Details
Eligibility
- Any CBA member in good standing except current members of the Board of Directors, Finance Committee, or past Executive Officers.
- Groups are not acknowledged as candidates.
- There are no posthumous awards.
Presentation
The Award is presented at the Canadian Bar Association Annual Conference Council Awards Luncheon in August. Candidates are responsible for their travel and accommodation expenses to the Awards presentation
Nomination Procedure
- Each candidate requires letters of endorsement from five active CBA members - two of whom must live outside the nominee's province.
- Each nomination must include the candidate's curriculum vitae, current home and business address, as well as phone, fax and e-mail information.
- Each nomination must include a brief submission outlining the candidate's suitability for the Award.
- All supporting documentation must be submitted simultaneously with the nomination to: Louis St-Laurent Award of Excellence, CBA Awards Committee, Canadian Bar Association, 865 Carling Avenue, Suite 500, Ottawa, K1S 5S8.
Deadline for Applications: May 31
Selection Process
Applications are reviewed by the CBA Awards Committee, and recommendation made to Executive Officers.
Award
The Award was named in memory of Louis St-Laurent, a former Prime Minister of Canada and President of the Canadian Bar Association. The bronze statue was crafted by Ziggy Puchta of Toronto and takes the form of a miniature replica of the bronze statue of Mr. St-Laurent which sits in front of the Supreme Court of Canada Building in Ottawa.
Award Winners
- 2011 - Melina Buckley (Vancouver, BC)
- 2010 - Michele H. Hollins, Q.C. (Calgary, AB)
- 2009 - Scott Jolliffe (Toronto, ON)
- 2008 - Virginia Engel, Q.C. (Calgary, AB)
- 2007 - Lorne Waldman (Toronto, ON)
- 2006 - Quebec Superior Court Chief Justice François Rolland and Sylvie Grégoire (Montréal, QC)
- 2005 - Sholto Hebenton (Vancouver, BC)
- 2004 - Guy Joubert (Winnipeg, MB)
- 2003 - Glenda Cole (Calgary, AB)
- 2002 - Mark G. Peacock (Montréal, QC)
- 2001 - Michael Greene (Calgary, AB) & Gordon Maynard (Vanouver, BC)
- 2000 - Jack Innes, Q.C. (Halifax, NS)
- 1999 - Garth L. Manning, Q.C. (Toronto, ON)
- 1998 - Mr. W. Merrill Leckie, LL.B, CArb., F.P.T.M.I.C., (Vancouver, BC)
- 1997 - Ms. Eleanore A. Cronk, (Toronto, ON)
- 1996 - Mr. A.J. Campbell, Q.C., (Montreal, QC)
- 1995 - Professor Trevor Anderson, (Winnipeg, MB)
- 1994 - The Honourable Bertha Wilson, (Ottawa, ON)
- 1993 - Maureen McTeer, (Ottawa, ON)
- 1992 - Thomas A. Cromwell, (Halifax, NS)
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Deadline
Deadline for Applications:
May 31
Contact
Stephen Hanson
Senior Director of Communications
Canadian Bar Association
stephenh@cba.org
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