Chairs

Chair of Natural Resources Law

The Chair of Natural Resources Law was established through the generous donations from the Calgary legal community and a number of resources companies. The role of the holder of the Chair is to teach and conduct research in the areas of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law within the Law Faculty, and to interact closely with members of the legal profession engaged in practice in the field.  more>>

The Merv Leitch, Q.C. Memorial Visiting Chair

This chair has been established in honour of C. Mervin Leitch, BA, LL.B. Q.C., who passed away in mid-1990. The Member of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary Egmont, he served as Attorney-General and Provincial Secretary, Provincial Treasurer, and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. The chair is funded through an endowment established by friends and associates of Mr. Leitch.  more>>

Calgary Bar Association Milvain Chair in Advocacy 

In 1979 in honour of Chief Justice Milvain of the Trial Division, Supreme Court of Alberta who retired at the beginning of that year, the Calgary Bar Association undertook to fund a Visiting Chair in Advocacy at the Law Faculty. The purpose of this Chair is to enable the Law Faculty to invite a leading counsel to the Faculty each year to participate in the Faculty’s third year Block Week Dispute Resolution course and to present a special lecture to students and to members of both the practising and academic legal communities.  more>>