CLE Society Honours Outstanding Volunteers

At this year’s Bench and Bar dinner, the Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C. honoured James P. Taylor, QC and John O.E. Lundell, QC as the recipients of CLE’s inaugural Leaders in Learning Award. The award recognizes volunteers who have distinguished themselves by making exceptional contributions to continuing professional education.

Jim Taylor has been a leader in all aspects of imparting knowledge for the betterment of the legal profession throughout his distinguished career. He has made an enormous practical contribution to the profession through his research and writing. As a member of the UBC Faculty of Law, he played a pivotal role in the preparatory education of thousands of lawyers. He has a longstanding involvement with CLE, particularly as a contributor to our skills training programs and as a co-editor of CIVJI (Civil Jury Instructions).

John Lundell has been a consistent and loyal volunteer for CLE since 1973, contributing to the better understanding within our profession of company law. He has freely offered his expertise to speak at CLE courses, author chapters, and serve on the editorial boards of our business law publications. We could not have offered the quality and variety of programs to educate the legal profession about company law without his participation.

This article was published in the February 2006 issue of BarTalk and is subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2006, all rights reserved.