call to the bar - the law society of upper canada · george francis barry ... michael debiase ......
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CALL TO THE BAR
The ceremony of Call to the Bar takes place in two separate procedures . First, the Benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada, who are responsible for the govemment of the legal profession in Ontario,
are called to order on the stage in a Special Convocation, by the Treasurer who is the head of the Society. The candidates will be presented by the Chairman of the Admissions Committee to the Treasurer who will confer on them
the degree of Barrister-at-Law and call them to the Bar of Ontario. Convocation will then adjourn and a Special Session of the Supreme Court of Ontario will be convened by the Registrar. The Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice for Ontario will preside over the administering of the Oath of Allegiance,
the Barristers Oath and the Solicitors Oath, to the newly called members of the Bar. The Court will then adjourn.
PROCESSION
Upon completion of these two ceremonies the graduates become Barristers and Solicitors, authorized to practise law in the Province of Ontario.
PROGRAMME
The audience will rise when the Treasurer and Benchers enter the Auditorium. The Treasurer, Laura L. Legge, Q.C., will open Convocation.
CONFERRING OF AN HONORARY DEGREE The Chairman of the Legal Education Committee, John D. Ground, Q.C., will request the Treasurer, Laura L. Legge, Q.C.,
to confer the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, upon CAMPBELL GRANT
ADDRESS The Honourable Campbell Grant, LLD., Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (Retired), will address Convocation.
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES The Treasurer will present the prizes won by graduates of the Bar Admission Course at London.
The candidates will be introduced by the Director, S. Ronald Ellis, Q.C.
A warded The Giffen. Pensa Prize for the student attaininf; the hif;hest marks at London Mary Jane Ralling
A warded The Bever/er Genest Memorial A wardfor the student attaininf; the highest mark in Famill' Law at London John Nicholas Jones
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A warded The S.J. Birnhaum, Q. C. Scholarships for Estate Planninf;, Third Prize Josephine Stark
The candidates for call to the bar will be presented to the Treasurer by the Chairman of the Admissions Committee, Donald H.L. Lamont, Q.C.
John Steven Abrams Ralph Joseph Elmer Armstrong Robert Mitchell Aziz Lcuis Joseph Balt:n George Francis Barry Judith Anne Beckett Geoffrey Paul Belch David Bradley Bennett Douglas Anthony Berberich Michael Clement Birnie Gregory Ralph Birston Helena Christine Birt Lawrence Anthony Blokker Thomas Meyer Brigham Paul Brooks Andrew Frank Camman William George Carson James Athol Tory Colvin Michael DeBiase Deborah Lee Ditchfield Terence John Donohue Peter Norman David Downs Robert Charles Echlin
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Deborah Anne Gibson Harold Scott Ginn Michael Eugene Girard Shelly Joan Harper Kathryn Ann Hengl Valerie Anne Hoag Meredith Anne Jackson John Nicholas Jones Mark Bradley Karkkainen Terry Lester Kirby Thomas Garfield
Joseph Knutson Jonathon David Kovacheff Donna Marie Kraft Ronald Arthur
Alexander Lacey George Dewar Laing Catherine Margaret Lawrence James Allan Sword Le Ber Elizabeth Anne
Garland Leighton David Ian Lesansky Simone Therese Levesque
Edualdo Litrenta Timothy Gordon Macdonald Hugh MacLeod Mackenzie Daniel Robert Mailer Eileen Margaret Mcintyre Hugh David Geoffrey McLean Mary Magdalen Mete! Anne Patricia Mills Barbara Ann Moloney Blake Harold Morrison Heather Rumble Peterson Leslie Ulysses Protopapas Ernest Albert Putman Carl Thomas Quenneville Mary Jane Ralling Leonard Gerard Reich Jam es William Richard Kevin Thomas Rogers Stephen Richard Schenke John Caspar Scherer Jeffrey Paul Schlemmer Kelly Lee Schlemmer Daniel Charles Schmidt
CONVOCATION WILL ADJOURN
SPECIAL SITTING OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ONTARIO
Peter Lawrence Sereda Daniel Joseph Shaheen Richard Joseph
Thomas Shaheen Ronald Arthur Paul Sinnaeve Joan Mildred Smythe Paul Andrew Sokol John Peter Solski Josephine Stark Anthony Franklin Steele Mary-Anne Ruth Stevens Randell Kevin Thomson David Gray Timms Tamra Jean Tobin Serge Francis Treherne Katherine Patricia Turner Laurie Lane Tuz Dragan Vujic Susan Dawn Whitney Colleen Jane Winn Linda Jane Wolanski
The Honourable Gregory T. Evans, Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice for Ontario, will hold a special sitting of the Supreme Court of Ontario to administer their oaths to the graduates and admit them as solicitors.
COURT WILL RISE