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On Thursday, May 27, 2014 the Charity and Not-for-Profit Law Section presented the AMS/John Hodgson Award. This year the section chose to honour the late Hugh M. Kelly, Q.C. Hugh was a true specialist in his field, with over fifty years of advising clients on charity and not-for-profit law and education law until his passing this past December. The OBA Charity and Not-for-Profit Law Section is pleased to present this posthumous award to a respected and honoured colleague and friend.

Madeleine Ménard, assistant general counsel of Nav Canada, has been honoured with the Ontario Bar Association/Canadian Corporate Counsel-Ontario Chapter Award of Excellence.

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 Kate A. Hughes was presented with the OBA Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Women's Equality.

On Thursday, May 15th, 2014 the Young Lawyers Division - East held an evening with The Honourable Mr. Justice Richard Wagner of the Supreme Court of Canada.

On May 22, 2014 Michael B. Rotsztain was presented the Murray Klien Award for Excellence in Insolvency Law.

OBA President attended a meeting of OBA Groupe Francophone in Ottawa on May 2.

Ron Ellis, Q.C. was joined by many friends, colleagues and family members on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, where he was awarded the OBA Tom Marshall Award of Excellence for Public Sector Lawyers. The award dinner tool place at Twenty Toronto Street Conferences and Events in Toronto.

Jim Phillips awarded Mundell Medal for Legal Writing, April 2014.

Fareen Jamal says her volunteer experiences have contributed to making her a better lawyer and a better person.

Maryellen Symons says through her work as a lawyer and legal researcher, examining the law from a feminist perspective, she came to realize that laws “too often reflect and reinforce social inequities.”