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 Trial Advocacy course and to present a special lecture to students and to members of both the practising and academic legal communities. The Chair is named the Calgary Bar Association Milvain Visiting Chair in Advocacy as a tribute to the wisdom, humanity and sound guidance which the Chief Justice exercised as a member of the Bench.

The first incumbent of the Chair, J.J. Robinette, Q.C., Toronto, visited the Law Faculty in the fall of 1979 and gave a memorable series of presentations and lectures. Since that time, the Chair has been held by:

D.M. Goldie, Q.C.	Vancouver, BC	1981
E. Greenspan	Toronto, ON	1982
Mr. Justice C. Tallis	Saskatchewan Court of Appeal	1983
Clay Powell	Toronto, ON	1984
Joel Pink	Nova Scotia	1985
Serge Kujawa, Q.C.	Saskatchewan	1986
Marvin R.V. Storrow, Q.C.	Vancouver, BC	1987
David W. Scott Q.C.	Ontario	1988
Richard Scott, Q.C.	Manitoba	1989
Marlyse A. Edwardth	Toronto, ON	1990
Judge Michael Sheehan	Quebec	1991
Julian Porter, Q.C.	Ontario	1992
Madam Justice M.M. Koenigsberg	Vancouver, BC	1993
S.E. Halyk, Q.C.	Saskatchewan	1994
Chris D. Evans, Q.C.	Calgary, AB	1995
Mary Eberts	Toronto, ON	1996
David C. Day, Q.C.	St. John’s, NF	1997
Michelle K. Fuerst	Toronto, ON	1998
John G. Martland, Q.C.	Calgary, AB	1999
The Honourable Peter Cory	Toronto, ON	2000
William Smart	Vancouver, BC	2001
Fred Ferguson, Q.C.	Calgary, AB	2002
Alan D. Macleod, Q.C.	Calgary, AB	2003
David M. Paciocco	Ottawa, ON	2004
Renee Pomerance	Toronto, ON	2005
Master Judith Hanebury, Q.C.	Calgary, AB	2006
Honourable Justice John Vertes	Yellowknife, NWT	2007
Sheila Block	Toronto, ON	2008
Mona T. Duckett, Q.C.	Edmonton, AB	2009
Linda Rothstein	Toronto, ON	2010
Richard Fowler	Vancouver, BC	2011