Numerous Nominees from Faculty of Law Among Canadian Lawyer’s List of “Top 25 Most Influential” Finalists – Please Consider Voting!

Canadian Lawyer has released its list of nominees for the 2022 “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada” honours.  Among the nominees are 1 professor from the Faculty of Law, as well as 10 alumni.  

Five honourees will be selected in each of the following categories.  The names of the faculty members (in bold) and alumni are listed below, under the category titles/descriptions. 

Please consider voting!  You may vote for up to five nominees in each category.  Voting is open until May 13. 

• Human Rights, Advocacy and Criminal

•  Louise Arbour (Hon.Doc. D.U. ‘97, Masters)

• Business

• Sheila Block (LLB ‘72, Hon Doc DU ‘14)

• In-house

• • Avi Weiss (JD ‘15)
  • Isabelle Rayle-Doiron (LLL ‘92)
  • Jonathan Boulakia (LLB ‘99)

• Changemakers: lawyers in any area or type of practice who have been leaders, innovators, or catalysts for positive change in any area of the profession such as diversity, law firm management, education, etc.
   
  • Patricia Fourcand (LLL ‘96)
  • Phillip Bernard Turcotte (JD ‘16)
  • Tara Vasdani (LLL ‘16, JD ‘16)

• Government/non-profits/associations, including public inquiries, officers of Parliament, the courts, and academic institutions
   
  • Brandon Silver (LLL ‘16)
  • Richard Wagner (LLL ‘79; Hon Doc ‘19)
  • Professor Vern Krishna, QC (Common Law Section, 2011 until present)

Click here for more details and for a link to the voting survey.