CCLA Awards: 2024 Recipients & Awards Gala

It is with great honour that the County of Carleton Law Association announces the recipients of our 2024 Awards!


Rosalind Conway
The Carleton Medal
For a lawyer who is most deserving of recognition for great diligence, high ideals, and outstanding leadership in the practice of law throughout their career. 


Meaghan McMahon
The Regional Senior Justice Award
For a lawyer in practice ten years or less who has made an outstanding contribution through their excellence as a professional, as well as outside the profession by making an outstanding contribution to the community. 


The Hon. Robert Beaudoin
The Legal Innovator Award
The Legal Innovator Award is given to a lawyer, paralegal or judge whose courage, perseverance and/or innovations in the practice of law contributed to the betterment of the profession and/or made it easier for those who followed.


Susan E. Galarneau
The Hon. Heidi Levenson Polowin Award for Family Law
For someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the practice of family law through their career, whether as a litigator, solicitor, judge and/or alternative dispute resolution neutral. 


Lynn Le Mesurier
The Abe Feinstein Solicitors Award
For a solicitor who has distinguished themselves throughout their career by exemplary service to the Association and to the profession and has shown commitment to the community.


Amri Murray and Lorenzo Patino
The Paralegal Award
For a paralegal who is most deserving of recognition for great diligence, devotion to professional duties and for advancing the ideals and bringing credit to the paralegal profession. Those who will receive the award will have made an outstanding contribution to the development of the paralegal profession, whether in effectively performing services as a paralegal, for mentoring others and/or making it easier for those who followed, or for attaining an excellent reputation in the courts. This year, we are celebrating two of our members!


Congratulations to all of our award recipients!

CCLA Awards Gala – Thursday, June 13, 2024

The CCLA Awards Gala will be held Thursday, June 13, 2024 at the Shaw Centre. We will be celebrating all of our awards, including the Abe Feinstein Solicitor Award and the The Hon. Heidi Levenson Polowin Award for Family Law, as well as our 50 Years at the Bar Umbrella ceremony for the class of 1974!

Tickets are available now, for single seats or tables of 10. Please visit our events page for more information and to purchase.