The.Law
Soc1e!)!of
Upper Canada
SPECIAL
CONVOCATION
The Conferring Of
An Honorary Degree
And The Call To The Bar
Of The Graduates Of The
Bar Admission Course
Althouse Faculty Of Education
London, Ontario
Monday, April 11th, 1983
2:30P.M.
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 government 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 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.
Upon completion of these two ceremonies the graduates become
Barristers and Solicitors, authorized to practise law in the Province of
Ontario.
Programme
PROCESSION
The audience will rise when the Treasurer and Benchers enter
the Auditorium.
The Treasurer, John D. Bowlby, Q.C., will open Convocation.
CONFERRING OF AN HONORARY DEGREE
The Chairman of the Legal Education Committee, James J. Carthy,
Q.C., will request the Treasurer, John D. Bowlby, Q.C., to confer the
degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, upon
WILSON DAVID GRIFFITHS
ADDRESS
The Honourable Mr. Justice W. David Griffiths, of the Supreme
Court of Ontario, will address Convocation.
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES
The Treasurer will present the prizes won by graduates of the Bar
Admission Course at London and will congratulate the graduate who has
received a special appointment. The candidates will be introduced by the
Director, S. Ronald Ellis, Q.C.
A warded The Giffen, Pensa Prize for the student
attaining the highest marks at London
Sylvia Anne Loyens
A warded The Beverly Genest Memorial A ward for the
student attaining the highest marks in
Family Law at London
Peter Emerson Milligan
Awarded The S.J Birnbaum, Q.C Scholarships
for Estate Planning, First Prize
Mary Celia Paulette Laframboise
Appointed a Law Clerk to the Honourable
William G. C Howland, Chief Justice of Ontario
Patrick Francis Milloy
CALL TO THE BAR
The candidates for call to the bar will be presented to the Treasurer
by the Chairman of the Admissions Committee, Laura L. Legge, Q.C.
Jam es Ross Adams
Nancy Jean Adams
Tony Perry Ambrogio
Elizabeth Ann Atkinson
Bruce William Banting
Aldo Berlingieri
Alan Lawrence Birnbaum
Robert James Burgess
Douglas Lorne Campbell
Paul Kenneth Carswell
Robert Fredrick Casselli
Geoffrey Francis Cauchi
Michael Kevin Coughlin
Alfred Basil Creed
Sylvia Lorraine Davis
John Ross Done
Grant Roger Dow
Brian Donald Duxbury
Gary Levern Everett
Douglas Donald Ferguson
James Paul Garofalo
Marie-Ange Garrigue-Slayton
Robert Donald Gelling
William Craig Gibson
Kevin Charles Gowdey
Stephen Randall Grant
Warren Douglas Griffin
John Alan Harder
Mary-Beth Ladine Louise Hawrish
Thomas Alfred Hebert
Michael John Hibberd
Jane Ferguson Hueston
James Albert Klein
Carl Stephen Kovach
Michael Laba
Mary Celia Paulette Laframboise
Gordon David Lemon
Christopher Allan Lewis
Sylvia Anne Loyens
Donald Leverne Macdonald
Linda Martschenko
Leroy Valentine Matthew
Joanne Marnie McLeod
John Charles McLeod
John Hardy McNair
Catherine Christie McQuarrie
Jeffrey Bernard Merriman
Larry Douglas Miller
CONVOCATION WILL ADJOURN
Peter Emerson Milligan
Patrick Francis Milloy
Barbara Elaine Minshall
Peter David Mudry
Frederick Alfred Arno Mueller
Robert George Nairn
Michael Patrick O'Hearn
Steven Thomas O'Neil
Marion Elaine Overholt
Mary Eleanor Pascuzzi
Gregory Jack Peebles
John Karol Pistor
James Edward Pitcher
Norman Anthony Pizzale
Thomas James Potter
Heather Charlene McDonald Quinlan
Helen Anne Rady
Brian Henry Renken
Frank Ricci
Michael Alexander Robb
Alan Ross Edward Ryan
Andrew John Sanders
Gary James Schmidt
Margo Lynn Scratch
David Sinclair Seabrook
Beverley Jo Simon
James Hutton Simpson
Kevin John Sisk
Darryl John Slywchuk
Alexander David Smith
John Peter Spence
Philip John Squire
Robert Earl Stafford
Michael Thomas Steinmetz
Gregory Friel Stewart
Michael George Charles Szorenyi
David Stewart Thompson
Pauline Magdalena Trudell
Van Robert Tuckey
Michael Graham Tweedie
Evelyn Louise Tyler
Ross Valdis
James Arthur Wall
Avril Leigh Karr Warshawski
Judith Lynne Williams
Kenneth James Williams
Brent Edward Woodcock
SPECIAL SITTING OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ONTARIO
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