law, cyber warfare, restorative justice and end-of-life care to presentations and publications on all sorts of topics—legal ethics, business law, aquaculture, immigration and climate change, among others. We are also collaborating with the Faculties of Arts and Management to sponsor public seminars on topics of current interest. In January, we hosted a seminar entitled “Trump: Now What?” In the fall, we have two such seminars planned, one on Brexit and the other on the legalization of marijuana. These are an excellent way to collaborate across faculties and bring the broader community to the university. Our students are still as special as they were when you were here! This year, four of them succeeded in obtaining clerkship positions with the Supreme Court of Canada, and continued next page 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

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a number of others were chosen for provincial appellate and Trial Court clerkships. We have high student-participation rates in pro bono activities and an active student society culture. Our students are creative, hard-working and full of energy and ideas. As I reflect on Greg Johannson’s story (page 28), I would also add courageous and determined. His is a remarkable story of resilience that reminds us how important it is to support students who are struggling with addiction and mental health issues. We are growing our student summer internships program. This summer, 21 first- and second-year law students received funding ranging from $5,000 to $12,000 to take up internships locally, nationally and internationally. In addition to providing paid work, these internships offer practical work and life experience and are an excellent recruitment tool. We are currently working on adding some new student internship opportunities for 2018. It is through the generosity of our donors that we are able to offer such a rich internship program. Finally, our building renovations are complete—no more scaffolding! Drop by and see for yourselves. I think you will love what we have done to the place, as they say. We have already had plenty of compliments from alumni and friends. All that remains is to finish renovating a few classrooms, which we are planning now, with work to begin next spring. I will end with a warm thank you to all of our alumni and donors—for your support in so many ways, and for the credit you bring to our law school. You are a great example to our students of the possibilities and opportunities that a legal education offers, and we are proud to claim you as our graduates. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in the coming year, and if ever you would like to be in touch in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me. With warm wishes, Camille Cameron Dean, Schulich School of Law Dalhousie University camillecameron@dal.ca (902) 494-2114

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EXECUTIVE

BRANCH PRESIDENTS

NATIONAL PRESIDENT Donna Franey ’86 donna.franey@dal.ca

NUNAVUT Kyle DeYoung ’13 kdjerome@gmail.com

VICE-PRESIDENT Mary Hamblin ’99 maryhamblin@gmail.com

BRITISH COLUMBIA Joanna Schoepp ’16 joannaschoepp@gmail.com

PAST PRESIDENT The Honourable Judge Michael Sherar ’77 sherarmb@courts.ns.ca

ALBERTA Brian Beck ’93 brianbeck@shaw.ca

EX-OFFICIO Dean Camille Cameron lawdean@dal.ca

SASKATCHEWAN Christina Meredith-Flister ’14 christina.meredith@gov.sk.ca

HONORARY PRESIDENT Brian Flemming ’62 bflem8861@aol.com

SOUTHERN ONTARIO Chris Hale ’87 (BP) cchale@hotmail.com Shannon Paine ’13 (VP) srepaine@gmail.com

SECRETARY-TREASURER Michael Deturbide ’89 michael.deturbide @dal.ca LAW STUDENTS’ SOCIETY PRESIDENT Justin Pon Candidate ’18 president@dallss.com DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS Karen Kavanaugh karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca

MEMBERS AT LARGE Tony Amoud ’09 tonyamoud@hotmail.com Ryan Brennan ’04 ryan@clydepaul.ca Josh Bryson ’02 jbryson@hwlblaw.com Tyana Caplan ’02 tcaplan@stewartmckelvey.com Lyndsay Jardine ’05 ljardine@wagners.co Heather McNeill ’94 heather.mcneill@dal.ca Douglas Ruck ’77 ruckdg@gov.ns.ca Ansley Simpson ’09 asimpson@boyneclarke.ca Charles Thompson ’94 cthompson@burchellmacdougall.com Dillon Trider ’10 dtrider@wickwireholm.com

SOUTHEASTERN ONTARIO Chantal Richard ’97 (BP) mchantalrichard@yahoo.ca Jennifer Bond ’09 (VP) jennifersbond@gmail.com QUEBEC Nathalie Goyette ’89 nathalie.goyette@ca.pwc.com NEW BRUNSWICK Peter Zed, QC ’80 ptz@coxandpalmer.com CAPE BRETON Harvey McPhee, QC ’84 hmcphee@sampsonmcdougall.com PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Valerie Moore ’83 vamoore@gov.pe.ca NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Robert Hickey ’91 robert.hickey@mcinnescooper.com ASIA Stephanie Monteith ’93 monteith.stephanie@gmail.com UNITED KINGDOM David Gossen ’03 dlgossen@gmail.com MIDDLE EAST Maya Nix ’03 maya.nix@gmail.com

PROFESSOR DONNA FRANEY (’77) PRESIDENT, DALHOUSIE LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

RACHAEL KELLY

elcome to the latest edition of Hearsay. As with any of the past editions, a quick flip through the pages quickly reveals the depth, diversity, strength, intelligence and integrity of the law school’s alumni. Plenty to celebrate! The Dalhousie Law Alumni Association has a rich history of engagement with its over 7,000 members and 11 branches, as well as three international chapters, one in each of the United Kingdom, Asia and the Middle East. The Alumni Association has been working hard, and will continue to do so, to ensure strong connections between law students and alumni and their alma mater. A great Alumni Association does not just happen; you make it happen with your support and involvement. The world moves at such a frenetic pace, with complicated issues arising every day to consume our time and thoughts—you may lose touch with those outside your close circle of family and friends. The Dalhousie Law Alumni Association can help you stay connected to former classmates, colleagues, friends and professors, as well as introduce you to new members of the alumni community who join each year as they finish their law degree. Both the Law School and alumni have a

long tradition of ”giving back,“ whether it is a donation of time, money, sharing information, mentoring students, serving on committees or a kind note or gesture, it all goes toward making a stronger alumni community and a stronger law school. Your Alumni Association is involved in a variety activities, all of which can benefit from your guidance and enthusiasm. Help shape the future of the Association and law school by getting involved: share your news, mentor a student or recent graduate, nominate a colleague for an award or attend a reception in your area. For information on any of these programs, please contact Karen Kavanaugh, Director of Alumni and Development, at karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca

or call 902-494-3744. We have much to be proud of at the Schulich School of Law, and our alumni are at the top of the list. We welcome and thank you for all of your past and future contributions and encourage you to reach out and stay connected!

With warmest regards, Donna D. Franey donna.franey@dal.ca

TheDalhousieLawAlumniAssociationservesmorethan7,000alumniworldwidebysupportingandsponsoringprogrammingandeventsthatprovideavitallink betweentheLawSchoolandourincreasinglydiversealumnibody.FormoreinformationabouttheSchoolorwaysyoucangetinvolved,pleasecontactyourlocal Branch President.

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School News 01 IB&M Initiative receives Zenith Award

02 Peter MacKay speaks at students' Law Hour

On June 20, 2016, at the Arcadian Loft in Toronto, the Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq(IB&M)InitiativereceivedaZenithAward.Presentedannuallyby Toronto-basedLexpertmagazine,theawardcelebratesCanadianlawyers’ contributions in achieving diversity and inclusion in society and the legal profession.CharleneTheodore,a2007IB&MInitiativealumnawhoisnow legalcounselattheOntarioEnglishCatholicTeachers’Association,washonouredtoaccepttheawardonbehalfoftheIB&Mattheceremony.“Theaward celebratesIB&Mstudentsandalumni,aswellastheInitiative’scommunityof supporters,”saidProf.MichelleWilliams,theIB&M’sDirector.SincetheIB&M Initiativebeganin1989,ithasproduced179graduateswhoareworkingina wide array of jobs in the public and private sectors.

In November 2016, The Hon. Peter MacKay (’90) engaged a Law Hour audience with stories about his experience at “Dal Law,” his start as a youngcriminallawyerandthenCrownAttorneyandhispoliticalcareer. Hehasheldseveralhigh-levelpositions,amongthemMP,leaderofthe PCPartyandMinisterofNationalDefence.Afterleavingpoliticsin2015, heispracticinglawasapartneratBaker&McKenzieinToronto.MacKay saidthatlawisanenablertomakingadifferenceintheworld:“Lawisan importantentréeintosomeofthebestexperiencesI’vehad.It’shelpful as an incubator for building a skill set of the kinds of things you need to take into the world to solve today’s problems.”

05 Matthew Herder named new HLI Director

06 Peter Dostal appointed a LATI Associate Member

OnFeb.17,Prof.MatthewHerderassumedtheroleofDirectoroftheHealth LawInstitute(HLI)foratermendinginDecember2019.AnAssociateProfessorofMedicinewithacross-appointmentinLaw,HerderteachesprimarilyinMedicine,acrosstheundergraduateandpostgraduatecurriculums,on varioushealthlawtopics,includinginformedconsent,patient-physicianconfidentiality,andregulationofthemedicalprofession.Previously,hetaught bioethicsandintellectualpropertylawatLoyolaUniversityChicago’sSchool of Law. Herder earned an LLB at Dal in 2003 and an LLM here in 2006, thenaMasteroftheScienceoftheLaw(JSM)fromStanfordLawSchool in2007.HeislookingforwardtobuildingontheHLI’sexistingstrengths ofresearching,teachingandcontributingtocommunityserviceandpublic policy processes.

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InMarch,Prof.RobertCurrie,DirectoroftheLaw&TechnologyInstitute (LATI),announcedthatPeterDostal(’07)hadbeenappointedaLATIAssociateMember.LATIfacultyandassociatessupportthelawschool’score curriculumwithclassesininformationtechnologylawissues,includingInternetlaw,privacylaw,informationtechnologytransactions,electroniccommerceandintellectualproperty.DostalisaseniorCrownattorneywiththe NovaScotiaPublicProsecutionService,OfficeofSpecialProsecutions;he specializesincomputerandInternet-relatedcriminalprosecutionsacross NovaScotia,commercialcrimeandothercomplexlitigation.Heteachespart oftheComputerForensicExaminercoursetolawenforcementmembersat theCanadianPoliceCollegeinOttawaandhasguest-lecturedattheSchulich School of Law.

03 Students win the McKelvey Cup again!

IanWileniusandLisaDelaneywontheMcKelveyCupMootinMoncton in February, winning the individual award for best cross-examination (Lisa), best opening (Lisa), best closing (Ian) and best overall advocate (Lisa). This is the Atlantic Regional Competition for the Sopinka Cup to select the team to go to Ottawa for the trial moot competition. Ian and LisathenrepresentedusattheSopinkaCupinOttawainMarch.Nolaw schoolhaswontheMcKelveymoreoftenthanDalhousie.Thecompetition requiresstudentstodoadirectexamination,across-examinationanda juryaddress.AbigdebtofgratitudegoestocoachesMichaelScott(’09) and Jeremy Smith.

07 A fond farewell to Elizabeth Hughes

OnMarch7,ElizabethHughesbidfarewelltothelawschoolwhereshecompletedherJDandLLMand,since2005,whereshehadservedasAssistant ProfessorofLawandAssistantDean,Academic.AsthenextProvincialTax CommissionerofNovaScotia,shewilladvisethegovernmentontaxmatters aswellasdesign,developandimplementtaxpolicyandprogramsinthe province.Inadditiontoherteachingandadministrativedutiesatthelaw school,Hugheswasinvolvedinwellnessinitiatives.Shewasaninvaluable resourceandadvisorforanyonelookingtoimprovetheoverallmentaland physicalwell-beingofstudents.Hugheswillcontinuetoserveasapart-time faculty member overseeing court clerkships at the law school.

04 United front for Day of Solidarity

OnFeb.8,intheAtriumoftheWeldonLawBuilding,30students,staff andfacultymembersstoodtogetherlisteningtothespeakeratthe podium.InrecognitionofCanada’sofficialDayofSolidarity,secondyearstudentMartaMiazekexpressedherthoughtsonreligion,violence, discrimination,fearandhopeasaMuslimwomaninthemodernworld. TheDayofSolidaritywascreatedtopromoteunityandunderstanding inthewakeofPresidentDonaldTrump’scontroversialimmigrationand refugeepolicies.Insimilargatheringsinlawschoolsacrossthecountry, studentscametogethertolearnaboutIslam’spositiveimpactonthe livesoftheirclassmates.Amomentofsilencewasalsoheldtoacknowledge the victims of the recent mosque shooting in Quebec City.

08 President Trump: Now what?

Now what, indeed. On Jan.18, just two days before Donald Trump‘s inauguration,thefacultiesofLaw,ManagementandArtscollaborated tosponsorthisevent.Anindicationoftheinterestinthetopicwasthat over300membersoftheuniversityandthewidercommunityattended tohear10experts.DeanFrankHarvey(Arts)introducedthetopicand the two panels, and Dean Camille Cameron (Law) and Dean Sylvain Charlebois(Management)moderated.Thepanelistsaddressedavariety ofissues,fromtrade,tomigration,todefence,tomediaand“alternate facts.”(Note:Whenwesayover300peopleattended,thisreallyisaccurateandnottakingtheleadfromthePresident’sestimateofthenumber of people who attended his inauguration.)

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School News Annual Spring Reception OnMarch23,theannualSpringReceptionwasheldtocelebratetheoutstanding contributionsoffacultyandstudents.CongratulationstoProfessorWayneMacKay forwinning(forthesecondtime!)SchulichLaw’sDLAA&LSSAwardforExcellence in Teaching Law, and to Professor Lorraine Lafferty for winning The Hanna and HaroldBarnettAwardforTeachingExcellenceinFirst-YearLaw.They’rebothretiring this year, but we hope to still see them occasionally in our halls and classrooms. TheBerthaWilsonHonourSocietyAwardrecognizesextraordinaryalumni andtheirreachinsociety;congratulationstoAnneDerrick,LynnMurrayandJohn Fitzpatrickforreceivingthisaccolade(forthenewestmembersoftheBerthaWilson Honour Society, see page 24). Awards also went to part-time faculty members DonnFraser,KevinKindred,JohnShanksandAlexKeaveny,whosecontributions to teaching at the law school are invaluable. Ourstudentsshone,too.Thisyear’swinneroftheSocietyoftheYearAward wastheDalhousieBlackLawStudents’Association.Kudostothisinclusivesociety for bringing people together.

PROFESSORSWAYNEMACKAYANDLORRAINELAFFERTYRECEIVEDTHISYEAR’STEACHINGAWARDS

LONG-SERVING PART-TIME FACULTY IS CELEBRATEDFOR10YEARSOFSERVICE.PICTURED HERE ARE DONN FRASER (LEFT) AND JOHN SHANKS WITH DEAN CAMILLE CAMERON 10

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SOCIETY OF THE YEAR: DALHOUSIE BLACK LAW STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION. (FROM LEFT) CHIKA CHIEKWE (3L), TASCHINA HAYE-ASHMEADE (3L), ADEMOFE OYE-ADENIRAN (3L), SYMONE MARLOWE (3L) WITH LAW STUDENTS’ SOCIETY PRESIDENT BART SAROKA

LUCIE GUIBAULT’S teaching and researchfocusoninternationaland comparative intellectual property law. Thanks to her work as a senior researcherattheInstituteforInformationLawattheUniversityofAmsterdam,shehasanextensivenetworkof internationalcontactsintheacademic andscientificcommunities.Guibault completedherPhDdissertationatthe UniversityofAmsterdam.Sincethen, shehasbeenstudyingtheimpactof technologicalchangesonthenorms of intellectual property law. Lucie’s training in civil law, her multilingual teaching and research capabilities, andherinternationalexperiencewill complementandenrichourteaching andresearchstrengthsinintellectual property and information law.

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New Faculty Members Welcomed

SARA SECK’S research and teaching interestsareattheintersectionofenvironmentallaw,internationalhuman rights law and business law, with a focusonnaturalresourceextraction andclimatechange.Since2007,she hasbeenamemberoftheFacultyof Law at Western University. In 2015, shereceivedtheEmergingScholarshipAwardfromtheAcademyofEnvironmentalLawoftheInternational UnionfortheConservationofNature for her work in advancing environmentallawresearch.Thatsameyear, SeckwasappointedaSeniorFellow withtheInternationalLawResearch ProgramattheCentreforInternational GovernanceInnovation,toundertake newresearchonbusinessresponsibilitiesforhumanrightsaffectedby climate change.

JODILAZAREisenrolledinherfourth yearofthedoctorofcivillawprogram atMcGillUniversity,wheresheholds aJosephArmandBombardierCanada GraduateScholarship.Shehasbeen a part-time Schulich School of Law facultymembersince2015andwas a2014–2015SchulichFellow.Lazare’s doctoralresearchexaminesthepracticeofjudicialrelianceontheSpousal SupportAdvisoryGuidelines,including the underlying theoretical bases of the spousal support remedy, comparativeunderstandingsofmarriage anddivorceacrossprovinciallinesand thelegitimacyofjudicialrelianceon non-legislatedinstruments.Jodihas degreesincommonlawandcivillaw andwasaSupremeCourtofCanada Law clerk for the Honourable Mr. Justice Michael Moldaver.

ADELINA IFTENE is a SSHRC postdoctoralresearchfellowatOsgoode Hall Law School. Currently she is working on transforming her PhD dissertationintoamonograph,which is under contract with University of Toronto Press, regarding the legal issuesraisedbytheincarcerationand treatmentofolderCanadianprisoners. Iftene’s main areas of research andteachinginterestsareprisonlaw, criminallaw,sentencing,evidenceand Charterrights.Herworkisofteninterdisciplinary,employingsocialscience empiricalmethodology,aswellasfeministandcomparativetechniques,to answerresearchquestionsregarding publiclawandcriminaljusticeissues. She is also a member of the Prison LawAdvisoryCommitteewithLegal Aid Ontario.

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REFUGEE CRISIS

BY JANE DOUCET

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n January, Alex Neve (’87), Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada,spokeabouttheglobalrefugeecrisistoapackedMiniLawSchool publiclectureinRoom105attheWeldonLawBuilding.“Thesewordsare whereweneedtobegin,”hesaid:“Allhumanbeingsarebornfreeandequal in dignity and rights.” They are the opening words of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Refugees are also born free and equal in dignity and rights. Today’s globalrefugeecrisisisanassaultonthathumanrightspromise,andNeve’s mantra is “No right left behind.” Duringthelecture,Nevesaidthatsomemightquestionwhether“crisis” istherightwordtodescribetheplightofrefugees.Hebelievesitis.“Thenumbers clearlytakeoncrisisproportionswhenwethinkaboutSyria.Whenthousandsof people are drowning, dying in the desert and being killed by criminals simply because they’re looking for safety, we face a crisis. But the reason that it is right andnecessarytotalkofaglobalrefugeecrisisisn’taboutthenumbers,it’sabout what we are doing in response.” Hearsay had a chance to chat with Neve after Mini Law School, to ask him somepressingquestionsabouthisthoughtsonimmigrationlawandpolicyand how lawyers can help solve the global refugee crisis.

What changes would you like to see made to Canadian immigration law and policy? Canada has the need and capacity for greater levels of immigration, including higher levels and faster processing of family reunification applications and independent immigration applications. The fundamentals are there— we don’t need a great overhaul, but we do need more resources.

What must Canada do for refugees? This can and should be Canada’s time to shine. Last year marked the 30th anniversary of a true high point for Canada when it comes to global refugee protection leadership. In 1986 we were awarded the Nansen Medal, the equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize in the refugee world. It was the only time the medal was awarded to an entire nation, as opposed to an activist or organization. What better way to mark that anniversary than to devote real diplomatic capital and political leadership to do even more to protect refugees’ rights?

You’ve said that Canadian leaders need to “get scrappy” about standing up for refugees. What’s your definition of scrappy? In the previous government, more leaders were vilifying refugees and calling them “bogus.” We need leaders who passionately and eloquently talk about protecting refugees and their importance to society. They must

ALEX NEVE (’87) SECRETARY GENERAL OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CANADA

be willing to take it on when they hear and see negative comments about refugees, and then counter those comments through interviews and social media. We’ve seen passion and eloquence from Prime Minister Trudeau, but he needs to be ready to get scrappy under a Trump presidency—he needs to be willing to say to anyone, from the U.S. president to a local negative activist, “That was wrong and cannot stand.” He needs to be willing to fight for refugees.

You’ve also said that the flip side of crisis is opportunity. Where do you see opportunity? The drowning death of three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015 opened people’s hearts. His story raised awareness and changed attitudes. Suddenly, there were opportunities—there was an election in Canada and leaders made promises to help refugees, Germany opened its borders and two international refugee meetings were held in New York. Those are good first steps, but more work needs to be done.

What discourages you about your advocacy work? The sadness, sorrow and suffering that’s at the heart of the global refugee crisis. Learning of one death, unjust imprisonment or a boat sinking. When progress is stalled or when we lose ground dramatically at a time when we still have a long way to go.

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What inspires you? The unbelievable resilience and courage of the people on the front lines—the refugees themselves, especially the women, and their determination to survive and thrive. Also the people who work with the refugees, often with little or no resources and at great risk to themselves and their families. The Syrian program in Canada was inspiring, in how it took root right across the country.

What is the Global Refugee Compact you talk about? There’s a need for such a compact or even a treaty of some sort that will fill the international co-operation gap. Amnesty International certainly agrees, and we have proposed a human rights-based vision of what that would look like. It would include a permanent distribution system of resettlement places, strengthened refugee-determination systems and measures to boost respect for the rights of refugees in countries of asylum, particularly in such areas as adequate standard of living, access to education, health care and economic self-reliance.

What can lawyers do to effect change? There’s a central place for all lawyers in this struggle, not just immigration lawyers. They can represent refugees pro bono, which aligns with the law school’s Weldon Tradition. Sometimes refugees have a family law problem, an employment situation or discrimination in trying to find housing. We need to think broadly on how we can help. Lawyers are a privileged, powerful, articulate sector in society, and they should speak out with some of the extra background and aptitude they carry. Advocacy groups across the country can benefit from their volunteerism. One great initiative is the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program, which trains lawyers to help groups that want to privately sponsor refugees. This is a troubling time. The refugee crisis isn’t going to go away. Over the next couple of years, we’ll see an intensified assault. It’s more important than ever for Canada to stand firm with a strong message for refugee rights. • H E A R S AY 2017

STUDENTS BRING REFUGEE FAMILIES BACK TOGETHER BY JANE DOUCET

ince January 2015, a team of volunteers from the law school has been working with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) to support refugees from such countries as Uganda, Kenya and Eritrea who are desperate to reunite with a family member they had to leave behind when they fled their homeland. The Refugee Family Reunification Project is led by supervising lawyer and director of Dalhousie’s Health Law Institute Prof. Constance MacIntosh and retired law professor Dick Evans. Twelve law students—Jennifer Power, Nadia Shivji, Cat Torraville, Nathaniel Ng-Cornish, Paul Chudnovsky, Ryan Gauvin, Liam Campbell, Eric Dwyer, Hussein Rehmanji, Vanja Mitrovic, Sathesh Yogendranathan and Sarah Boucaud—and two practising lawyers, Lori Hill (’03) and Lara Green (’14), round out the team. Dick Evans attended a public meeting after the call to help Syrian refugees in HRM went out late last fall; after it was over, he asked the organizer what he could do. The response? Help refugees reunite with their families. Evans approached MacIntosh with the request, knowing that she had been supervising a Pro Bono Dalhousie legal-information clinic at ISANS for almost a decade. “We suddenly were a team of 12,” says MacIntosh. “The students have quickly come to understand that good lawyering turns on developing relationships of trust and being absolutely honest with your clients, especially when the news

is not what they are hoping to hear. I think that having Prof. Evans take a lead role, with his decades of experience with Dalhousie Legal Aid, has been key for the project’s success.” IMPROVING LAW & POLICY

The team works with governmentassisted refugees who have been referred by ISANS . Family reunification is an objective of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. “We can’t guarantee any kind of outcome,” says MacIntosh. “We’re giving the clients hope insofar as we’re giving them legal information about their rights and responsibilities, and a guide through the unbelievable bureaucracy.” The student-volunteer team lead is Jennifer Power, a 28-year-old former Canadian naval lieutenant who saw a lot of pain and suffering when she was deployed in the Middle East. Last September, when she started law school, she began volunteering at ISANS through Pro Bono Dalhousie. “After my experience in the military, I wanted to help people who were coming to Canada to make a better life for themselves and their families,” she says. Power plans to volunteer with the Refugee Family Reunification Project until she graduates in 2018. She wants to be a corporate lawyer and calls this her passion project. In addition to reuniting families, Power believes the student volunteers have a responsibility to lobby the government to improve refugee and immigration policy and legislation. The students work with each refugee

(FROM LEFT) STUDENTS LIAM CAMPBELL, ERIC DWYER, HUSSEIN REHMANJI, VANJA MITROVIC, CAT TORRAVILLE, JENNIFER POWER AND NADIA SHIVJI

in teams of two, which allows them to support each other while they listen to what are often upsetting stories. Sometimes they have to tell a refugee that they can’t help them because they don’t fit the application criteria. “It can be completely heart-wrenching,” says Power. “ISANS has great supports if a situation gets too emotional, but we know that we have a job to do—to tell the clients’ story in the best, most honest way we can. You have to try to set your emotion aside.” EXTENDING THE WELDON TRADITION

Lara Green and Lori Hill practice at Halifax’s North Star Immigration Law, the largest Canadian immigration law firm in the Maritimes. They were happy to lend their support to the project as pro bono legal advisors. “We’re a resource for the students, and we meet with them one-

on-one if they have questions about their client files,” says Green. “It’s rewarding being part of a team that’s trying to reunite families, especially if they’ve been separated for years.” Mira Musanovic, ISANS ’s crisis intervention counsellor, can’t overstate the value of the project. “It’s wonderful how quick and passionate the response was of the Dalhousie Pro Bono student program,” she says. “The volunteers jumped in to help at a time when there was no similar service available. If you’re separated from your family, you can’t move on with settlement. It gives people so much hope when they hear that someone is going to help them with the family-reunification application. This project is making a huge difference in people’s lives, and the process is part of their healing.” The Refugee Family Reunification Proj-

ect is now under the auspices of Pro Bono Dalhousie, which will help it create more of a structure as it evolves. “We have so many big questions about how to pass on knowledge and keep the momentum going when students leave the project,” says MacIntosh. She looks back at the past four months. “It’s incredible how quickly a community of support was mobilized, because we all felt so compelled by the horror of family members being separated and unable to find a way to reunite with their relatives,” she says. “But in order for this project to stay viable we need more pro bono help from practicing lawyers, legal organizations and students.” • For more information, contact probono@ dal.ca or constance.macintosh@dal.ca.

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Making Motions

Mandy Woodland’s legal education helped prepare her for the challenges of entrepreneurship

hen Mandy Woodland took a criminology course as part of her undergraduate science degree at Memorial University, she found it interesting but had no grand design to become a lawyer. But in 2003, although she liked her job as a medical researcher in a lab at Memorial, she found herself disillusioned with the working environment. That’s when a friend who was attending law school at Western suggested that she might like it. “Law school was random, not a plan,” she says. In fact, Woodland had an opportunity to do a PhD in molecular biology in the United States. Instead, she wrote the LSAT, then applied to

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Dalhousie and the University of New Brunswick. She was accepted at UNB and placed on the waiting list at Dal, accepting a position in the first-year class when it was offered. “Dal was an obvious choice for many reasons,” says Woodland, 40, who is based in St. John’s and was born and raised in Conception Bay in Newfoundland. “It has a strong health law specialization, which is one of my areas of interest. The faculty was so impressive— in diversity, in gender, thought and research. They were well-published and well-recognized for offering cutting-edge courses, including intellectual property and Internet law, which I was interested in.”

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A SOLID FOUNDATION At the time, Woodland had no idea that her legal education would provide a solid foundation for her later entrepreneurial ventures. After earning her law degree in 2006, she worked as a corporate lawyer at Cox and Palmer in St. John’s until November of 2013, when she left to launch Mandy Woodland Law. A registered trademark agent who provides legal services and advice to companies and individuals at all stages of growth, she specializes in Internet and technology law. “A legal education prepares you to question things and think critically,” says Woodland. “That’s helpful, because as an entrepreneur, you’re expected to know and do everything. You also learn how to work really hard at law school, which you’ll have to do if you want to be successful in business.”

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MOOTING HELPS IN ALL ASPECTS OF RUNNING A BUSINESS—IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS, SUPPLIERS AND VENDORS. IT ALSO HELPS YOU DEVELOP THE CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.

Mooting and contract law were particularly useful to Woodland. “Mooting makes you able to prepare an argument well and think about things from the other side,” she says. “It helps in all aspects of running a business—it allows you to see the perspective of your customers, suppliers and vendors. It also helps you develop the confidence to speak in public.” ENTREPRENEURIAL DNA In May of 2014, Woodland became an equal partner and the CEO of Caetum. The tech start-up aims to make clinical research easier and more successful through a cloud-based application for budgeting and organizing clinical trials. Caetum grew out of Woodland’s participation in the Master of Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at Saint Mary’s University. MooresWoodland—a partnership with digital strategist and PR consultant Karen Moores—was incorporated in May of 2015. Their venture allows the partners to offer consulting services in digital media and privacy (Woodland is the privacy and legal partner). Woodland has entrepreneurial DNA in her blood; her family owns and operates Conception Bay South-based trucking company Woodland Transport. “When I was ready to open my own firm, I talked to my dad about it,” she says. “He was supportive and said, ’I thought you were going to do that five years ago?’ ” Woodland considers her father to be a role model; he’s still working full-time at age 67, with no plans to retire. GROWTH AND EXPANSION By March of 2016, Woodland’s practice had grown enough both in St. John’s and nationally that she hired a full-time lawyer, Emily Lukaweski (’12), whom she met when Lukaweski was living in St. John’s but who now lives in Toronto, where Woodland has clients. In August of that year, she hired UNB articling student Meghan Keating, who lives in St. John’s. “It’s challenging for us to not have a central office and for us to be in different places, in terms of isolation and communication, because social

interaction in the workplace is important,” says Woodland. “We use Slack, which is a great cloudbased team-collaboration communications tool, and I’m often in Toronto for meetings.” This spring, Woodland rebranded her business and renamed her firm Splice Legal. “It was time for a refresh,” she says. “When I started it was just me with no long-term plan. As time went on and I acquired more clients outside the local area, I needed a national brand that wasn’t just associated with me. It will still always be me, though, and how we use the brand and interact with our clients won’t change.” The vast majority of Splice Legal’s clients are entrepreneurs, and many of them are launching their businesses. “They don’t know how to start, so most of their questions are business questions,” says Woodland. “We’re experienced working at the start-up stage—how to incorporate, intellectual property, hiring—the legal building blocks. I like to think that we’re a tiny grain of sand that helps entrepreneurs build their business. We love that!” Her advice for entrepreneurs? “Surround yourself with your A-team—lawyer, accountant, insurance person and good peers—and make sure everyone is the right fit for you, because those are the relationships that will develop and grow over time. And don’t be afraid to call someone to ask a question. Entrepreneurs are all ’doers’ who think, ’I’m going to deal with this,’ even if they aren’t sure how to do something. I’ve learned that it’s OK to ask for help.” THE WELDON TRADITION Woodland ensures that the Weldon Tradition of unselfish public service is part of her business model. Over the years, she has volunteered for various community organizations, including the Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs (NLOWE), the Canadian Bar Association’s Privacy and Access Law Section and the Canadian Diabetes Association (her father has type 2 diabetes, as did his mother). Last year, Woodland started taking on a couple of pro bono clients. “Giving back is so important,” she says. “It’s how things happen, change and get better. Volunteering was such an important part of

my law school experience—I did Pro Bono Dal and volunteered on student committees and for the Law Journal.” In 2016, Woodland won the St. John’s Rotary Club’s Aidan Maloney Young Professionals Award for community service, and she was also named NLOWE’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Equally passionate about law and business, Woodland doesn’t plan to focus solely on one over the other at some point in the future. “Both are part of my identity,” she says. “It’s the mix of the two that excites me.” If she had any advice for students or recent graduates, it would be this: “Never think there are closed doors. Always question the norm—there are always options.” •

WE’RE EXPERIENCED WORKING AT THE START UP STAGE—HOW TO INCORPORATE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, HIRING. I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE’RE A TINY GRAIN OF SAND THAT HELPS ENTREPRENEURS BUILD THEIR BUSINESS.

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Food Law Pioneers Food law is emerging as one of the fastest-growing areas of legal practice, and Schulich Law is blazing a trail BY JULIE SOBOWALE (â€™12)

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THE FUTURE OF FOOD LAW & POLICY IN CANADA WAS CO-ORGANIZED BY SCHULICH SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR JAMIE BAXTER (FAR RIGHT), WHO CONDUCTS RESEARCH ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION. FELLOW ORGANIZERS INCLUDED (FROM LEFT) ALUMNUS GLENFORD JAMESON (’11), A LAWYER AT TORONTO-BASED G.S. JAMESON & CO. SPECIALIZES IN FOODSECTOR ISSUES; SHANNON PAINE (’13), AN ASSOCIATE AT G.S. JAMESON & CO.; AND THIRD-YEAR

o what you love—it’s the motto for building a successful career. For Glenford Jameson (’11), that means food, and lots of it. His passion for being in the kitchen percolated while he was working in hospitality part-time during university. So it’s no surprise that his culinary interests have led him to become one of the leading food lawyers in Canada. “It’s important to do something you’re passionate about,” says Jameson, a lawyer and the principal at G.S. Jameson and Company in Toronto. “I wanted to engage with and speak about issues in the food system. I also saw a change in how consumers were thinking about food policy.” Food law is finally having its moment. The first national conference, The Future of Food Law & Policy in Canada, was held at the Schulich School of Law last November. It was co-hosted by Jameson and his asso-

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ciate Shannon Paine (’13), with Schulich School of Law Professor Jamie Baxter and law student Jessica Rose. After years of standing in the shadows of health and environmental law, this field is emerging as one of the fastest-growing trends in legal practice. What’s fuelling its growth is more public awareness of food policies and a growing interest in food in pop culture, thanks to such documentaries as Food, Inc. and Fed Up and such books as Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. “In 2013 when I opened my firm, food law was still fairly new,” says Jameson. “Now there is significant interest in the area, particularly from young lawyers. They’re concerned about what they’re eating. There are major changes now to how food reaches their plate. This is true of food sector organizations as well. They care more about service professionals like lawyers understanding issues unique to

their work. Ultimately, lawyers cater to the needs of their clients, and having an industry focus gives clients comfort that they’re receiving specialized corporatecommercial advice from someone who can also spot sector-specific issues.” The appetite for food law is growing thanks to rising public awareness about the importance of food safety, new technology involved in food science and increased regulation. In 2014 Jameson, along with five lawyers, founded Food Lawyers of Canada to encourage more networking and support. “The public is now hyperaware of issues like allergens, the ethical treatment of animals and specialized diets,” says Jameson. “This awareness has driven people to try formerly niche products and think critically about how best to feed themselves. At the same time, the science is changing. Our understanding of what’s healthy, and in what amounts and contexts, 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

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The appetite for food law is growing thanks to rising public awareness about the importance of food safety, new technology involved in food science and increased regulation.

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is rapidly evolving in a regulatory environment where our ability to test and trace is also faster, cheaper and more precise than ever before. It can lead to some unintended legislative consequences and unintuitive regulatory approaches to food problems.” Being a food lawyer in Canada isn’t easy. Because it’s a new and emerging field, it’s difficult for lawyers to find support. The food law conference aimed at bridging the gap among not only food lawyers but also between legal academics, law students and policy makers. The idea for the conference came through conversations between Jameson and Baxter, whose research focuses on farmland access, land regulation and how to facilitate sustainable food production. “The U.S. and Europe are further down the road with programs,” says Baxter. “Glenford was writing about this, and we connected. He’s a Dal grad and I’m on the faculty, so it was a natural place to hold the conference. Dal gave us strong support.” That came in the form of financial support through the assistance of Dean Camille Cameron and faculty, staff and students as volunteers. The conference featured panels on economic development, food and human rights and Indigenous and Northern food systems. “People sparked conversations and were connecting the dots,” says Baxter. “This conference was a valuable foundation. The participants came out of the conference with new relationships to others working at the intersection of law and food, including researchers, lawyers and policy makers. We had such a diverse group of speakers and attendees.” What made the conference special compared to others was the format. Conference organizers incorporated the Devour! The Food Film Fest in Wolfville, N.S. into the program and hosted a public discussion on food justice at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market with Bryant Terry, the chef in residence at the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco. “We tried to design the conference so people could craft their own experience,” says Baxter. “We provided several different entry points into the conversation around law and food, from panels, to

film, to a public talk. At the same time, we wanted to ensure that there were enough opportunities for everyone to be in the same room and to connect with each other around shared insights. It was also important to us to include the public and to bring some of the key issues into the public consciousness, such as the role of food and law in empowering local communities.” The conference was a good step forward for Canada to connect with the international food movement. Some American and European law schools have more advanced programs in food law; for example, Harvard Law School has a Food Law and Policy Clinic, and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) plans to open its own clinic this year. “We want to develop deeper roots in thinking about food law in Canada, by including more course and clinic offerings in law schools,” says Baxter. “Food law today is probably where other legal fields like environmental law or health law were 30 or 40 years ago, so we have a lot to learn from comparative experience in those areas.” One way that food law is gaining prominence is through Jameson’s popular podcast, Welcome to the Food Court. Considered one of the top legal podcasts in the country, it focuses on a variety of issues. Currently in its second season, the first four episodes focused on food recovery, public health, local sourced grain for whiskey and food crime. “I’m amazed that people are listening to it,” says Jameson. “I’ve gotten calls from journalists seeking comprehensive answers to complicated food law questions for 400-word pieces. That’s tough to do, so the concept for the podcast was simply to capture those long-form conversations and present a deep-dive analysis of food law issues.” Those conversations will continue. The next food law conference, which will be held at the University of Ottawa, and hosted by Jameson and five other lawyers in November, will cover international policy. “We want to keep the momentum going, and we need a better sense of who is involved,” says Baxter. “Everyone in this field has a big opportunity to work together.” •

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NATIONAL FOOD LAW CONFERENCE AT DALHOUSIE BY JANE DOUCET

ast fall, leaders from across the field of food law and policy in Canada,theUnitedStatesandtheUnitedKingdomgatheredat Dalhousieforagroundbreakingnationalconferencetoexplore law’schangingroleinCanadianfoodsystemshelpchartthefuture of food law and policy in our country.

Institute for Public Policy and Governance, which hosted the Trade, TransparencyandEconomicDevelopmentpanel,andtheHealthLaw Institute,whichcollaboratedtohostclosingkeynotespeakerMichael Roberts,executivedirectorofUCLASchoolofLaw’sResnickProgram for Food Law and Policy.

CANADA AT A CROSSROADS TheconferencecameatacriticalcrossroadsforCanada’sfoodsystems. Whilethelawandlegalprofessionalsalreadyoccupyinfluentialpositionsinthisspace,theyoftenapproachfoodsystemsfromaparticular disciplineorperspective,suchasagriculture,healthandsafety,regulation and innovation or environmental planning. AclusterofenterprisingSchulichLawgradsisworkingonthecusp ofthisemergingfield,includingGlenfordJameson,ShannonPaine, Daniel Coles (’11) and Malcolm Kempt (’04). “Thisisanareaoflawthat’sgrowingandneedsexploration,”said DeanCamilleCameron,openingtheconference.“Thepotentialforthe intersection of the disciplines of food law and policy is great.”

SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL, ACCESSIBLE FOOD Agreatdealofplanningwentintothemenufortheconference,which studentJessicaRoseorganizedwithDalhousieStudentUnionCatering Services’FoodServiceDirectorAdamBellefontaine.Amongthe11Nova Scotia farms and suppliers were Martock Glen Farm, Fox Hill Cheese House,SchoolhouseGluten-freeGourmet,PremiumSeafoodsand Acadiana Soy Products. “Itwasimportanttousthatweserveddeliciousandhealthyfood withveganandgluten-freeoptions,”saysBaxter.“Thatcanbechallenging becausefood-procurementprocessesaregovernedbylaw,sowewere thrilled that DSU Catering Services wanted to work with us on that.” AnotherhighlightwasBryantTerry’spublictalkattheHalifaxSeaport Farmers’MarketontheeveningofNov.3,whichattractednearly250 people.TerryisaSanFrancisco-basedaward-winningchef,educator andauthorknownforhisactivismtocreateahealthy,justandsustainable food system. “Wewantedaheadlinespeakerforthepublictalk,andBryanthad experienceinfoodjusticeandworkinginthecommunity,sohewasa goodfit,”saysBaxter,whoworkedcloselywithRosetoorganizeTerry’s visit.“Hewasveryinterestedinlearningwhatwashappeningherein Halifax with projects like Hope Blooms.” Althoughtheconferenceisover,itsorganizersarealreadythinking ahead. “There’s a lot of enthusiasm for what’s going to happen next year,”saysBaxter.“WeseethisasaconferencethatadifferentCanadian universitymighthosteachyear,tokeepitnational.There’sarealenergy andcommitmentamongfoodlawandpolicyfolks,andwehopethat the next organizers will build on this experience.” •

DAL PARTNERS AND CROSS-COLLABORATION DelegatescamefromCanadian,AmericanandBritishuniversities,law firms,non-profitorganizations,corporationsandgovernment.Panel topicsincludedthelawandpolicyofsustainablefoodsystems,food andhumanrights,legalissuesinalcoholicandnon-alcoholicbeverages, globalfoodgovernanceandtheintersectionoffoodandanimallaw. Intotal,nearlyadozenDalfacultymembersspokeattheconference, spanning seven different academic faculties. “ItwasexcitingtodiscoverhowmanyDalprofessorsareinvolved inresearchingthelegalandregulatoryaspectsoffoodsystems,”says SchulichLawProf.JamieBaxter.“Wewerepleasantlysurprisedbythe responsewegotfromvariousfacultiesafterwesentoutageneralcall asking for proposals for speakers.” BaxterpointsinparticulartocollaborationswiththeMacEachen

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2016 BERTHA WILSON HONOUR SOCIETY

JUDGE ANNE DERRICK (’80) Nova Scotia

JOHN FITZPATRICK, QC (’84) Nova Scotia

LYNN MURRAY, QC (’83) Prince Edward Island

CANDY PALMATER (’99) Ontario

BRIAN PURDY, QC (’63) Alberta

Priortoher2005appointment to the Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia, Judge AnneDerrick’snearly25-year legalcareerfocusedonpublic interestandequalitylitigation, criminallaw,includingcriminal defence,andsocialjusticeadvocacy,oftenonaprobonobasis. A recipient of the 1998 Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service, Derrick’s contributions as a lawyer and a judge to her clients and her communityhavebeenwidely acknowledged. In2009and2010,inaddition to her criminal trial and youth justice court responsibilities, Derrick conducted the Fatality Inquiry into the death of HowardHydeundertheFatality InvestigationsAct,culminating inthereleaseofthe400-page HydeReportinDecember2010 andits80recommendations. Derrick currently presides in the Halifax Long Trial Court hearingcasesinvolvingadult accusedandyouth.Sheregularlycontributestobothpublic andprofessionallegaleducation,ofteninrelationtocriminal justice issues.

JohnFitzpatrickisapartnerat BoyneClarkeLLP,practisingin theareasofmortgageenforcement,collectionsandrealproperty.Heisapastmemberofthe Firm’s Executive Committee. Fitzpatrickwasappointed Queen’s Counsel in 2008 and has been included in Best LawyersinCanadasince2012. HeservedontheboardofgovernorsatSaintMary’sUniversity for20years,eightyearsaschair and vice-chair. For a decade, Fitzpatrickwasaboardmember ofABCLifeLiteracy,Toronto,a leadingCanadianliteracyorganization.Hehasbeeninvolved inmanyothercommunityinitiatives. For more than 20 years, Fitzpatrickhasbeeninvolved in all levels of politics. He is a memberofWorldWildlifeFund Canada's board of directors and a member of the Queens CounselAdvisoryCommittee. Fitzpatrick is the recipient ofthe2014WeldonAwardfor UnselfishPublicService,Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal,CanadianBarAssociationCommunityServiceAward andanHonoraryGold“M”from theSaintMary’sUniversityStudents’ Association.

M. Lynn Murray has been a respectedmemberofthePrince Edward Island Bar since 1984. SheisapartnerwithKeyMurray Law,apracticethatisfocused on civil litigation, labour and employmentlaw,andadministrative law. She also acts as anarbitratoronlabourmatters. Murray is past president of the P.E.I. Law Society and for many years acted as counsel fortheSocietyonself-regulating anddisciplinematters,including prosecutingprofessionalmisconduct cases. She also gives presentationsondisciplinein theP.E.I.LawSociety’sBarAdmissionCourse.Sheisaformer memberoftheboardofdirectorsfortheUniversityofPrince Edward Island. Over the years, Murray’s contributionstothelegalprofessionhaveincludedstintsas chair of the P.E.I. Labour Relations Board, chair of the Civil Litigation Section of the P.E.I. BranchoftheCanadianBarAssociationandpresidentofthe National CBA Civil Litigation Section.Inhercommunity,she volunteerswiththeAlzheimer SocietyofP.E.I.andCrimestoppers P.E.I.

As a gay Mi’kmaq woman, Candy Palmater has worked tirelesslytopromotetherights, issuesandawarenessforthose of the GLBT community, the Mi’kmawNationandwomen. Shetravelstheworldspeaking toaudiencesaboutthepower of love, kindness and selfacceptance. Palmaterwasvaledictorian of her class at Dalhousie Law Schoolandwentontopractice labourandAboriginallawina largecorporatefirm.Todayshe contributesgreatlytothearts. Inadditiontobeingastand-up comedian,sheisanactor,writer andaward-winningTVandradio personality.Sheisthecreator, producer,onlywriter,comedian and host of CBC-Radio’s The CandyPalmaterShow,andshe hasexecutiveproducedthree films on Mi’kmaq culture. Beforepursuingentertainment full-time, Palmater directedFirstNationseducation fortheNovaScotiaDepartment ofEducationforadecade.She hastaughtintheTransitionYear programatDalhousieUniversity and is currently working on a master’sofeducationdegree atSt.FrancisXavierUniversity.

Brian Purdy began his legal practice in Alberta and was admitted to the Northwest Territories Bar in 1966, which iswhenheestablishedhisown practiceinYellowknife.Hispracticetookhimovermuchofthe Canadian North. In the criminal law sphere, Purdy’sworkwasunparalleled. Hewasthefirstmemberofhis lawschool’sgraduatingclassto representaclientonappealto Canada’s highest court in R v Drybones[1970]SCR282.Following Drybones, he tried to expandtheapplicationofthe Canadian Bill of Rights. Later,Purdydistinguished himselfonbehalfoftheCrown in such cases as R v Biasi et al, a 1981 case in British Columbia’sSupremeCourt.Another milestone was his role as lead counselinFederalRepublicof Germany v Casper, one of the mostcomplexextraditioncases in Canadian history. Purdy’saccomplishments includecontributionstomyriad Canadianlegalinstitutionsand to public service beyond his legal practice, including as a civic leader in Yellowknife.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Do you know an extraordinary alum of our school? Why not nominate her/him for induction into The Bertha Wilson Honour Society? Established in 2011 to pay tribute to an alumna and pioneer of the Canadian judiciary, the Honourable Madam Justice Bertha Wilson, this award showcases the geographic reach of alumni contributions to law and society. More information and a list of past inductees can be found on the law school's alumni website. Eligibility:

A Dalhousie law graduate

Nominations:

With this form please include a letter of nomination along with the nomineeâ€™s curriculum vitae.

Selection:

A selection committee appointed by the board of directors of the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association.

Deadline:

May 30, 2018

My nomination for The Bertha Wilson Honour Society:: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nominated by: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: Email: ________________________________________________

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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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SEEING THEBEAUTY INCONFLICT INTERVIEW BY PROFESSOR DIANA GINN

aul Hutchinson is no stranger to conflict. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he comes from a divided society that was deeply suspicious of difference, fearful about certain geographies and tribal in politics, with people killing and being killed for a cause they believed in while invoking God on their side. From 1969 to 1998, the Northern Ireland conflict saw over 35,000 shootings and over 10,000 explosions. With the ceasefires in 1994 and a peace agreement in 1998, a new hope came to the country. Hutchinson is a trained mediator and has worked with community and organizational conflicts and race relations. He was the director of Corrymeela, the oldest peace and reconciliation centre in Northern Ireland, which seeks to model reconciliation in a divided and contested society. Currently, he works part-time as a member of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission, a quasi-judicial body set up to arbitrate, regulate and mediate contentious parades. He visits Canada regularly and teaches a course in mediation and conflict resolution to second-year students at the law school. He believes that conflict can be good and shares his thoughts on how lawyers are uniquely positioned to be change agents for better societies.

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You work in the field of conflict transformation in Northern Ireland and have made five trips to Nova Scotia. How did that come about? I got involved with Dalhousie and the law school through Martha Martin, a Dalhousie chaplain who spent three months at Corrymeela on sabbatical where I was then director. Martha asked if I’d ever thought of coming to Canada, and I said, “Invite me!” My first trip was in 2014.

You’ve given a number of public lectures in Halifax. In one titled “Don’t make a fuss, we’re Canadian!” you suggested that conflict shouldn’t always be viewed negatively. Can you elaborate on that? Culturally, many societies perceive conflict as a threat, that only bad can come of a conflict—violence, losing face, injury, loss of status. But there are other options. When people have a difference of opinion, it need not be the end of the world. In fact, difference is what gives us the delight, wonder, freshness and life that is most enriching about being human. We need to find ways to recognize that conflict is inherent in every relationship, that this isn’t necessarily always a destructive thing and that there are different ways to nonviolently communicate and engage with our differences. Tell us about the one-credit course at the law school you teach called Theory and Practice of Mediation and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland. The focus is on gaining an understanding of conflict and ways of responding to it. There is an emphasis on both personal awareness and practical skills. It uses Northern Ireland as a backdrop against which to examine conflict more generally and to consider ways of responding to conflict that will be transferrable to other contexts. I use Northern Ireland as my primary source of case studies because it looks at the role of policing in society, the powers of the state, the importance of democratic politics and the systemic impact of conflict on a society. I look at cultural responses to conflict in Northern Ireland and see if there are resonances for those living

in Canada. Sometimes it’s easier to see a concept in a new or strange context. Topics may vary slightly from year to year and could include storytelling as a foundation for the practice of mediation; the personal, interpersonal and structural elements of conflict; the challenges and opportunities offered by mediation, particularly against the backdrop of long-standing conflict; and methods used to build the trust necessary for mediation to proceed.

How are the skills you teach in that course relevant for lawyers? One, lawyers meet conflict in their personal and professional lives. If they can become aware of their own responses to conflict and develop a few skills, this will assist in both work and home contexts. Two, learning how to listen is a key task for any mediator or therapist (my background). Listening plays a foundational role in being a good lawyer. However, how many formal training courses in listening have lawyers taken? So my course opens up the concept and practice of deep listening, to ourselves and to others.

You’ve also worked with the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and the Young Lawyers Section of the CBA–NS. What are some of the highlights of that work? I have delivered taster sessions on mediation, mental health and diversity in the workplace. Rather than give 10 easy tips for dealing with each of these subjects, I have focused on making participants personally aware of these subjects in their own lives, then on seeing how these have influenced how they engage with conflict. Power, who has it and how it’s used have come up in every session. There aren’t many places where people can talk openly about these subjects in a safe way. We can be afraid of sounding biased, judgmental or flawed. And, of course, we are all of these things! But it’s my experience that if we can create healthier relationships and stronger communication, we will be more productive and effective in our personal and professional lives. This is good for lawyers and their clients.

What insights has your work with the Northern Ireland Parades Commission given you about the relationship between law and responses to conflict? Parading has had a contentious history in Northern Ireland, with cases of rioting, public disorder, protests and enormous policing operations. In 1998, local communities couldn’t agree on contested parades, and powers were removed from the police and given to the Parades Commission. By placing legal restrictions on certain parades, violence and protests have significantly reduced. By calling for certain standards of behaviour, most parades now proceed without trouble. By encouraging communities (in dispute) into dialogue with each other, there are now significantly fewer contentious parades than ever in Northern Ireland. We are constantly trying to balance the right of peaceful assembly, the right to protest and the right to live safely in your home. There has been much suffering in Northern Ireland, and this can be manifested in a parade. Sometimes the law can assist in limiting destructive behaviours (from both parader and protestor), but it will not heal relationships. The law can protect the rights of various parties, but it is less able to deal with the painful legacy issues of the Northern Ireland conflict.

What role do you see for lawyers, and for the law itself, in finding ways to live well together with those with whom we disagree? Good law is foundational for a healthy and prosperous society. Good application of law builds confidence in democracy and seeks to administer justice. Trust in state actors is vital for building a safe and nurturing society. I come from a society where politics was tribal and partisan, where policing was at times biased and where the state was prejudiced against certain groups. I come from a society where protest against the state sometimes took the form of physical violence. For peace to come in Northern Ireland, all of these institutions needed transformation.

You say lawyers and law students can play a significant role as change agents. What would you tell them? Lawyers in Canada have an amazing opportunity to be change agents for the greater civic good. Awareness is key. The more aware you are of what makes you tick, the more skilled you can become as a change agent. Are there certain people you find difficult to listen to? These people can be your teachers. Are there certain issues where you are passionate? You can harness that passion in a way that progresses the issue without dehumanizing yourself or other people. Become aware of your status when you meet clients—you have power: they are anxious. You can create spaces that allow them to tell their stories in a way that is empowering. Become aware of how little power you have—systemic issues make us all feel powerless at times. Issues such as racism have a long and entrenched history. These things change slowly—become a marathon runner and not a sprinter. Lawyers have a strong role to play as educators. The more that citizens are aware of their rights and the laws that can protect them, the more they can seek assistance. The university could also play a key role in educating students on campus, setting up 'taster sessions' in understanding law for any student to avail themselves of. Lawyers must create access for minority groups and the marginalized—there is unfortunately not a level playing field when it comes to accessing all services. I will leave you to consider these questions: Are there clear and easy access points for legal support? Are there certain groups who don’t access legal support because of their position in society or previous negative historical relationship with the law? People typically come for legal support at a point of crisis and vulnerability—how might knowing this affect how you practice? Law is a high-status role in Canadian society—how will you use this power for the good of your client and for society? Finally, how can you demystify law in order to empower more people to know their rights and where to go for help? • 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

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Coming clean

GREG JOHANNSON SHARES HIS STORY OF ADDICTION SO OTHERS WILL KNOW THAT WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORTS, RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE

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Voluminous readings, high-stakes exams and difficult content” are the main reasons for high levels of mental illness among law students, according to a Lawyers Weekly readers’ survey. Now imagine being a student who is addicted to drugs and alcohol trying to cope with the pressures of legal studies. Greg Johannson was that student when he began his first year at the law school in September of 2012. He had started using heroin daily that summer, but he had been abusing alcohol and other drugs since he was 15. “Through that first year of law school my life went downhill fast,” he says. “I didn’t make it through first semester.” Today Johannson is 33 and looking forward to graduating from law school and continuing his articles in Gander, N.L., where he started last summer. He has come a long way since his journey with addiction began in his hometown of Vancouver. He says that by the time he was 18, drugs and alcohol were no longer fun—they were something he needed just to get by. “But I didn’t stop,” says Johannson. “And at 25, I discovered opiates after breaking an ankle and being prescribed oxycodone for pain.” By 29, he

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was spending his days getting and using drugs in Halifax’s North End. During his first semester at law school, Johannson began missing classes and assignments and finally spoke to Elizabeth Hughes, the law school’s former Assistant Dean, Academic, and Michael Deturbide, Associate Dean, Academic. They advised him to apply for a medical deferral, which was granted by the law school’s Studies Committee. “I was struggling to get by,” he says, “but I knew I wanted to come back.”

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In the winter of 2013, Johannson was homeless in Halifax. He was alone and had nowhere to go. “As an opiate addict, you wake up every morning with an overwhelming and unbearable physical and emotional pain. Every day is a struggle for survival,” he says. “You live in squalor and you hate who you have become, but the only thing that matters is getting your next hit.” Johannson returned to Vancouver and eventually came clean to family and friends about what had been happening in Halifax. Back in Vancouver, Johannson paid daily visits

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ACCEPTANCE.

to Insite, a supervised drug-injection site on Vancouver’s downtown East Side. On a day when his dealer didn’t have anything to sell, Johannson walked to the Vancouver Library to look up rehab centres in British Columbia. He got the number for a treatment centre called Cedars at Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island. Johannson returned to Insite and, after using, sat on a milk crate around the corner from the facility and called Cedars at Cobble Hill. “The guy who answered the phone heard the sirens in the background and said he had been where I was,” says Johannson. “I thought if he could do it, so could I. Three days later, I was there. Detoxing off heroin was probably the hardest two weeks of my life, but things have been infinitely better ever since.” After two months, Johannson was sober, and he has remained so since the day he left rehab on May 20, 2013, what he calls his “Clean Day.” He’s grateful for the support he has received from family and friends.

MAKING HIS WAY BACK

For the next seven months, Johannson lived in a recovery house in Victoria, moving out in February of 2014. He and four of his housemates moved into an apartment in Victoria for four months, where he worked in a gourmet restaurant and attended recovery meetings. He moved out in July and returned to Halifax; he had been readmitted to law school and was ready to start first year again in September. “Professors Hughes and Deturbide were so supportive when I came back,” says Johannson. “An essential part of the law school experience is having someone to sympathize and not judge. It’s easier to be candid about my experience because society has become more accepting of addiction and other mental health conditions. The law school and the faculty and students exemplify that acceptance.” When Johannson returned to school, he attended an eight-week Mindfulness in Law course, where he benefited from

meditation—it’s something he continues to do because when he does it regularly, it lowers his anxiety and helps him sleep. “That course is a wonderful support,” he says, citing meditation as the single most important part of his recovery, along with attending regular recovery meetings in the community. To reduce stress, he plays squash, SCUBA dives and does art projects.

GIVING BACK

During second year, Johannson volunteered as a health mentor for students in Dal’s Faculty of Health Professions. He told his addiction-and-recovery story to them to build compassion and so they could learn how patients can manage their own conditions and care in tandem with the support of health professionals. That same year, Johannson worked in a recovery house on Robie Street called Alcare Place, where he was a night-shift supervisor. “I loved it,” he says. “Most of the time nobody broke curfew and nothing went wrong, so I just did homework.” In 2015, he was on the executive of the law school’s Sober Support program, which helps students be safe at events where alcohol is present. Johannson is very active in his recovery; he has a sponsor who helps him come to terms with his demons, attends weekly recovery meetings and tells his story at Halifax detox and treatment centres and hospitals. He was available to do informal peer support with other law students because he knows firsthand how important it is to have accessible support systems. In addition to turning to Professors Hughes and Deturbide when he needed help, he also talked to a counsellor at Dal’s Counselling and Psychological Services. “I want other students to know that I understand what it’s like to feel hopeless, and that with the right supports, recovery from addiction is possible,” says Johannson. “We’re all in this together at law school, and knowing you aren’t alone as you struggle through mental health issues is so important.” •

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At the Scene of the Crime Social media intelligence for trial lawyers by Rachael Kelly Shifting uncomfortably on a bench in Halifax’s Point Pleasant Park, a 23-year-old bank teller glared at his digital watch: 3:13 a.m. Closing his eyes, he questioned his decision to wander into the park in the middle of the night. He squinted in the dark, trying to sort out the different shapes in front of him.

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Something snapped a few metres to his left. Reflexively turning toward the sound, the teller was surprised to see another man stumbling through the treeline, angrily pushing branches away from his face. When the man noticed he wasn’t alone, he came to an abrupt, startled stop. The newcomer was wearing a red sweatshirt and jeans, but the teller couldn’t see his face clearly. He could, however, make out the glint of the gun that he held tightly in his right hand. Police found the teller’s body a few hours later. Cordoned off with strips of yellow tape, his shoulders were slumped. A single bullet had punctured the left lapel of his winter coat.

ooking to recreate that event a few months later, a trial lawyer clicked on a program on her laptop called TrialDrone. The intelligence-gathering software tool was designed to search and analyze billions of social media posts published under “public” privacy settings. Entering the geographic location of the murder into a more nuanced version of a search box, along with keywords and phrases associated with the case, she drew a 300-metre circle around the crime site. Finalizing her search criteria, she started looking for information posted within 48 hours of the murder. She was looking for any and all posts that could either identify a potential witness or describe the event in question. A list of posts that TrialDrone considered to be relevant to the lawyer’s case materialized on her screen. Bingo! It turned out the two men weren’t alone in the park after all. A Twitter user had updated his status at 3:16 a.m. just 20 feet from the scene. He had posted something about a “shot heard round the park.” While the events described above are fictitious, the software described to find the Twitter user isn’t. Launched in February of 2016, TrialDrone uses a set of algorithms and data-visualization tools to navigate the seemingly unnavigable ethosphere of social media and turn it into “actionable social media intelligence” for lawyers. Founded by alumnus Sean MacDonald (’99), a criminal lawyer and board member of Innocence Canada, TrialDrone Inc. is the 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

TrialDrone uses a set of algorithms and data-visualization tools to navigate the seemingly unnavigable ethosphere of social media and turn it into “actionable social media intelligence” for lawyers.

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result of a keen investigative mind and a passion for wrongful conviction law. The program searches and tracks open-sourced posts (where source code is available to the general public) such as photos, blogs, boards, newsfeeds and videos on major social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, VKontakte (otherwise known as VK, a Russia-based social networking service) and Sina Weibo (a Chinabased social media and microblogging platform). The software has four main uses: event recreation, to find eye witnesses and evidence intentionally or unintentionally documented on social media; witness intelligence, to see what and when a witness publicly posted about a case; social media link analysis, to identify a witness’s social circle and hone in on potentially undisclosed relations; and real-time alerts for live monitoring, to receive social media updates made by a witness in real time—something that could alter the trajectory of a case currently in front of a judge. Traditionally, an investigator would go to a scene, knock on doors, take statements and present the resulting evidence to a lawyer. While it’s unlikely this kind of hands-on approach will ever completely disappear, TrialDrone’s seek-and-find technology is an efficient, costeffective way to scour hordes of data related to a case on the Internet. “There are billions of potential users whose libraries we’re able to look at. That’s a lot of people,” says MacDonald. “Think of the largest corporations in Canada or the United States— even they wouldn’t be able to pay for the investigative resources to physically go out and manually search for all this information. It would be next to impossible.” Prof. Robert Currie (’98), the Director of the Law & Technology Institute at the Schulich School of Law, met MacDonald in law school

(MacDonald was one year behind him). Currie recalls MacDonald being “bright, intense and more mature than the average law student.” He believes TrialDrone is a “great evidencegathering tool” for both the Crown and the defence. While Currie touches on the idea of social media surveillance in his International Criminal Law course, his approach is usually from the perspective of the state. He admits that TrialDrone’s capabilities—and its potential to shape the practice of criminal law—would “definitely be of interest” for future Evidence and Criminal Procedure classes. The biggest impact social media has had on criminal law is that it has created “a great deal more evidence than ever before,” says Currie. This is two-pronged. More generally, the existence of social media means there’s a greater amount of evidence that is admissible in court. It also means there’s much more evidence available to help police with their investigations. “People who witness crimes will sometimes comment about it on social media, regardless of whether they call the police,” says Currie. “A famous example of this was the Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver, where people posted a lot of video—so much that the police were able to put together a massive video database that let them identify numerous perpetrators and witnesses.” When MacDonald was seven years old, he used to help his father, Blaise (’77), study for his law school exams. “My dad would have cue cards, and we’d go through precedents together,” says MacDonald. “He would ask me to name a case, and then he’d tell me what the ratio was.” When MacDonald was 16, he started working for his father’s firm part-time, serving statements of claim and subpoenas. He was always interested in witnesses’ reactions to being served, and that work eventually inspired him to become a full-time private investigator.

The existence of social media means there’s a greater amount of evidence that is admissible in court. It also means there’s much more evidence available to help police with their investigations. �I used to be the person who would go to a scene and knock on doors to see if anyone had any information. I’ve been through the manual part of this equation, so when I talk about TrialDrone in terms of its efficiencies, I know what kind of manpower it takes.” Although MacDonald retired from investigative work when he was called to the Bar, he uses those research skills every day. “The rationale behind starting the company was my dream to work exclusively on wrongful conviction files,” he says. “The problem with that dream is that wrongful conviction files are pro bono files. I wanted to figure out a way to generate income and, at the same time, practice the kind of law that I Iove. This technology came around at the perfect time.” TrialDrone’s software is modelled after the Navigator program created by a Halifax-based company called LifeRaft. The cloud-based, opensource intelligence program was designed to help corporations identify and prepare for threats to corporate security. Like TrialDrone, it targets and gathers real-time open-source data, specifically filtering posts to identify issues that could affect staff or assets. But where Navigator is tailored for global security operations and fraud and loss-prevention professionals, TrialDrone is restricted to lawyers who are preparing for real or anticipated corporate transactional work or criminal or civil litigation. “Our clients are exclusively people who are members of the Bar and are involved in preparing a file for a client,” says MacDonald. “This is groundbreaking technology. It’s kind of like having a cable television licence before cable television became the norm.” A proud Cape Bretoner, MacDonald headquartered the company in Halifax because he feels it’s where TrialDrone is best suited to grow. “Nova Scotia is my favourite place in the world,”

he says. “I want to come home permanently.” If the company grows, MacDonald wants the jobs to be in Nova Scotia. “I believe TrialDrone has the potential to be an unbridled success. When you go to New York or Washington or Virginia or Los Angeles, it becomes clear that we are the first company in the world to offer this kind of technology specifically to lawyers. The dream is to have a company that is successful so I can do things I want to do in the area of law that I love.” •

TRIALDRONE INC., FOUNDED BY SEAN MACDONALD (’99), IS THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATIVE MIND AND A PASSION FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION LAW.

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ALUMNI: CLASS OF ’94

(FROM LEFT) SARAH (COLBORNE) PENNEY, JENNIFER (HAIRE) PALOV AND SARA (HYNDMAN) FITZPATRICK ENJOYING ORIENTATION WEEK ON THE LAW SCHOOL’S FRONT STEP

LIKE BIRDS OF A FEATHER Glenn Dodge (’94) shares how the class of 1994 stays connected 23 years after graduation

s with most university graduates, law students tend to go their separate ways and lose touch, with the exception of a few people meeting every 10 years to celebrate a reunion. The Class of ’94 is unusual in this respect, and for that I take the blame. Elected a “life officer” for our class just before graduation, I decided that it would be a shame for us to fall out of contact, so I’ve kept a directory for our group that has been updated and shared annually for the past 23 years. We’ve celebrated major milestones throughout the years, including marriages, births of children and grandchildren,

appointments and awards. We have also grieved together for the two members of our class who have passed on, Donna Smith and Lloyd Symons. We see each other every five years to laugh over greying hair and the need to put on reading glasses to see our dinner menus, and we remember fondly the years at Dal Law that brought us together in the first place. Having an annual record of our comings and goings also puts our class in the rather unique position of tracking where we’ve ended up after such a long time, and the results are interesting, and in some cases, surprising. What follows are the results of my very unscientific survey of my classmates over the years

Photos contributed by Prof. Cynthia Chewter, cynthia.chewter@dal.ca

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(FROM LEFT) SARAH (COLBORNE) PENNEY, MARY BIRDSELL, TED LIVINGSTONE AND PAUL ROYAL

(FROM LEFT) PAULA BREMNER, LISA GODENZIE AND NANCY (HEWAK) FLYNN HAMMING IT UP AT CONVOCATION

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

ROAM (IF YOU WANT TO)

Though Dal Law prides itself as a national law school, and with good reason, the vast majority of our class did call Nova Scotia home, and it seems that most are happy to keep it that way. Over a third of our class, more than 50, still live in Nova Scotia. Similar trends appear for Ontario and B.C., whose numbers together roughly equal the Bluenosers. For the most part, the graduates originally from those provinces have also chosen to return. The Class of ’94 was often on the move, especially in our first years after graduation, but it seems the call of home was irresistible, except for those with the urge to continue roaming.

As someone who was an international vagabond for several years, with Nigeria, Tajikistan and Laos among my ports of call, I understand the lure of a new location. Their numbers aren’t legion, only a dozen or so, but some members of the Class of ’94 have relocated farther afield. The United States is the most popular destination, particularly California, but others have opted for England, Kenya, Turkey, Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands, providing some exotic possibilities for future reunions. TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

For a profession that is often maligned as

overly stressful and demanding, many of our class have found private practice to provide a rewarding career. More than a third of those who confirmed their places of employment are still working in a law firm. These vary from those who opened their own small firms to those working in national and global firms. A small percentage articled with the same firm that they now support as senior partners. Almost equal to this number are those who decided to work in the provincial or federal governments, either as Crown counsel or in another capacity. Private industry, including those who serve as in-house counsel, has been the

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(FROM LEFT) CHRIS SPITERI, LLOYD MACNEIL, ANNE O’NEIL, SARAH (COLBORNE) PENNEY AND CYNTHIA CHEWTER TAKE PART IN O-WEEK’S STUDENT FUNDRAISER, A TEETER-TOTTER-A-THON.

calling of approximately 30 classmates. From there, the numbers drop rather dramatically. Despite the stellar examples found within the Dal Law faculty, only a handful of the Class of ’94 decided to follow their lead and opt to become professors, including Cynthia Chewter, or otherwise support the world of academia. The not-for-profit world also has limited representation among our group, with seven people working for societies, foundations and other charitable organizations. Surprisingly, given the number of highly charged political debates that

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were heard around Weldon and, more sloppily, at the Dome, the number of people who have chosen a life in politics is minimal. Only one identified this as her primary profession.

Queen’s Bench (Jolaine Antonio). Twice that number have now retired after long careers in their chosen profession, much to the envy of those like me who are likely on the Freedom 90 plan.

TO THE BEACH

After more than 20 years in the workforce, the Class of ’94 has contributed much to its profession, and this service has begun to be recognized in a number of ways in recent years. At least five members of our class have been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Counsel designation: Tamasine Davies,

CALLED TO THE BENCH VS. CALLED

Four classmates have received recognition for their service to the legal profession through judicial appointments, to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (Robin Gogan), Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench (Sadie Bond), the Tax Court of Canada (Henry Visser) and the Alberta Court of

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

ROBERT KAPANEN AND ANNIE FINN ('95)

CRIMINAL CLINIC AFTER PARTY (FROM LEFT) BACK ROW: JOLAINE ANTONIO, LORNA BOLTON, JUDGE BARBARA BEACH, CYNTHIA CHEWTER, PEGGY GALLOWAY. MIDDLE ROW: SIMON FITZPATRICK, JUAN O’QUINN, NANCY (HEWAK) FLYNN, JENN (HAIRE) PALOV, TED LIVINGSTONE. FRONT ROW: JIM GUMPERT (75), LISA GODENZIE, SARAH (HYNDMAN) FITZPATRICK

Shawna Hoyte, Jennifer MacLellan, Megan Longley and Heather McNeill. Two of our classmates, Shawna Hoyte and Heather McNeill, have been recognized for their years of community service, including their work with Dalhousie Legal Aid Service. Shawna was inducted into the Bertha Wilson Honour Society in 2014, and Heather received the Distinguished Service Award from the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society that same year as well as the 2015 Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service. Juan O’Quinn received the Gordon M. Stirling Distinguished Service Award from

the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador. And if I can be forgiven for blowing my own horn, I’m the proud recipient of the 2016 Dalhousie Alumni Association Award for Volunteerism. The past 23 years have seen many changes for the Class of ’94, both personally and professionally. I’m sure few of us could have guessed all those years ago the turns that our lives have taken, and fewer still are likely to make any predictions as to what is yet to come. It has been a fascinating journey to share with my classmates and my privilege to record it. •

GLENN DODGE (RIGHT) AT A PARTY PRIOR TO LAW BALL 1994 WITH CHARLES THOMPSON. GLENN WAS CHOSEN BY HIS PEERS TO BE CLASS PRESIDENT FOR LIFE. RECENTLY HE WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2016 DALHOUSIE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR VOLUNTEERISM.

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The Schulich School of Law and the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association is proud to announce the 2016 recipient of the Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service

STEWART MCINNES

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Stewart McInnes (’61) gave back to his community and country in the broadest sense of the word. He made exceptional contributions to the legal profession, his community, business, non-profits and charities as well as to Canadian and politics.

Nova Scotia. He was president of the School for the Blind, the Hearing and Speech Clinic, the Halifax Club and the North British Society. He was instrumental in bringing back Symphony Nova Scotia from bankruptcy and breathing new life into it. And this highlights just a few of his contributions.

McInnes practised at McInnes Cooper in Halifax for over 38 years. He was the 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.

He served on the board of governors and board of directors at Dalhousie University, Grace Maternity Hospital, the Halifax Foundation, the Canada Summer Games, the CNIB and the World Wildlife Fund Canada.

McInnes also served as a Member of Parliament for Halifax and as a Member of the Federal Cabinet from 1984 to 1988. McInnes’s work in his community was extraordinary. He fundraised for many organizations, including the Brunswick Street Mission (an organization to help those struggling with poverty) and the ALTA Gymnastics Club. He also made a difference by leading the way on philanthropic initiatives, including his role as Chair of the Halifax United Way, the Dalplex Campaign and the Canadian Mental Health Campaign

McInnes received the Queen’s Gold and Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2002 and 2012, respectively. He was an honorary degree recipient of Dalhousie University and received the Dalhousie University’s Alumnus of the Year recognition in 1998. The law school is proud to call Stewart McInnes one of its own. His daughter, Sarah McInnes ('12), accepted the award on behalf of the family at the school's 2016 Law Alumni Reunion Dinner. He died on Oct. 4, 2015, of heart failure. He was 78. •

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1961

1966

1970

Total Class Giving....$2,411 Class Participation......12% Paul Murphy John Myers Richard Thompson

1949

Total Class Giving...$4,300 Class Participation......13% John W. Alward Fintan J. Aylward Constance Glube* Ian M. MacLeod Frances McConnell A. J. Stone

Total Class Giving...$4,800 Class Participation......20% George Caines Ross Carson Paul Creaghan Milton H. Grant Boyd Lowery David Matheson

Class Participation........ 2% David J. Waterbury

1956

1962

Total Class Giving.$30,955 Class Participation........ 6% Sir Graham Day Hon. Peter Power Marvin D. Wentzell

Total Class Giving..$11,983 Class Participation...... 21% Alan V. M. Beattie David Bissett Hon. Robert Ferguson Hon. Charles Haliburton Larry Hebb Ross Mollard Robert E. Radford Hon. Eugene A. Scheibel Wayne R. Smith Clyde K. Wells

Total Class Giving....$9,135 Class Participation......18% Hon. J. Douglas Cook Mary Dawson Pierre M. Hebert Clifford Hood Ted Horton Ceri Hugill Hon. Emile R. Kruzick George MacDonald James â€œSkipâ€? Oliver Dennis Y. Perlin John M. White

1935 Class Participation........ 5% Arthur Thurlow

1947 Class Participation........ 4% Alexander Hickman*

1950 Class Participation........ 2% Robert Lyall

1951 Class Participation........ 2% Maj(Rtd)JohnA.Commerford

1952 Class Participation........ 3% Edwin A. LeBlanc* Donat Pharand

1953 Total Class Giving.$21,275 Class Participation........ 9% Hon. Justice Hiram Carver Hon. David R. Chipman Harold F. G. Stevens Herbert Wyman

1954 Total Class Giving.... $1,123 Class Participation........ 9% Kenneth Lund Duncan C. Fraser Joel Matheson Hon. Gordon H. McConnell

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1957 Total Class Giving.......$750 Class Participation........ 5% C. Patricia Harris Hon. John R. Nichols

1958 Total Class Giving... $8,997 Class Participation........ 8% William H. Charles Prof. Peter E. Darby Edwin Harris June Nudelman Karlin

1959 Total Class Giving... $1,400 Class Participation........ 4% Elizabeth Strong Reagh David A. Stewart

1960 Total Class Giving...$8,450 Class Participation......16% Hon Robert Hebb* Derek Jones* Hon. Arthur M. Lutz Stuart MacKinnon J. A. MacLellan Douglas F. Smith

1963 Total Class Giving....$7,435 Class Participation......22% Robert H. Barrigar A. David Case David F. Curtis Harold MacKay

1964 Total Class Giving... $2,936 Class Participation......13% Hon.JusticeWilliamFitzgerald David Morris John A. Yogis

1965 Total Class Giving... $5,650 Class Participation......13% Dr. George T. H. Cooper Arthur Donahoe Hon. Justice Gerard Hawco Ian H. MacDonald Hon. Theodore E. Margeson

1967 Total Class Giving...$5,500 Class Participation......14% Robert Kelly John C. Lovett Janette M. MacDonald Arthur Miller Hon. George J. Mullally Ernest G. Reid David Ritcey Dennis M. Starzynski

1968 Total Class Giving... $3,043 Class Participation......16% W. Ross Bingham Mary Jane Dodge Heather Grant D. William MacDonald William R. McColm David G. Newman David H. Sohmer William E. Wells

1969 Total Class Giving....$9,711 Class Participation......15% Brian Bruce Morris J. Haugg Steve Konchalski Paull N. Leamen Ronald A. MacDonald Robbie MacKeigan John McFarlane David A. Milner Joel E. Pink Timothy Sullivan Robert B. Waind

1971 Total Class Giving.$13,865 Class Participation...... 11% Christopher Breen M. A. Cameron Hon. Judge Bill Digby Donald Gibson Walter A. McEwen Derry Millar Peter Milliken Douglas Moores Tarcisio Nella Charles White

1972 Total Class Giving.$19,240 Class Participation......10% Daniel M. Campell C. G. Ferguson William J. Leslie Hon. J. Vernon MacDonald George Macintosh J. Fraser B Mills Dolores M. Morrell D. Clifton Prowse Hon.JusticeJanetSinclairProwse Michael Rhodes Skutezky Hon. Judge James C. Wilson

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1973 Total Class Giving.$15,775 Class Participation......14% John Arnold Michael Bird Howard M. Epstein Brian Gibson Raymond F. Glennie Hon. Robert B. Hyslop John Gleeson Kelly John McLeish Justice John D. Murphy Andy Watt

1974 Total Class Giving.$70,457 Class Participation......14% Prof. Bruce Archibald John W. Chandler Mary Clancy Hon. Tamarin Dunnet James Gregg David W. Hooley Paul D. Jardine Mark Johnson Beryl MacDonald James MacPherson A. Anne McLellan David Meadows Connie Munro Dan O’Connor John Plowman Elizabeth Roscoe Paul Stokes Howard Wetston

1975 Total Class Giving..$17,881 Class Participation...... 11% John Dauvergne Gregory S. Hildebrand Beatrice Fejtek Hines James Lisson Ted McFetridge Laurie S. Pascoe Justice Paul J. Pearlman F. T. Mark Pujolas

Heather Robertson Wendell Sanford Michael Schelew Peter Wedlake Steven Zatzman

Susan C. Potts Douglas Ruck Hon. Judge Michael B. Sherar Elizabeth J. Shilton Hon. Justice Frans F. Slatter T. Ann Smiley Harold M. Smith Total Class Giving.$40,005 Gary Sollis Class Participation......15% Robert Stewart Hon. Jean-Louis Batiot Tim White Roberta J. Clarke G. David Eldridge David G. Fredricksen Total Class Giving....$7,985 Linda M. Gaudet Class Participation......14% David C. Hicks Frank Archibald Mary A. Kimball James G. Battin Andrew Love Bernard J. Butler Bud MacDonald Elizabeth T. Callaghan M. Clare MacLellan Joseph A. Cameron Brian MacLellan Elizabeth Ellis Timothy Matthews David S. Green Stephen Mattson Kari J. LeLacheur Justice Gerald Moir Wayne MacKay Dan Potter Mary E. Meisner Robert M. Purdy Darrel Pink Lynne Redden Don Roger Gerry Roy Judge Peter Ross John Stringer Hon.JusticeEugeneP.Rossiter Anthony L. Sweet Gerald B. Stanford Jim Titerle Margaret J. Stewart Shirley Strutt Tom Strutt Total Class Giving.$14,992 Prof. Rollie Thompson Class Participation......14% Tom Akin* Hon. Robert Barnes Total Class Giving.$41,642 Hon. Nancy J. Bateman Class Participation......12% Janice M. Bruni Andrew Brands Steven Enman Hon. Judge Marc Chisholm Justice Kenneth C. Haley Hon. Judge Anne E. Crawford Fiona M. Imrie John Cuthbertson Alison Taylor Love Patrick Duncan Colin P. MacDonald Randall C. Fleming Hon.ChiefJusticeJacqueline D. Suzan Frazer Matheson M. David Gates Robert Gerard McNeil

1976

1978

1977

1979

Hon. Chief Justice Joseph M. MacDonald Brian Maltman Marian McGrath Paul D. Michael Donald R. Miller Justice Rosemary Nation Maureen O’Connell David N. Ross Hon. Judge Alan Tufts

1980 Total Class Giving.$15,480 Class Participation......12% Kenneth L. Baggs J. Helen Beck Michele J. Cleary Richard A. Conway D’Arcy DePoe Valerie Dyer Mark MacDonald James MacLean Donald MacLennan J. Brian Medjuck Anthony Pylypuk Mark S. Rosen Alison W. Scott Randy Smith James Spurr

1981 Total Class Giving.$10,613 Class Participation......18% Jeff Berryman Barbara H. Campbell Patrick I. Cassidy Hon. Justice Steven D’Arcy Gregory W. Dickie Margaret Dickson K. Sara Filbee Peter K. Large Michael Lynk J. Scott MacKenzie Steve MacNeil Hon. Judge Patrick J. Murr Bill Nearing

Arthur Oliphant Curtis C. Palmer P. Geoffrey Plant Paul Radford William D. Riley Philip J. Star Paul L. Walter Vance Wirth Rhonda Wishart

1982 Total Class Giving.$13,660 Class Participation......12% Clare F. Barry Margaret Carter-Pyne John Doherty Leslie Leverman Doherty Charles G. Dunphy Kenneth Godfrey Scott P. Gray Justice Lois Hoegg Wendy Johnston Robert Lehodey Ian MacKay Justice Glen G. McDougall Dianne Pothier* G. Douglas Sealy Toshimi Ando Sembo Shauna Sullivan Curley Linda Rankin Justice Michael Wood

1983 Total Class Giving.$32,757 Class Participation......20% Del W. Atwood Julia E. Cornish Chesley F. Crosbie Alison Crowe Brian W. Derrah Guy Desmarais Alan Dickson Daryl Fridhandler Elizabeth H. McCormick Blair Kasouf

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S Donald Allan Landry Heather Mackay Hon. Elizabeth May Christopher W. Morris Scott Norton Erin E. Oâ€™Brien Edmonds Suzanne L. Pelham Belliveau Hon. Geoff Regan John Rogers Ann Marie Simmons Hon. Judge Robert T. F. Smith Ronald Stockton A. Christina Tari Art Theuerkauf Trinda L. Ernst Natalie Vukovich

1984 Total Class Giving.$44,237 Class Participation......17% Fred Angus Kevin C. Blair Janet M. Chisholm Bill Faminoff John S. Fitzpatrick Andrea D. Gillis Peter Gorgopa Mark A. Greenberg Neil L. Jacobs Shirley Lee Margaret MacKenzie Mary Mandville Gillian Marriott Douglas McLean Ken Mills Jim Musgrave Kim Pate Ken Pike Heather Rae Johnson Gregory Stirling Penelope Tham Jeremy A. Thomas James G. Walsh Judge Pam Williams

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1987

Total Class Giving..$11,021 Class Participation......15% Deborah Armour Jim MacAulay Roger A. Burrill Brenda Christen Prof. Steve Coughlan Nancy Cuelenaere Hon.JudgePamelaGoulding Charlotte Hatfield Peter A. Hickman Karen Hudson Jay C. Humphrey Mark T. Knox Hon. Justice Mona M. Lynch Jim MacAulay Kevin MacLean Brian E. McConnell Francine McIntyre Celia J. Melanson Dean D. Pietrantonio Penny A. Ross Samy F. Salloum Gary Wharton

Total Class Giving... $9,095 Class Participation........ 9% Robert A. Balcom Charlotte Davis Kathleen Dickieson Brandy Dowdall Margery Fowke Paul R. Ives John Kulik Yvonne R. LaHaye Mary E. Murphy Alexander Neve Richard Pratt Janice E. Younker

1986 Total Class Giving....$8,711 Class Participation...... 11% Thane A. Campbell Christine Carter Michelle Christopher Barry G. Fleming Hon.JusticeTheresaForgeron Donna Franey Clara Greco Annemieke Holthuis Donald B. Jarvis Paul Lepsoe Robyn Ryan Bell Ronald M. Snyder Nancy Trott Ian C. Wallace Kelly Wharton

1988 Total Class Giving.$40,033 Class Participation...... 11% Marianne L. Alto-Bond Janice E. Beaton Prof. Aldo Chircop Donald J. Dow Margot E. MacDonald Gordon Manuel Alnasir Meghji Robert Morrison Michael Pantalony Rina Elster Pantalony Dave Pentz Mark Schmidt Scott Sterns Brian V. Vardigans Ann G. Wilkie

1989 Total Class Giving.$22,439 Class Participation......10% R. Glen Boswall Prof. Moonchul Chang Hon.JudgeStephanieA.Cleary Jim Gormley Nathalie Goyette Robert Hanf Sarah Harding M. Ross Langley

1992 Pamela M. Large-Moran John R. Manning Sheila Oâ€™Kane Marilyn Sandford

1990 Total Class Giving.$13,255 Class Participation......10% James K. Arends Leonard P. Bosschart Hon. Lena Melege Diab James E. Fisher Gareth C. Howells Donald MacDiarmid Bruce MacGregor Peter G. MacKay Donald K. MacKenzie George L. Murphy Roger Proctor David H. Taylor Cynthia M. Thomas Phyllis E. Weir Mitch Williams James Wood Ian S. Wright

1991 Total Class Giving..$17,992 Class Participation...... 11% Steven Baldwin James Chipman Neil Craik Gavin Fitch Jane Fitzpatrick Heather L. Hemphill Bob Hickey Sean F. Layden Celine Levesque Bernadette Maxwell Saul T. Schipper Barbara E. Smith Andrew C. Staples Catherine Poyen David Zemans

Total Class Giving...$6,346 Class Participation......10% Bill Abbott Sheila J. Cameron Dale E Ives John T. Kalm Ken Lenz Geoffrey Litherland Toby D. Mendel Stephen G. A. Pitel T. A. Pratt Darren Stratton James R. Tucker Elaine C. Wright Rodney J. Zdebiak

1993 Total Class Giving.... $7,011 Class Participation........ 7% Participating Donors: Brian Beck Subrata Bhattacharjee Eric Bremermann Frederick L. Glady Joan Hatch Erin Iles Roger Lee Barbara A. Legay Peter MacKenzie Scott Warwick

1994 Total Class Giving...$3,088 Class Participation........ 8% Nancy F. Barteaux Timothy Costigan Heather A. de Berdt Romilly Jane D. Harrigan Daphne C. Loukidelis Garry A. McCay Heather A. McNeill Patricia A. Neild Greg Shirley Christopher S. Spiteri Eric Taylor

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1995

1999

2004

2011

Total Class Giving... $2,318 Class Participation........ 8% John P. Bodurtha Jill K. Brown Jennifer G. Carmichael AnnekeDriessenvanderLieck Donna B. Foulkes ChristopherHarringtonJones Jay Maw Robert D. Sinclair Garth Stevens Patricia Thiel John Underhill

Total Class Giving...$2,206 Class Participation........ 2% Sunny Ho Harry Korosis Sheila Wildeman

Class Participation........ 1% Anastasia Linthwaite

Class Participation........ 1% Jade William Buchanan Christopher Buchanan

1996 Total Class Giving... $1,530 Class Participation........ 4% Ken Dekker Robert L. Percival Zarah E. Walpole D. Scott Worsfold

1997 Total Class Giving....$1,905 Class Participation........ 5% Cheryl Canning Susan E. Carruthers Douglas R. Downey Paul Dufays Vincent C. Kazmierski Robert F. MacDonald M. Chantal Richard Duaine W. Simms

1998 Total Class Giving....$2,412 Class Participation........ 5% Justice B. Richard Bell Stephen Boyce Prof. Robert J. Currie Paul Falvo Sean Foreman Jasmine Mary Ghosn Julienne Hills

2000 Class Participation........ 1% Richard McDerby

2001 Total Class Giving....$3,215 Class Participation........ 4% Joe Burke Nicole Borovan Ginsberg Richard G. J. McDerby Sandra Oxner Hugh Robichaud Andrew Wilson

2002 Total Class Giving.$13,444 Class Participation........ 5% Level Chan Karen E. Danielson Patricia E. Doyle-Bedwell David H. Izett Leigh Lampert Ikechi Mgbeoji Andrew J. Wadden

2003 Total Class Giving....$1,015 Class Participation........ 4% Tyson Dyck Claude Martin Chris Peddigrew Jonathan Shapiro Julia Tremain Donald Zarow

2005 Total Class Giving.......$547 Class Participation........ 2% Lorraine P. Lafferty Marie McNamee Matthew Owen-King Daphne Williamson

2006 Total Class Giving.......$820 Class Participation........ 5% Andrew Carson Lisa Filgiano Keri Gammon Ada Maxwell-Alleyne Julien Ranger Jeremy Taylor Shenade Walker

2007 Class Participation........ 1% Peter Dostal Jennifer Ko

2008 Total Class Giving.......$681 Class Participation........ 3% Erik Bruveris Jarvis Googoo Andrew Sowerby Mark Watton Kathryn Wylde

2009 Class Participation........ 1% Amy Abbott

2012 Total Class Giving.......$335 Class Participation........ 3% Alex Deacon Joshua Nodelman Daniel Roper David Taylor

2013 Total Class Giving.......$300 Class Participation........ 4% Bailey Wynn Duller Cameron L. Foster Jalana Lewis Tejas Bahaar Virdi Madhur Charlotte Morden Lindsay Oâ€™Reilly Jeff St. Aubin

2015 Total Class Giving....... $110 Class Participation........ 3% Kira Misiewicz Jade Pictou Michael Potter

2016 Total Class Giving...... $640 Class Participation........ 5% Jessie Chisholm Rachel Fridhandler Graeme Maitland Liza Myers Lauren Soubolsky Billy Sparks Brett W. Taylor

* Deceased

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FRIENDS OF THE LAW SCHOOL

TheDalhousieHeritageSociety was established to recognize and thank those who have rememberedthefacultyintheir estate plans.

Danielle L. Adam Philip Anisman Olivia Armstrong Colin R. Arnold Jennifer K. Bankier Harold Barnett Lisa Bayers Carole Beaton Donna L. Beaver Jennifer Bell Tara Bernard Janice Bernard David Besler Nancy Blair Patricia Blair Therese Bombardier Della Boutlier Tommy Bragnalo Devan Brayman Jeff Brenton Allison L. Brewer Prof. Kimberley Brooks Henry Brown Joel Brown Keiva Bundy G. Thomas Calkin Kelly Callfas Dean Camille Cameron Anne Campbell Fred & Judy Carpenter Melissa R. Chan Devon Chandler Diane E. Chisholm George Clarke Joan & Blaine Cleghorn Kevin Cleghorn

Diane E. Chisholm Trinda L. Ernst C. G. Ferguson Duncan C. Fraser GeraldGodsoe*&DaleGodsoe Jarvis Googoo Edwin Harris C. Patricia Harris Dale E. Ives Bill MacDonald Janette M. MacDonald A. Anne McLellan David G. Newman

ESTATES EstateofR.B.ViscountBennett Estate of Douglas Coombes Estate of Charles J. Meagher Estate of Alex Ross EstateofMarionEdnaWeldon

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Lynette Colley David Michael Constantine Howard & Karen Conter Joanne Corbett Brent Cotter A. William Cox* and Margaret G. Cox Paul Crampton Kelly Crewson Thomas A. Cromwell Lloyd Cross Pat Curran Cuvilier Norman Trina Steven & Susanna Dâ€™Arcy Patti Davis Reena Davis Louis Desjardins Kevin Deveaux Corbin Devlin Richard Devlin Christian DeWolf Michael & Janet Donaldson Elaine Dwyer Stanley Dwyer Gordon S. Earle Ellen Easton McLeod and John McLeod Rebecca Eisan Stephanie Eisan Cordelle Ellison Jo-Anne Embree Anne Emery Dick Evans Jeanne Fay Neysa Finnie Wayne Folker Brianna Forbes Crowe Christine Fralic Heather Fraser

Jade Fraser Jane Fraser & Paul Deveau Wendy Fraser Mike Ganley Valerie D. Getson Denise Gibson Elaine Gibson J.P. Girard Jennifer Girard Paul H. Girard Stella M. Girard* Arlene Glube Gerald Godsoe* and Dale Godsoe Marvin & Helen Goldberg Melissa A. Grant Cary Greene Eileen Gronich Bevan Haley Sylvia D. Hamilton & Bev Greenlaw Craig Hansen David Hansen Kerry M. Harnish Catherine S. Harrison Mary Anne Hatfield Shannon K. Hayes Bill Hayward Lindsay Hood Shawna Y. Hoyte Janette A. Hurley Vanda Jackson Maurice James Greg Joycock Gregory Johannson Elizabeth M. Johnson Elizabeth Jollimore Dorothy Jones Maggie Jones

Sherri Kasten Karen D. Kavanaugh Charlotte E. Keen Jack Keith Brendan Kempin Lucy Kerr SheilaandProf.HughKindred Tracy Kitch Scott Konopka Ronald Kruhlak Andre Landry Ross Larder James L. Lebo Dave Linder Susanne M. Litke Susan Little Lorne D. Logan Paula Logie Kelly Lohnes Prof. Geoffrey Loomer Lindsay Loomer GaryLuftspring&ElizabethEllis Peter MacIntyre Bill MacDonald Gayle MacDonald Tara MacDonald Bob MacEachern Bonnie MacInnis Chelsea MacIntosh Christine M. MacInnes Charlotte MacKeigan Bernice MacNeil Courtney MacNeil Dana MacSween Jean-Marc Maheu Jennifer T. Marlow Teresa Anne Martin Presse Mason Sandy McKenna

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William McLennan Ellen & John McLeod Cory McNamara John McNamara Andrea C. McQuillin Colleen Meagher Kevin Meagher Shaun Meagher Wanda Meisner Sarah Mercer Ray Miller Douglas G. Mills Graham Mitchell Manda Mohen Randy Morgan Ronald Muir Simon Noel Heather Nolan Jessen Shirley Oliver Christine Shauna Marie Pace Sean Pecknold Wayne Pelrine Colette & Bernard Perey Gregory Potter Sarah Pottie Greg Priddle Joan A. Pugsley Gillian Pullen Douglas & Maureen Reid Ray Richard Nancy Rogers Mary Rolf Kerol Rose Clay Samis Judy Sander Travis Sanford Christine M. Saulnier Carmel Scanlan Jessie Scanlan

Kathy Schultz Joseph Shannon Melinda M. Shaw Bill Shead Elizabeth Shein James Herbert Sherwood Michel M. J. Shore Dean Smith James Herbert Sherwood Joan Simpson Peter Stoffer Joshua Stoodley Mary Stoughton Brenda Swansburg Kathleen Tanner Bruce Towler and Judy Steele Wade Tucker Julia Turnbull Wendy Turner Wendy C. Turner Vinidhra Vaitheeswaran Kimberley Vance Ted Vandenberg Jack Verhoeven Michael Verhoeven Katie Wagner Thomas E. Weeks Andrew Weldon Judy Weldon Sheila Wilderman Michelle Williams Pamela Williams Nicole Wolfe Prof. Faye Woodman Bruce Wright Susan Young

ORGANIZATIONS Andrea Parliament Law Professional Corp. Andreas E. Kuntze Law Corp. Bell Canada Benefaction Foundation Bereskin & Parr LLP BGJohnstonLegalServicesInc. BlackFemaleLawyersNetwork Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP BMO Financial Group BordenLadnerGervaisLLP(ON) Boyne Clarke LLP BurnetDuckworthPalmerLLP Canadian Bar Association (NS) Canadian Energy Law Fnd. Canclean Financial Corp. CapeBretonBarristers’Society Cenovus Energy Inc. ChesterEducationalFoundation ChevronCanadaResourcesLtd. CHOMManagementN.S.Ltd. ChurchStreetServicesLimited CoastalRestoration&MasonryLtd. Cole Law Offices County & District Law Presidents Association Cove Sport Therapy Crawford Family DalhousieFeministLegalAssoc. Dalhousie Law School DalhousieLawStudents’Society DaviesWardPhillips&VinebergLLP Deveaux International GovernanceConsultantsInc. DinyarMarzbanLawCorporation EasternAdmiraltyLawAssoc. EnCana Corporation

Estate of Alex Ross Estate of Douglas Coombes EstateofR.B.ViscountBennett E.W.ScottDickiesonBarrister & Solicitor FaskenMartineauDuMoulinLLP Fortune Fine Foods Ltd. Gowlings LLP JayC.HumphreyProfessionalCorp.

Jenkins Marzban Logan John J. Marshall Q.C. Professional Corp. Kazmi Law Office Klein Lawyers LLP Law Class of 1975 LawFoundationofNovaScotia Legal Files Software Inc. Lenehan Musgrave LLP Lewis Day Law Firm McCall MacBain Foundation McCarthy Tetrault McInnes Cooper McLennan Ross LLP Michelle C. Christopher Barrister & Solicitor Miller Thomson LLP Namibia Rare Earths Inc. NovaScotiaDentalAssociation Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP PamelaLarge-MoranLawCorp. Patterson Law Philip J. Star Q.C. Inc. Pink Larkin Pink Star Barro PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP Private Giving Foundation Ray O’Blenis Law Office Inc. Robert R. Regular Law Office Schwab Charitable Fund

SmithsonEmploymentLawCorp. Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP Canada) Stewart McKelvey Stockton Maxwell & Elliott T.R.McDonaldProfessionalCorp. TD Community Relations The Cove Motel TheDonaldR.SobeyFoundation The Schulich Foundation Torys LLP W. Donald Goodfellow Q.C. Wagners WaindManagement&Consulting WBLI LLP Wickwire Holm WilliamL.MourisProfessionalCorp. Yvonne R. LaHaye Barrister & Solicitor Inc.

* Deceased

Whileeveryeffortwasmadetoensuretheaccuracyofthisreport,weapologizeifyournamehasbeenmisspelled,omittedorincorrectlylisted.Pleaseletusknowsothatwe can correct our records. Total Class Giving amounts are excluded for those classes with fewer than five donations to protect confidentiality.

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SPECIAL PROJECTS

CHIEF JUSTICE EDMOND BLANCHARD BURSARY FUND

THE CHARLES (CHUCK) J. MEAGHER LAW HOUR FUND

THE DEAN’S CUP THE $100,000 MILESTONE

AbursaryhasbeguntocommemorateChiefJustice EdmondBlanchard(’78),whopassedawayin2014 afterabriefillness.Torecognizehisimpactonthe legalprofessionandtheCanadianlegallandscape, theChiefJusticeEdmondBlanchardBursarywas initiatedthroughtheleadershipofChiefJustice Eugene Rossiter of the Tax Court of Canada. InthewordsofRossiter(’78),“ChiefJusticeEdmondBlanchardwasadiligent,confidentandbright individual.”Fromfollowinghispoliticalcareerasa cabinetministerinFrankMcKenna’sgovernment tohisappointmenttotheFederalCourtandlater ChiefJusticeoftheCourtMartialAppealCourtof Canada,thetwobecameclosercolleaguesfollowing their25threunionin2003andthroughBlanchard’s work with the Tax Court of Canada. Speaking of his colleague’s time on the Canadian Judicial Council and Federal Court, Rossiter remarked, “He carried himself with a quiet demeanor,alwaysveryrespectfulofotherswitha pleasantwitandstrongcommunicationskills.He madeahugecontributiontoCanadainhislifetime not only as a politician but also as an impressive jurist, and handled (in a very professional confidentmanner)manytasksfortheCanadianJudicial Council.Hewasrespectedbyhiscolleaguesand held in great esteem.” Althoughthisfundhasbeenestablishedrecently, it has already received over $30,000 (and it'sgrowing).Giftsmadetothebursaryinmemory ofBlanchardaredesignedtohaveadirectimpact on the future of law in Canada, enabling those in financial need to continue with their studies. •

TohonourthelifeandlegacyofalumnusCharles J.Meagher (’83)—whosedistinguishedlegalcareer anddedicationtopublicserviceearnedhimaplace in the BerthaWilson Honour Society in 2012— afundhasbeencreatedinhisnametosupportthe lawschool’slong-heldtraditionofLawHour.The fundwasinitiatedwithagenerousgiftof$10,000 fromtheestateofChuckMeagherandover$15,000 fromthefirmandlawyersofBurnettDuckworth andPalmerinCalgary.Thefundcontinuestogrow withthefundraisingeffortsofDarylFridhandler (‘83) and John Rogers (‘83). Since1960,LawHourhasbeenanopportunity forstudentstorelateclassroomtheorywithreallifeperspectivefromlawyers,judges,politicians, academicsandprominentpolicymakersacross Canada and the world. Affectionatelyreferredtoas“Chuck”throughout hislife,MeagherwaspresidentoftheDalhousie LawStudents’Societyfrom1982–1983 and,asa student, hewasactivelyinvolvedinorganizing speakers for Law Hour. The Charles (Chuck) J. MeagherLawHourFund ismeanttoembodyhis commitmenttothelawschool,legaleducationand the greater Dalhousie community as a whole. •

In 2015, the Class of ’74 received the inaugural Dean’sCup,whichisawardedtoclassfundraising projectsthatreacha$100,000milestone.Alumni membersandformerclassmatesMaryClancy,Brent CotterandBruceArchibaldwereonhandtoreceive theCupfromDeanCamilleCameronduringthe annualAlumniReunionWeekendcelebrations. “This is a group that makes things happen,” said Clancy at the time. The award, which was established in 2009 by classmatesJimColeman,FredFountainandDavid Meadows, provides up to six bursaries annually tostudentsinneedatthelawschool.Eachofthe bursaries is named after a “beloved” professor: MurrayFraser,InnisChristie,JohnYogis,BillCharles, Hugh Kindred and Peter Darby. Thefundhasgrownfromamodest$7,400to agrandendowmentofover$165,000withanadditional$20,000inpledges.Since2010,13students havebenefitedfromatotalof$25,100inawards. “Simplyput,ifyoudowell,youshouldgiveback,” saidClancy.“Universitiesarehugelyimportantto the community in every way.” •

Would you like to contribute to or start a fundraising project? If so, please email or call Nadine Woon at nadine.woon@dal.ca 902-494-4347 48

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DONORS IN A NUTSHELL

2007-2016

DONORS TO LAW BY GIVING RANGE Giving defined as total commitments for the Faculty of Law for 10-year period (2007-2016), living or deceased.

55.6% Less than $500

36.9% $500 to $4,999

LIVING LAW ALUMNI

7,403

4.2%

$5,000 to $9,999

DONOR AVERAGE AGE

Based on current age as of the day of report and includes living alumni only.

$10,000 or more

LAW ALUMNI PARTICIPATION RATE Participation rate defined as a number of alumni with at least one commitment to any Dalhousie designation in a 10-year period (2007-2016), living or deceased, divided by number of alumni currently alive.

30.2

NUMBER OF DONORS

2,077

3.2%

LAW ALUMNI DONOR PARTICIPATION RATE BY AGE RANGE 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54

55 to 64

65 to 74 75 to 84

85 and older

10.3% 17.3 26.1 35.9 36.8 47.9 35.4 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

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THE WELDON PROFESSORS 01 Professor KIM BROOKS is excited to be back in the classroom teaching Tax, TaxPolicy,InternationalTaxandComparativeCorporateLaw.Shehasenjoyedservingonthegovernment’sTaxExpendituresReviewAdvisoryGroupanditsOffshore ComplianceAdvisoryCommittee,aswellasontheCanadianTaxFoundation’sboard of governors. Kim’s research this year is focused on Comparative Tax Law. 02 ThisyearDean CAMILLE CAMERON wasappointedtothenewIndependent

06 Professor RICHARD DEVLIN newest book is Regulating Judges: Beyond IndependenceandAccountability,whichheco-authoredwithAdamDodekoftheUniversity ofOttawa.Thisinnovativeandprovocativeanalysisofthedifferentwaysthatjudiciaries aroundtheworldareregulatedcoverscommonlaw,civillaw,otherlegalsystemsand thedevelopedanddevelopingworlds.Contributorsincludeadiversepoolofestablished scholarsandnewvoicesforagloballyinclusivecomparativeexaminationofjudiciariesin Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania.

07 Professor MEINHARD DOELLE has been working with colleagues at the UNFCCC

AdvisoryBoardforSupremeCourtofCanadaJudicialAppointments.Asalawyer,an academicandespeciallyacitizen,thiswasagreatexperienceforher.Sevenrelative strangerscametogetherandworkedhardtofulfiltheirmandateinaveryshortperiod oftime.Shefeltitwasapleasureandaprivilegetoworkwithsuchagreatcommittee and to be a part of this new process.

secretariataswellasacademicsandclimatenegotiatorsonabookabouttheParisClimate Agreement,whichisintendedtoserveasaguideandcritiqueoftheAgreement.Most important,theywanttomakesurethattherichnegotiatinghistorythatprovidessuch important context for understanding the Paris Climate Agreement is not lost.

03 Professor ELAINE CRAIG is completing a book, Sexual Assault Lawyering on

08AssisteddyingcontinuedtobethefocusofProfessorJOCELYNDOWNIE’sresearch,

Trial,examiningtheroleofthelegalprofessioninsexualassaulttrials.Itexamines therolethatCrownattorneys,defencelawyersandjudgesplayincontributingto theexperienceofsexualassaultcomplainantswhoparticipateincriminaltrials.Her year’shighlightsincludedgivingtheannualWickwireLecture,participatinginthe BigThinkersseriesonParliamentHillandteachingConstitutionalLawandGender, Sexuality and Law.

asJune2016broughtthepassageandimplementationofthenewfederalmedicalassistanceindyinglegislation.FromSept.13to15inHalifax,Jocelynwillco-hostthesecond InternationalConferenceonEnd-of-LifeLaw,Ethics,PolicyandPractice(icel2halifax.ca) withProfessorConstanceMacIntoshandcolleaguesfromAustraliaandEurope.Itwould be great to see alumni there!

04 Professor ROB CURRIE willbeonsabbaticalforthe2017-2018academicyear. He will be doing pro bono criminal appeals 2.5 days a week with the Nova Scotia Legal Aid’s Appeals Project alongside Roger Burrill (’85) and Lee Seshagiri (’06). RobandLeewilldevelopaclinicalcourseoncriminalappealspractice,whichwill hopefullylaunchatthelawschoolin2018.RobwillconductresearchonInternational andTransnationalCriminalLawundertheauspicesofaSSHRCPartnershipGrant.

05 AssociateDean,AcademicMICHAELDETURBIDEwroteachapterforacorporatelawcasebookandisbeginningathirdeditionoftheaward-winningElectronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada. He served on the Nova Scotia Securities Commission,theCredentialsCommitteeoftheNovaScotiaBarristers’Societyandthe ExamPolicyCommitteeoftheNationalCommitteeonAccreditation,andhechaired severaluniversityandlawschoolcommittees.HetaughtBusinessAssociationsand delivered the welcome address to the first-year class.

09ProfessorDIANAGINNisengagedincollaborativeresearchwithDr.JavierGarciaOliva fromtheSchoolofLawattheUniversityofManchesterinEngland.Theyareinvestigating howlegalframeworksregulatingreligioninthefieldofeducationmightaffectcommitment toconstitutionalvaluesandsocialcohesion.Aspartofthis,Dianahasbeenawardedthe Simon Visiting Professorship from the University of Manchester. 10ProfessorARCHIEKAISERcontinuesenjoyingteachingCriminalLawandProcedure andMentalDisabilityLaw,aswellasintheDepartmentofPsychiatry.HiscommunityinvolvementsincludesupportingPeopleFirstNovaScotia,lecturinginjudicialeducationand lobbyingforanewIncompetentPersonsActandAccessibilityAct.Heispreparingpaperson sentencingininfanticidecasesandplea-bargaining.Hisfamilyisthriving;Anneisconducting criminaltrials,ElspethandCatrionaarestudyinglawandFreyaispursuingsocialwork.

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11 Emeritus Professor HUGH KINDRED was co-author and co-editor, with Aldo Chircop (LLM’84, JSD’88),Will Moreira (’77) and Edgar Gold (’72), of the second editionofCanadianMaritimeLawinApril2016.Thisrewrittenandexpandedtextisthe onlycomprehensivetreatiseonthesubjectsince1916.Hughcontinuespursuinghis interestsinInternationalandMaritimeLawthroughtheeditorialboardsoftheCanadian YearbookofInternationalLawandtheOceanYearbook,andasCanadianco-ordinator for the Oxford Reports of International Law in Domestic Courts.

12BeforegoingonleavetobecomePresidentandVice-ChancelloroftheUniversity of King’s College, Professor WILLIAM LAHEY enjoyed teaching his new course in CanadianLegalHistory.HisreportonregulationforNewfoundlandandLabrador’s HydraulicFracturingReviewPanelwaspublished.Heco-authoredonthelawand ethicsoffrailtyscreeningandco-presentedthepaperatanationalconference.Healso co-authoredthefirstofthreepapersexpectedfromhisresearchonAdministrativeLaw with Professor Diana Ginn.

13InJune2016,ProfessorJENNIFERLLEWELLYNhostedaninternationalconference onarestorativeapproachtoclimateandcultureineducation,workplacesandprofessions. InNovember,sheco-hostedtheNationalRestorativeJusticeSymposiumabout thefutureofrestorativejusticeinCanada.ShereceivedoneSSHRCgranttosupport herresearchonaRestorativeApproachtoHumanRightsandanotherforaprojecton DigitalOralHistoriesforReconciliationfocusedontheexperienceoftheHomefor Colored Children in Nova Scotia.

14 Professor CONSTANCE MACINTOSH enjoyed working with two groups of law studentstoofferlegalinformationtoimmigrantsandrefugees,withafocusonfamily reunification.WithProfessorJocelynDownieandinternationalpartners,sheplanned thesecondInternationalConferenceonEnd-of-LifeLaw,Policy,EthicsandPractice,to beheldinHalifaxfromSept.13to15.Constancewasespeciallypleasedwithhaving collaboratedwithnewcolleagueProfessorNaiomiMetallictodevelopandofferanew course in Indigenous Governance.

15 Professor WAYNE MACKAYisaco-applicantresearcherinaSSHRCPartnership Granttotallingalmost$2.5millionoversevenyearsthatwillbeusedtoformapartnershipthatwillcrossdisciplines,institutionsandsectorstoexamineandaddressrape cultureinuniversities.Hisworkonthisprojectisbeingconductedundertheumbrella oftheHumanRightsChairaspartoftheChair’smandatetoadvancehumanrightson campus and beyond. He is the only co-applicant in Atlantic Canada.

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15 Professor LEONARD ROTMAN, Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law, taught his newseminarFiduciaryLawintheBusinessContext,advisedtheSpecificClaimsTribunal onEquitableCompensationinAboriginalClaimsandpublished“The’Fusion’ofLawand Equity?:ACanadianPerspectiveontheSubstantive,Jurisdictional,orNon-FusionofLegal and Equitable Matters”and“The End of HistoryThesis for Corporate Law”inThe SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. 16 In2016,ProfessorROLLIETHOMPSONtaughtclassesinFamilyLaw,Evidenceand CivilProcedure.InJune,hereceivedtheAwardforTeachingExcellenceintheOsgoode ProfessionalLLMprogram,wherehehastaughtacourseinChildandSpousalSupportLaw everysecondyearsince2007.InApril2016,heandCarolRogersonhadtheirRevisedUser’s GuidetotheSpousalSupportAdvisoryGuidelinespublishedbythefederalDepartmentof Justice, the end result of two years of work.

17 ProfessorDAVIDVANDERZWAAGcompletedtwointernationalresearchprojects during2016.Heco-editedAquacultureLawandPolicy:Global,RegionalandNational Perspectives(EdwardElgar2016)incollaborationwiththeK.G.JebsenCentrefortheLaw oftheSeaattheUniversityofTromsøinNorway.Heco-authored“MarineSpeciesatRisk Protection in Australia and Canada: Paper Promises, Paltry Progressions”as part of an Australian and Canadian Oceans Research Network (ACORN) collaboration. 18 Professor FAYE WOODMAN will be retiring this year both from Dalhousie and a long-standingcommitmenttotheTrans-nationalPrograminLawattheUniversityof Sherbrooke. Last winter, she gave a well-attended Mini Law School public lecture on successionatthelawschool.Shehasalsobeenengagedinaprojectonfiduciaryaccess todigitalassets;thepaperispartlyacommentontheUniformLawCommission’sdraft Model Act on fiduciary access.

Like a rat in a maze. They score him on his escape. Sort of likes the attention so he checks in and stays.

That we all have so much potential. Don’t let someone else’s potetial let you feel inadequate.

Law School thou art a roller coaster

Happy.

Anxious. Like a prof! Wait, I am a prof.

Well, it depends on the day, doesnt it?

Like Harvey Specter Spector ...Birdman

As I pass through the halls of Weldon, I feel...

Each year the Law Students’ Society offers wall space for students to post how they feel about their law school experience. Here are some postings.

Hungry. Inadequately caffeinated. Unable to write properly. Like Mike Ross.

Reach out!! We care about you.

Alone.

Inspired!

You are stronger, more brilliant and more amazing than you realize. Like a million bucks one day — like I’m worth nothing the next

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The Legacy Effect Anne McLellan

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Dalhousie provided me with the opportunity to do things and go places that I would not have thought possible. It laid the foundation for my entire life. Including Dalhousie in my will is a privilege. Read more about Anne McLellan, Dal’s chancellor, at alumni.dal.ca/mclellan

We Can Help

If you’re thinking of including Dal in your estate plans, we can help you match your gift to your wishes. Explore the possibilities at dal.ca/plannedgiving Or get in touch, we’re here to answer your questions. Ian Lewer 902-494-6981 ian.lewer@dal.ca Ann Vessey 902-494-6565 ann.vessey@dal.ca

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has stepped down as director of the board of DHX MediaLimited,achildren’sentertainment company based in Halifax. He continuestobegeneralcounselwith Stewart McKelvey.

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SIR GRAHAM DAY

was appointed a senator by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He is a former federal court judge, and he worked as Crown counsel with the Department of Justice and served as counselwithseveralfederalagencies. HOWARD WETSTON

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JOANNE MCKEOUGH is principal legal officerwiththeWorldHealthOrganizationinGeneva,whereshehasworked foralmost25years.Shewillsoonretire fromWHOandreturntoHalifax,where shewillcontinuetoworkforWHOasa consultant.

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PROF. WILLIAM CHARLES has written Understanding Charter Damages: The JudicialEvolutionofaCharterRemedy. Published by Irwin Law, it uses a database of just over 100 cases covering a span of more than 30 years to chronicle the evolution of charterdamagesthroughthedecisions of provincial and federal trial and appeal courts.

19 6 2 BRIAN FLEMMING has been chosen to sit on the Council of Canadian Academics’ Expert Panel on the Transportation Needs of an Aging Population. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Van Horne Institute in Calgary.

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19 7 5 retired in October 2016 as Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court after 26 years as a judge and more than 40 years in the legal profession.Heelectedsupernumerary status in 2007.

19 7 3 has writtenLand-UsePlanning. Published by Irwin Law, it explores both policies and the substantivelawofland-useplanning. HOWARD EPSTEIN

JOHN MCLEISH ,

founding partneratMcLeishOrlando LLPinToronto,receivedthe 2016OntarioBarAssociationAwardof Excellence in Insurance Law.

19 8 2 has beenappointedajudgeof theSupremeCourtofNova D. TIMOTHY GABRIEL

Scotia. ARTHUR PICKUP retired

inSeptember2016asJustice oftheNovaScotiaSupreme Court(TrialDivision)afteralmost14years onthebenchandmorethan40yearsin the legal profession.

DAN SIMMONS , a partner with McInnes Cooper’s St. John’s office, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

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ANNE EMERY of Halifax has released her ninth Collins-Burkemysterynovel, Lament for Bonnie.

PETER DALGLISH has been appointedaMemberofthe Order of Canada for his efforts to alleviate child poverty worldwide,notablybyestablishingand leading Street Kids International.

19 7 9 is counsel with McLellan Richards & Bégin in Truro, N.S. JIM RICHARDS

SALLY FAUGHT is senior counsel with Lenehan Musgrave in Dartmouth.

ALLAN BOUDREAU

ROSEMARY SCOTT retired from the practice of law in March 2016. She was a partner with Stewart McKelvey from 1988to2015andremainedascounsel there until 2016. She also served as chairoftheEthicsCommitteeoftheLaw SocietyofP.E.I.formanyyears.During hercareer,Rosemary’sstandinginthe legalcommunity,particularlyinpublic lawandlabourlaw,wasrecognizedin BestLawyers,LexpertandMartindaleHubbell. She will be spending her retirement continuing her studies in music, especially jazz, for which she hastravelledextensivelythroughout Canada, the U.S., Europe and the Caribbean.Hergoalistoraisefundsfor charity through her music.

PAMELA MACKEIGAN has beenappointedajudgeof theSupremeCourtofNova

Scotia.

19 8 4 WILLIAM MACNEIL has acceptedanappointmentas the inaugural Hon. John DowdChairinLaw,aswellastheDean and head of the School of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW and Coolangatta, Queensland,Australia.Whilesaddened to be leaving Brisbane after 17 years there,Billandhiswife,PamelaAdams, lookforwardtotheirimminentmoveto iconic Byron Bay, along the beautiful coastlineofnorthernNewSouthWales.

JOHN MCMILLAN retired in July 2015 from his position as a Crown attorney with the Office of the AttorneyGeneralfortheGovernment of Prince Edward Island. KIM PATE was appointed a senator by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She is the executive director of the Canadian AssociationofElizabethFrySocieties. MAUREEN REID was honoured by Saint Mary’s University in May 2016 with a Doctor of Civil Laws, Honoris Causa. As the president and founder of BoardWorks Consulting Inc., she advisesgoverningboardsandsenior executives in the public, private and non-profit sectors.

19 8 5 BRIAN MCCONNELL was re-electedasatrusteeofthe United Empire Loyalists’ AssociationofCanadainSummerside, P.E.I., in July 2016. He is also a member of the 84th Regiment of Foot, 2nd Battalion,RegimentalAssociationthat setupanencampmentattheconference.

19 8 8 CHARLENE RIPLEY has been named to the Women’s ExecutiveNetwork’sannual listofthe100mostpowerfulwomenin Canada for the second year. She is executivevice-presidentandgeneral counsel at Goldcorp.

19 8 9 DOUGLAS LLOY, a lawyer withNovaScotiaLegalAid’s New Glasgow office and presidentofthePictouCountyBarristers’ Society,hasauthoredhissecondbook, CanadaPensionPlanDisabilityPension Guide (2nd Edition), published by LexisNexis. The text offers practical advice on the litigation of all Canada PensionPlanbenefitsandprocedures. 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

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was electedtotheLegislative AssemblyofYukoninthe 2016election.SherepresentstheelectoraldistrictofRiverdaleSouthandis currentlyeducationminister,justice minister and government house leader in the Yukon. TRACY-ANNE MCPHEE

19 9 1 SALLY DAUB of Toronto wasawardedanhonorary doctorate by the University of Ottawa in 2015. MICHAEL MCDONALD,

an English-qualifiedcorporate partner with Cleary Gottlieb in London, England, was namedaleadingM&Alawyeraswell asaleadingprivateequitylawyerin both Chambers UK and Legal 500.

19 9 3 CATHERINE BENTON has beenappointedajudgeof theNovaScotiaProvincial Court. She is the province’s first female Mi’kmaq judge. Prior to her appointment,shewasalawyerwith Nova Scotia Legal Aid.

KEN DEKKER ,

a partner with Affleck Greene McMurtryLLPinToronto, was recognized in corporate and commerciallitigationbyBestLawyers in Canada 2016.

TERRY KELLY has

been named a partner with Kentville,N.S.,firmTaylor MacLellan Cochrane.

19 9 5 TARA ERSKINE has joined the Halifax office of Mathews Dinsdale as a

MICHAEL OSBORNE,

a partnerwithAffleckGreen McMurtryLLPinToronto, was recognized in competition/ anti-trust law by Best Lawyers in Canada 2016. RONDA VAN DER HOEK has beenappointedajudgeof theNovaScotiaProvincial Court.Priortoherappointment,she waswiththefederalPublicProsecution Service.

19 9 7 ROBERT ASTROFF is the founderandpresidentof Astroff Consultants, an admissions consulting firm that specializesinhelpingstudentsgain admissiontocompetitiveuniversity programs including medicine, law, dentistry and business.

ARNOLD CEBALLOS has joined The Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto as seniorlegalcounsel,intellectualproperty,aftermorethan10yearswithhis ownIPlawfirm.Hehasalsojustbeen recognizedinthesixtheditionofthe WorldTrademarkReview’sWTR1000. COLLEEN HEPBURN has been appointedaCrownattorneyinYarmouth,N.S.

19 9 9 CHRISTA BROTHERS has been acclaimed second vice-presidentoftheNova Scotia Barristers’ Society. She is a partner with Stewart McKelvey’s Halifax office.

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has accepted a positionasexecutivedirectoroftheLaw Foundation of Nova Scotia starting on April 1. MARY HAMBLIN

has joined McInnesCooper’sHalifax office as counsel. DAVID NURSE

JANET CARPENTER has been named a partner with Stewart McKelvey’s St. John’s office.

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has acceptedtheroleofNova Scotia’s Provincial Tax Commissioner.

BURTLEY FRANCIS has been named a partner with Stewart McKelvey’s Halifax office.

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JILLIAN STRUGNELL has beennamedapartnerwith Cox&Palmer’sHalifaxoffice.

LEVEL CHAN ,

a partner withStewartMcKelvey’s Halifax office, has been namedtoLexpert’sprestigiousRising Stars:LeadingLawyersUnder40list for 2016. DIANA METLEGE has launched an Arabic greeting-cardlinetoher wedding and event stationery business, DiM Designs. The new offeringscatertotheMiddleEastern communityandfeaturesmallcards with Arabic expressions.

NATHAN SUTHERLAND is now a partner with Pink Larkin of Halifax.

MARGARET ANNE WALSH

has been named a partner with Stewart McKelvey’s Charlottetown office. CHARLES WARREN has been named a partner with Kentville, N.S., firm Taylor MacLellan Cochrane.

2003 ERIN O’TOOLE, a Conservative MP in Ontario, has launched a leadershipbidtoreplaceformerprime minister Stephen Harper as party leader.

2004 DAVID EBY is the MLA for the British Columbia constituency of Vancouver–Grey Point.

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ELIZABETH HUGHES

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2006 has joinedMcInnesCooper’s Charlottetown office as ROBERT MACGREGOR

BETH MCGRATH , a partner with McInnes Cooper’s St.John’soffice,hasbeen namedtoLexpert’sprestigiousRising Stars:LeadingLawyersUnder40list for 2016.

2008 SCOTT BARRY is now a partner with Stewart McKelvey’s Charlottetown office. JARVIS GOOGOO, a fitness instructor with GoodLife FitnessinHalifax,proposed to his girlfriend and fellow fitness instructor,KerianneRyan,inFebruary. Ontheirfour-yearanniversaryofbeing acouple,hegotdownononekneeand proposed to her in front of the fitness class she had just finished teaching. She said yes. Congratulations, Jarvis and Kerianne! JOSEPH HERSCHORN has beennamedapartnerwith Cox&Palmer’sHalifaxoffice. MARC LECLAIR is now a partner with BoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth.

BRYEN MOONEY is now a partnerwithBoyneClarke LLP in Dartmouth. ANDREW SOWERBY has been named a partner with Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office.

2009 ADAM PICOTTE has been reappointedasapart-time member of the Social Security Tribunal of Canada for the IncomeSecuritySectionandwillhold theofficeforafurthertwo-yearterm. TODD SCHINDELER has been named a partner withStewartMcKelvey’s Halifax office.

2 0 10 ADAM CRANE is now a partner with Patterson Law’s Halifax office. BEN PRYDE is now a partner with McInnes Cooper’s Halifax office.

CURTIS RONNING has joinedthepersonalinjury lawteamatSlaterVecchio in Vancouver. NICOLE SLAUNWHITE won Kobo’s second annual CanadianEmergingWriter Prize for her novel Fury’s Kiss. The self-publishedauthorwasrecognized intheromancecategoryandreceived a $10,000 cash prize as well as promotional, marketing and communicationssupporttoboosther writingcareer.Sherunsherownlaw practice,BlueSkyLaw,inHalifax.She writesromancenovelsunderherpen name, Nicola R. White. DAVID TAYLOR is a memberofthelegalteam that volunteered to representtheChildren’sAidSocietyof FirstNationstoensuretheequalityof First Nations children in Canada. In April,theBarAssociationofOntario willpresentthePresident’sAwardto the team in recognition of its pro bono work.

JULIE ROBINSON is now a partner withMcInnesCooper’sHalifaxoffice andhasbeencalledtotheNewYork State Bar.

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PETER ZED has been namedapartnerwithCox &Palmer’sHalifaxoffice.

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2 0 11 DANIEL COLES of Owen BirdLawCorporationhad his blog, Alcohol & Advocacy,recognizedbytheCanadian Law Blog Awards in 2015. The blog included general information and commentaryforthoseworkinginthe breweryandhospitalityindustries.

2 0 12 JOCELIN D’ENTREMONT has been named a partner of Yarmouth, N.S., firm Hood Fraser.

PHIL MOREIRA has joined Valent Legal Injury Lawyers of Halifax.

JIM CUNNINGHAM ,

now a second-yearassociatewith boutique corporate law firmTrippLawinMoncton,recently co-authored The New Brunswick Business Corporations Act & Commentary,whichwillbepublished by Lexis Nexis. It is the only publication of its kind in New Brunswick.

2 0 15 JEFFREY LATTIE is now managing partner of McLellanRichards&Bégin inTruro,N.S.Beforejoiningthefirm, hecompletedtheIndigenousPeoples Law and Policy Program LLM at the University of Arizona in 2016.

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 (fax) 902-494-4222 Schulich School of Law 6061 University Avenue PO Box 15000 Halifax, N.S. B3H 4R2

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IN MEMORIAM

EDWIN ADLARD LEBLANC (’52)

died on Jan. 10, just four days before his 92nd birthday. He attended the Maritime School of Pharmacy, then obtained commerce and law degrees from Dalhousie. He was secretary and general counsel of Nova Scotia Light and Power Company and Nova Scotia Power Corporation for 33 years. He was actively involved in the community and the prime force behind Junior Achievement in Nova Scotia, having introduced the program to the business and education communities in 1959 as a project of the Halifax Junior Chamber. He was known for his interest in sports, particularly hockey with Dalhousie Varsity and Halifax Junior Centrals (Nova Scotia Champions) and his participation in the first round of the Memorial Cup. He also had a passion for trout and salmon fishing. GLAUDIO (JOSEPH) RIZETTO (’54)

died on Nov. 19, 2016, in Glace Bay, N.S. He graduated from high school at the age of 16 and obtained a bachelor of science degree from the University of Ottawa in 1951, followed by a law degree from Dalhousie. He led a passionate life with a wide array of interests, including hockey, cooking and bargain hunting. He was always active, dancing and socializing all night long on his 90th birthday in August. DAVID I. JONES (’56) died on

March 2, 2017 at the age of 89. He was educated at Saint Mary’s University before attending law school. He practised law for over 50 years in Dartmouth. At retirement, he was a partner of Russell Piggott 58

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Jones, in practice with his son, Martin Jones (’83). He was an active member of the provincial and federal Liberal associations. He was a member of the Barristers’ Society’s Committee for the Establishment of Nova Scotia Legal Aid and of the board of directors of Nova Scotia Legal Aid. He was also a member of the board of governors of Saint Mary’s University and the board of Metropolitan Community Law Clinic. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and Canadian Bar Association. He served as an executive member of Banook Canoe Club and was a founding director of the Society for Canoe Championships and Associations. David incorporated the East Preston Day Care Centre and was a member of its board for several years. He was Advocate of Dartmouth Council 3133 and State Advocate for Nova Scotia.

DAVID W. GRUCHY (’57) died on May 22, 2016, at the age of 84. He was educated at the University of King’s College and Dalhousie. From 1958 to 1990 he practised law with Burchell, MacDougall and Gruchy and was solicitor for the Town of Truro from 1975 to 1990. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Trial Division) in 1990, where he remained until his retirement in 2007. After retirement, he served on the Nova Scotia Criminal Review Board, the Nova Scotia Securities Commission and as chair of the Nova Scotia MLA Pension Review. He was an active member of his community and enjoyed musical and sporting pursuits.

ALLAN ROBERT BREMNER O’BRIEN (’57) died on Feb. 24, 2016, in

Paris, where he loved spending his winters. He attended the University of King’s College, then Dalhousie, where he obtained a law degree, after which he earned an MBA at the University of Western Ontario. During his career he held a number of positions, including solicitor for the Interprovincial Pipeline Company, national director of the Liberal Party of Canada and partner with Gowlings LLP. He was also gourmet chef and head gardener at The Manse Country Inn in Mahone Bay, N.S., from 1996 to 2007.

JOSEPH PELRINE (’58) died on March 12, 2017. After graduating from Dalhousie University with his law degree he practiced five years in Halifax and then in Vancouver, retiring from the former Davis & Company in 1997. He took delight in logical and rational thought and conversation, followed political events around the world and enjoyed the intricacies of classical music and opera. He also had a great sense of humour and was a lifetime fan of the Montreal Canadiens. GEORGE FRANCIS WALLACE INRIG (’58) died on May 21, 2016,

at the age of 87. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University and then his law degree at Dalhousie University followed by a master’s degree in comparative law from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. After completing his education he taught law at Dalhousie for two years before moving to Ontario where he was appointed judge of the Provincial Court of Ontario

(Criminal Division), a position he held for over 30 years. George believed in keeping journals, and when something memorable happened he would say, “Write it down!” His greatest gift to his family, a 631-page book of memoirs entitled Who Cares!, was completed in 2013 for his grandchildren. WENDELL EARLE FULTON (’60)

died on Sept. 18, 2016. After obtaining a bachelor of arts degree, a master of arts degree and a law degree, he spent his career as a teacher, civil servant, lawyer, journalist and politician.

F. B. WILLIAM KELLY (’67) died on May 13, 2016, at the age of 79. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree from St. Dunstan’s University at UPEI, then a law degree at Dalhousie. At the beginning of his career, he practiced civil litigation and criminal law and served as a labour arbitrator and Small Claims Court adjudicator. He retired from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in 2009 after 24 years on the bench as a justice. He was a judge of the Nova Scotia Family Court in 1984. In 1985 he was appointed a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Trial Division, and when that court merged with the County Court in 1993, a member of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

JOHN BAIGENT (’69) died on Dec. 3, 2016. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree at Loyola College (now Concordia), then spent two years in Ghana teaching high school as a CUSO volunteer. When he returned to Canada, he ran CUSO’s West Africa program. He obtained

law degrees from Dalhousie and Harvard, then spent 20 years practising labour law in Vancouver. He then founded and ran Partners in the Horn of Africa, a Canadian aid organization that focused on efforts of Ethiopians to partner on projects they chose for their communities. He spent much of the last 15 years living and working in Ethiopia. THOMAS BERNARD AKIN (’77)

died on Sept. 28, 2016. He earned a bachelor of science degree, an MBA and a law degree from Dalhousie. For over 40 years, he was a tax lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto and one of the most respected tax practitioners of his generation. He was named one of Canada’s top tax advisors by International Tax Review. DENNIS PATRICK HOLLAND (’80)

died on April 29, 2016, at the age of 62. He spent 27 years in law as a civil servant and dedicated 14 years of volunteer service to the Canadian Red Cross. PETER ERIC JAMES (JIM) PRENTICE

(’80) died on Oct. 13, 2016. He

obtained a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Alberta in 1977, then a law degree from Dalhousie. He practiced law for 20 years, specializing in property rights and in the resolution of First Nations land claims. He served as commissioner and co-chair of Canada’s Indian Land Claims Commission from 1993 until 2000. He was elected a federal member of Parliament for Calgary Centre–North in 2004, and from 2006 to 2010 he was one of the most senior ministers

in the Canadian government, serving time as Indian affairs and northern development minister, industry minister and environment minister. In 2010 he returned to the private sector as senior executive vicepresident and vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He returned to public life in 2014 and became the 16th premier of Alberta, serving until May 2015. MICHAEL EMERSON DUNPHY

(’81) died on Oct. 11, 2016, at

the age of 63. He attended the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, completed his MBA at the University of Western Ontario and, after obtaining a law degree at Dalhousie, enjoyed a distinguished career at Cox & Palmer for over three decades. He was a leading civil litigator and was recognized by the American College of Trial Lawyers, Lexpert, Best Lawyers and Benchmark.

WAYNE MARRYATT (’81) died on Sept. 15, 2016. He obtained his bachelor of commerce, master of science and law degrees from Dalhousie, then began practicing law with Daley Black and Moreira (a predecessor firm to McInnes Cooper) in 1982. He joined McInnes Cooper in 2006, at the time of the merger with Patterson Palmer. Among his career highlights, and true to his sense of adventure, he represented four investors in connection with the purchase of an interest in Oak Island and the hunt for its treasure. DIANNE LOUISE POTHIER (’82)

died on Jan. 3, 2017. She earned an undergraduate degree at Dalhousie, followed by a

master’s in political science at Carleton and spent a year as a parliamentary intern. She then obtained her law degree at Dalhousie, winning almost every academic prize available, including the University Medal in Law. She clerked with Justice R.G. Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada, then served as senior advisory counsel to the chair of the Canadian Labour Relations Board. In 1986, she became a faculty member of the law school, where she made leading contributions in her teaching and research to constitutional law, labour law and public law. She was Canada’s leading legal scholar and activist on disability and the law. COLIN HUNTER MACLEAN (’90)

died on Feb. 21, 2017. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree from the University of King’s College, then a bachelor of education and bachelor of law degrees from Dalhousie. While at law school, he was appointed university ombudsman. During his career he both taught at and worked with the administration of the Nova Scotia Community College. He later became president and CEO of the Waterfront Development Corporation. BERNADETTE CHRISTINA

MAXWELL (’91) died on Sept. 11,

2016. For nearly 20 years, she worked as a nuclear medicine technologist and earned bachelor of arts and law degrees. Following law school, she and her husband, Ron, and their dear friend Nancy Elliott set up the law firm Stockton, Maxwell & Elliott, from which she retired in 2009. She was also an accomplished painter.

SHAUN MACMILLAN (’09) died on Aug. 27, 2016. He earned his bachelor of arts (honours) degree and master of arts in English from Dalhousie, then his law degree. He began his legal career with Blois, Nickerson & Bryson LLP and later joined Eastlink as in-house counsel. FRIENDS OF THE LAW SCHOOL MAIRI TERESA ST. JOHN MACDONALD died on March 4, 2017. She

was the beloved sister of Ronald St. John Macdonald.

NIGEL SIMON RODLEY died on Jan. 25, 2017. He attended Clifton College in Bristol, England, obtained his law degree at Leeds University and did postgraduate degrees at Columbia University and New York University. He later became Amnesty International’s first legal officer. Nigel was not only a diplomat who focused on the need to stop torture but also a scholar and an educator. IAN TOWNSEND-GAULT died in August 2016. He served for several years as Associate Professor at Dalhousie, in both the Schulich School of Law and the Institute for Resources and Environmental Studies. He co-founded the Marine Affairs Program as well as the Oceans Institute of Canada. JAMES TIMOTHY (TIM) YOUNG

died on Dec. 31, 2016. He was beloved by the students at Dalhousie, where he worked for many years as a custodian and groundskeeper, so much so that he won an award for favourite university employee that is normally given to faculty. • 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

IN MEMORIAM

In a decision released in March 2017, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, in reasons penned by Justice Jamie Saunders, included the following paragraph: Sadly, Ms. Dianne Pothier, of counsel for the Disability Rights Coalition, died shortly after the hearing. Her customary wise counsel, meticulous preparation and ability to identify and explain the truly important features and consequences of any given case will be missed. Not surprisingly, she advanced very strong and persuasive arguments on behalf of her client at the appeal hearing. I intend to borrow heavily from her submissions in explaining my reasons. This apparently unprecedented paragraph both captures the respect the legal community had for Dianne Pothier (’82) and signals the magnitude of the loss caused by her untimely passing.

DIANNE LOUISE POTHIER 1954-2017

DIANNE POTHIER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP TheSchulichSchoolofLawispleasedtoannouncetheestablishment oftheDiannePothierMemorialScholarship.Theawardwillbebased onacombinationofacademicexcellenceanddemonstratedcommitment tosocialjustice.IfyouwouldliketocontributetothisawardinDianne’s memory,youcandonateonlineatgiving.dal.ca/pothierorbyphone, 1-800-565-9969.

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ianne was a daughter, sibling, aunt, great-aunt, friend, colleague and inspiration to many. Born into a workingclass community in the north end of Halifax, she excelled in school and took her first degree at Dalhousie, majoring in political science. She pursued her MA at Carleton University where she met several colleagues, some of whom went on to become Canada’s leading progressive political scientists and commentators. But in 1979 Dianne chose law rather than political science as a career path, although her subsequent work was infused by her political science background. As a visually impaired student at Dalhousie Law School in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dianne experienced barriers, challenges and discrimination. Nonetheless, her spirit and passion were strong and her intellectual brilliance was undeniable. She graduated in 1982 winning almost every prize available, including the University Medal in Law. Ottawa then beckoned. Dianne was offered perhaps the most prestigious job open to any law student: a clerkship with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. The incumbent was Brian Dickson, who is still venerated as one of Canada’s most significant Chief Justices. This was the early years of the Charter, and Dianne assisted the Chief Justice with some very significant cases. On completion of her term at the Court, Dianne remained in Ottawa for several more years working with the Canada Labour Relations Board. In the mid 1980s, Innis Christie (Dianne’s former professor and then Dean) decided that Dianne’s talents were underutilized in

Ottawa, and that it was time for her to come home. It took a while to persuade some colleagues that a visually impaired person could teach law, but in 1986 Dianne was hired as an assistant professor, with a mandate to focus on public law, constitutional law and labour law. Over the course of 25 years, Dianne became one of the pillars of Dalhousie Law School. Her contributions to teaching in the areas of public and constitutional law helped Dalhousie create one of the best public law offerings in the country, especially because of the strong emphases on equality law and Aboriginal rights. The truth, however, is that Dianne found teaching very difficult, even exhausting. She spent countless hours not only during term but also in the summer and winter breaks, preparing the materials and ensuring a rigorous legal education for the students. Unfortunately, neither we the faculty nor the students ever fully acknowledged her contributions in this regard. However, Dianne did receive appropriate respect and recognition for her scholarship and advocacy. For three decades, she was driven by one core value: to fight for social justice and the equality rights of Canadians who were marginalized and oppressed. Unlike many legal academics, Dianne was an idealist—she truly believed that law, properly developed and interpreted, could be an engine for progressive social change. This commitment manifested in her scholarship where she combined compelling personal narrative and incisive legal analysis to destabilize conventional wisdom and identify achievable alternatives. In so doing, she became recognized by many (and feared by some) as one of Canada’s most important equality rights scholars. This was especially true of her contributions to critical disability theory. Dianne converted her idealism into practice. She was deeply involved in multiple equality rights cases, running the gamut from race, class and gender to sexual orientation and disability. Sometimes she was an advocate in court; in many other cases she was in the background drafting memos, facta and providing critically constructive feedback. Think of the groundbreaking cases R.D.S., Eldridge, Meiron, Blencoe, Auton, to name but a few. Dianne also contributed to progressive advocacy organizations, including the Disabled Women’s Network, the Legal Education Action Fund, the Court Challenges Programme and the Canadian Association for Community Living. For this work she was appropriately celebrated through, for example, the Frances Fish Women Lawyers’ Achievement Award, the CBA President’s Award and the Bertha Wilson Honour Society Award. Dianne retired from Dalhousie in 2012, but she did not retire from social justice practice. In fact, she redoubled her efforts. She intensified her commitment to Dalhousie Legal Aid, she rejoined the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and she reignited her litigation practice in various contexts, including challenging the newly enacted assisted dying legislation and advancing the human rights of those who require supportive housing. There is so much more to be said about Dianne: her extensive but underappreciated contributions to the Dalhousie Faculty Association; her support for generations of students with disabilities and accommodation needs; her fearless directness; her pride in being Acadian; her (ironically) inaccessible office; her poignant

DIANNE, PICTURED HERE WITH FORMER DEAN KIM BROOKS, BECAME A MEMBER OF THE LAW SCHOOL’S BERTHA WILSON HONOUR SOCIETY IN 2013.

DIANNE RETIRED FROM TEACHING IN 2012 AND REDOUBLED HER EFFORTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE PRACTICE.

interventions in faculty seminars; her frustrating perfectionism; her baking; her ritualistic slaying of her breakfast eggs; her wry wit; her capacity to work all night and wear pyjamas all day (if she could get away with it); her joy in swimming for hours in the freezing waters at Summerville Beach; her disconcerting capacity for silence when travelling or having dinner together; her exquisite taste in vernacular arts and crafts; her generosity, both material and spiritual; her incomparable karaoke talents (including “The Rose” and “White Rabbit”); and her quiet, but profound and unwavering, love for her family and friends. Her premature passing leaves our hearts sore. • 2 0 1 7 H E A R S AY

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THE DEAN AND HER COLLEAGUES VISITED

VANCOUVER NOVEMBER 24, 2017 â€¢ THE FAIRMONT

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TORONTO NOVEMBER 29, 2017 â€¢ THE BADALI BAR & CUCINA

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THE DEAN AND HER COLLEAGUES VISITED

OTTAWA NOVEMBER 9, 2017 â€¢ MOSCOW TEAROOM

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reunion

the annual law alumni

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Who says that once you graduate your university days are over? Come back to Weldon and relive those life-changing moments. Catch up with classmates, tour the law school and join Dean Camille Cameron and professors for a lobster dinner before you round out the evening with students at Domus. And this time around, no exams, no papers!

CLASS CONTACTS 60th 1957 50th 1967 45th 1972 40th 1977 35th 1982

30th 1987 25th 1992 20th 1997 15th 2002 10th 2007

JOHN CARSTAIRS sharoncarstairs@rogers.com ALAN HAYMAN ahayman@burchells.ca

karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca IAN MACKAY imackay@conlinbedard.com JEFF MORRIS jeff@jeffmorrismediation.com PAUL IVES paulives@shaw.ca GORDON ALLEN allen@allenlawinc.com karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca karen.kavanaugh@dal.ca JANE GOURLEY-DAVIS jgourley-davis@pattersonlaw.ca KATIE EDMUNDS k.m.edmunds@gmail.com CLAIRE WILSON clairenwilson@gmail.com MELISSA INSANIC

For more information Karen Kavanaugh lawalum@dal.ca • 902-494-3744

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