BarTalk October 2002
Volume 14, Number 5

Margaret Sasges Awarded President’s Medal

Awarded by the CBABC president, the President’s Medal recognizes one or more of the following: legal academic proficiency, outstanding works of legal scholarship, significant contribution to the profession, or noteworthy contribution to Canadian public life.

Margaret Sasges was presented with the President’s Medal in recognition of her outstanding work and service as a member of Provincial Council, the Executive Committee for two terms, advancement of solicitors issues and, in particular, her work to organize the Branch’s committee structure.

As a result of Margaret’s leadership, a comprehensive system was created to ensure that the many CBABC committees operate at a high standard and that volunteers receive sufficient support from the Branch to perform the work of the committee as mandated by Provincial Council.

The Hnatyshyn Award

The Hnatyshyn Award, established in 1993 by then-Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn, recognizes outstanding contributions to the law and legal scholarship in Canada.

The deadline for applications is April 30, 2003. Information on eligibility and nomination procedures is available at www.cba.org.

Albert J McClean, QC Wins Hnatyshyn Award
The 2002 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law was awarded to Albert J (Bertie) McClean, QC, of Vancouver, at the CBA National annual conference on August 10, 2002.

”Throughout his legal career, Professor McClean has contributed to legal scholarship,” said CBA Past President Eric Rice, QC. “His outstanding contributions to law, particularly to the comparative law of trusts in Quebec and the common law jurisdictions is unsurpassed.”

Throughout his career Professor McClean has been a legal scholar, an admired law professor, a respected Dean of Law and Associate Vice President Academic for UBC. He also served as the Editor of The Canadian Bar Review, Canada’s leading law journal, from 1984-1993.

Thousands of students have benefited from Professor McClean’s teaching expertise. He is known for the soundness and practicality of his ideas. Professor McClean has authored more than 50 published legal documents. Others in the legal profession have come to rely on his work for the depth of his analysis of difficult legal issues and the insights he has willingly shared with his readers.

Professor McClean earned his law degree from Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1957 and his Ph.D. from Cambridge in 1962. He was first appointed to the University of British Columbia in 1960. He became a full professor in 1968, Dean in 1971, Associate Vice-President in 1986 and Professor Emeritus in 2001.

Professor McClean was named Queen’s Counsel in 2001, and is currently Associate Counsel at the Vancouver office of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.

These articles were published in the October 2002 issue of BarTalk and are subject to the copyright by the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, 2005, all rights reserved.