Alumni News

2018

• Edmonton Reception with Peter Chiarelli

  Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2018

  Faculty of Law, Common Law alumnus Peter Chiarelli (LL.B. 1991) was officially inducted into the Common Law Honour Society on Wednesday, March 29, 2018 at the Rogers Centre in Edmonton.

• In Memoriam – Stephen Berrigan

  Posted on Wednesday, April 4, 2018

  The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is saddened to learn of the passing of Stephen Berrigan (LL.B. 1980), who passed away on March 19, 2018 at the age of 64.

• Common Law Alumna named LAO Director General, Eastern District

  Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

  Faculty of Law, Common Law alumna and part-time professor Annik Wills (LL.B. 2004) has been selected for the position of Director General, Eastern District with Legal Aid Ontario (LAO).

• Common Law Alumna Karen Restoule Recipient of the 2018 CivicAction GTHA Emerging Leader Award

  Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

  Faculty of Law, Common Law alumna Karen Restoule (J.D. 2012) has been awarded the 2018 CivicAction GTHA Emerging Leader Award.

• Common Law alumni well represented at CCLA Awards Dinner; Solomon Friedman (LL.B. 2009) and Mitchell Kitagawa (LL.B. 1995) recognized for their contributions to the profession

  Posted on Monday, March 19, 2018

  Common Law alumni were front and center at the County of Carleton Law Association’s (CCLA) annual awards dinner held on March 8, 2018.

• Two Common Law Alumni Earn Law Society Medal

  Posted on Monday, March 12, 2018

  Two alumni from the Common Law Section’s class of 1993, Kathleen Lickers and Gilles LeVasseur, have been awarded the Law Society Medal, the Law Society of Ontario’s top honour.

• Appointment of Elizabeth Walker (LL.B. 1986) as Judge of Federal Court

  Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2018

  The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced on February 26, 2018 the appointment of Elizabeth Walker (LL.B. 1986) as a judge of the Federal Court.

• Common Law’s Olympic Ties

  Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2018

  The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section would like to wish the best of luck to all Canadian Olympians competing at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

• In Memoriam – Robert (Bob) John Morgan

  Posted on Monday, February 12, 2018

  The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is saddened to announce the passing of Robert (Bob) John Morgan (LL.B. 1977), who succumbed to cancer at the Ottawa General Hospital on February 2, 2018.

• Common Law Alumna Caitlin Tolley PPF’s Emerging Leader Award Recipient for 2018

  Posted on Friday, February 9, 2018

  Common Law alumna Caitlin Tolley (J.D. 2017) has been selected as the recipient of the Public Policy Forum’s (PPF) Emerging Leader Award for 2018.