Lakehead’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law Graduates Called to the Bar
Dean Angelique EagleWoman (centre) participated in the Call to the Bar with 36 graduates from Lakehead’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law and with Nishnawbe Aski Nation Chief Alvin Fiddler (left of Dean EagleWoman), who was given an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Supplied photo
THUNDER BAY, ON – Thirty-six graduates from Lakehead University’s inaugural Bora Laskin Faculty of Law class were called to the Bar on Friday, Sept. 23.
“This Call to the Bar was special as our first set of graduates formally begin their careers as lawyers,” said Dean Angelique EagleWoman, who participated in the ceremony. “These graduates represent the realization of the dream to provide legal education in the North. It was thrilling to witness this final step for their entry into the legal profession in Ontario.”
The Lakehead graduates were with approximately 240 other individuals who participated in the ceremony at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto.
“I was very pleased to call members of the inaugural class of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law to the Bar of Ontario today,” said Law Society of Upper Canada Treasurer Paul Schabas. “The school is extremely innovative and unique in its approach to legal education, and many of these new lawyers will play a vital role in enhancing access to justice in traditionally under-served Northern and Indigenous communities, as well as small towns and cities across the province,” he said.
Lakehead University’s Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is Canada’s newest law school, having opened its doors in September 2013.
The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is a regional, unique law school with a focus on Northern Ontario.
It embraces three mandates in its curriculum: Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Natural Resources and Environmental Law, and Sole Practice with the Integrated Practice Curriculum (IPC).
