The Award for Excellence in Trusts and Estates was created to recognize exceptional contributions and/or achievements by members of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) to the area of wills, trusts and estates.
The number of award(s) to be presented annually will not normally exceed one. If in the opinion of the Nominating Committee, there is no appropriate candidate in a given year, no award will be presented.
Nomination Procedure
Any member of the Trusts and Estates Section of OBA in good standing is eligible to nominate a candidate by submission in writing, together with a curriculum vitae outlining the nominee's qualifications. The nominator must indicate that the candidate has been advised of the nomination prior to the nomination deadline and has consented thereto. The Award will be presented at the Section’s Annual Year-End dinner in June of each year.
Nominations shall be solicited:
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by a call for Nominations to the Section membership
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through members of the Executive of the Trusts and Estates Section
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through members of the trusts and estates bar throughout Ontario
Eligibility
Any Trusts and Estates Section member of OBA in good standing, as well as former members of the section who have retired or been appointed to the bench, but not including current officers of the Executive of the Trusts and Estates Section or the Executive of the OBA.
Criteria for Selection
The recipient shall demonstrate leadership in the trusts and estates bar through knowledge, experience skill, commitment, passion and strength of character, plus all or some of the following:
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Academic excellence through teaching at the Bar Admission Course, lecturing at a law school, participation in continuing legal education and/or academic writing
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Participation in OBA Trusts and Estates Section Executive or the Law Society of Upper Canada on wills, trust and estates matters
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Contribution as counsel or as a judge to the development of wills, trusts and estates law, and wills, trusts and estates legislative framework
Award
The Recipient will receive a plaque and a donation will be made on the recipient’s behalf to a charity of his or her choice. The permanent trophy is to be displayed at OBA.
Deadline for Applications
Nominations and supporting material must be filed with the Chair of the Nomination Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section.
Please send your nomination and letter of recommendation by Friday, January 10, 2014 - 5:00 pm to:
Blossom Pangowish
Sections/PD Co-ordinator
Ontario Bar Association
300-20 Toronto St.
Toronto, ON M5C 2B8
Phone: (800) 668-8900 or (416) 869-1047 x 399
Email: blossom@oba.org
Fax: (416) 869 - 1390