CCLA Awards Nominations Now Open!

At this time, the CCLA is pleased to call for nominations for all four of our awards. The fourth award, the Abe Feinstein Solicitor Award, will be presented at the Solicitors Conference in May 2017.

The Carleton Medal

The Carleton Medal is given to a lawyer (including a retired lawyer, judge, former judge, or paralegal) who is most deserving of recognition for great diligence, high ideals and outstanding leadership in the practice of law throughout his/her career. Those who will receive the medal will have made a significant contribution to the profession of law, whether as a solicitor in effectively performing services in that position, as a barrister in attaining an excellent reputation in the courts, as an academic, or for a single act of notable distinction that advances the ideals of the profession. The medal will be awarded only to a member or former member of the County of Carleton Law Association.

The Gordon F. Henderson Award

The Gordon F. Henderson Award is presented to a lawyer (including a retired lawyer, a judge, a former judge, or a paralegal) who has made a significant contribution to the welfare of the community by performing charitable services on behalf of the community. In recognition of the recipient’s their great dedication and high ideals in service to the community, a $1,000 donation will be made by the CCLA, on the recipient’s behalf, to a charity of the recipient's choice. The award will be given only to a member or former member of the County of Carleton Law Association.

The Regional Senior Justice Award

The County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA) established the Regional Senior Justice (RSJ) Award in 2003 to honour a lawyer in practice ten (10) years or less who has made an outstanding contribution as a litigator or as a solicitor within the profession through his/her excellence as a professional, as well as outside the profession by making an outstanding contribution to the community. The RSJ Award will be awarded only to a member or former member of the County of Carleton Law Association.

The Abe Feinstein Solicitor Award

The Abe Feinstein Award is given to a solicitor who has distinguished him or herself throughout his or her career by exemplary service to the Association and to the profession and has shown commitment to the community. This will be awarded only to a member or former member of the County of Carleton Law Association.