Schulich School of Law - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Law

  • Donald Clancy, former Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and current member of the British Columbia Review Board
  • Patrick H. Curran, Chief Judge of the Nova Scotia Provincial Court
  • Constance Glube (1955), first female Chief Justice in Canada
  • Valerie L. Marshall (1991), Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Joseph Phillip Kennedy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
  • Leslie M. Little (1961), Co-founding partner of Thorsteinssons; Justice of the federal Tax Court of Canada
  • Lesra Martin (1997), Canadian lawyer, renown for helping to secure the release of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
  • Valerie Miller (1985), Justice of the Tax Court of Canada
  • Edmund Leslie Newcombe, former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • James Palmer (1952), Founding partner of Burnett, Duckwoth & Palmer
  • Eugene Rossiter (1978), Associate Chief Judge, Tax Court of Canada
  • John Smithers (1991), senior counsel in tax law, Department of Justice
  • James McGregor Stewart(1914), Named partner of Stewart McKelvey
  • Bertha Wilson (1956), first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Politics

  • R.B. Bennett (1893), former Conservative Prime Minister of Canada.
  • Allan Blakeney, former New Democrat Premier of Saskatchewan
  • John Buchanan, former Progressive Conservative Premier of Nova Scotia
  • Alex Campbell, former Liberal Premier of Prince Edward Island
  • John Crosbie, former Conservative Cabinet Minister
  • Joe Clark (failed out of first year), former Conservative Prime Minister of Canada
  • Darrell Dexter, New Democrat Premier of Nova Scotia
  • Joseph Atallah Ghiz, former Liberal Premier of Prince Edward Island and former Dean of Dalhousie Law School
  • Danny Graham, former Liberal Party of Nova Scotia Leader
  • Stewart McInnes (1961), former Conservative Cabinet Minister
  • Richard Bennett Hatfield, former Progressive Conservative Premier of New Brunswick
  • Michael Leir (1974), Canadian High Commissioner to Australia and lead Canadian lawyer in implementing NAFTA
  • Megan Leslie (2004), New Democrat Member of Parliament
  • Angus Lewis MacDonald (1921), former Premier of Nova Scotia
  • Peter MacKay (1991), Conservative Cabinet Minister
  • Elizabeth May, President of the Sierra Club of Canada, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, Green Party Member of Parliament
  • Peter Milliken (1971), former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Brian Mulroney (failed out of first year), former Conservative Prime Minister of Canada
  • Donald Oliver (1964), first black Canadian Senator
  • Geoff Plant (1981), Attorney General of British Columbia
  • Jim Prentice (1980), former Conservative Cabinet Minister
  • Gerald Regan (1952), former Liberal Premier of Nova Scotia
  • Graham Steele (1989), Minister of Finance of Nova Scotia, Member of the Nova Scotia Legislature
  • Clyde Wells (1962), former Liberal Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Danny Williams, former Progressive Conservative Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

Business

  • Purdy Crawford (1955), corporate director
  • Sir Graham Day (1959), former chairman of Cadbury Schweppes plc

Arts and culture

  • Barrie Dunn, actor, writer, and producer best known for playing Ray in the Canadian mockumentary television program Trailer Park Boys
  • Ian Hanomansing, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist and anchorman
  • Robin Sharma (1989), coach on leadership and personality development

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