Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award is presented to a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society who has made significant contributions to the community, the legal profession and the Society. Nominations may be submitted by both lawyers and the public.
2012 Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form – due April 16, 2012
A subcommittee of the Governance and Nominating Committee examines the nominations and makes a recommendation to Council each year, based on the following considerations:
- Integrity: The recipient is of unimpeachably good character, with a reputation for the highest professional integrity.
- Professional Achievement: The recipient is or has been amongst the leaders in the practice of law or the academic realm.
- Service to the Profession: The recipient has made long-term, exceptional volunteer contributions to the legal profession and the Society.
- Community Service: The recipient has made long-term, exceptional volunteer contributions to the community.
- Reform: The recipient has made an outstanding contribution to the betterment of the law or the improvement of the justice system.
- Overall: The recipient exemplifies the highest ideals of the legal profession and is a person to whom all members of the profession can look for inspiration.
Distinguished Service Award recipients
2011 – Robert (Robbie) G. MacKeigan QC
2010 – Anne Malick QC
2008 – Innis M. Christie QC
2007 – Daniel M.Campbell QC
2006 – Bruce MacIntosh QC
2005 – Robert L. Barnes QC
2004 – Catherine Walker QC
2003 – Roberta Clarke QC
2002 – Harry Wrathall QC
2001 – Ronald Downie QC
2000 – R. Lorne MacDougall QC
