Each year the Law Society honours longstanding members of the profession through the awarding of 50, 60, and 70-year certificates, in tribute to their cumulative years in the profession.
For those lawyers who have previously served as a judge, all years of service on the Bench are acknowledged as forming part of that service record.
The recipients’ class photographs from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law, now known as the Peter A. Allard School of Law, can be found below, along with the list of those lawyers celebrating milestone anniversaries in the profession in 2024.
UBC Class of 1954
UBC Class of 1964
UBC Class of 1974
The following lawyers celebrated milestone anniversaries in the profession in 2024:
70 years
David Percival Roberts
60 years
Gerald Donegan, KC
Philip G. Ferber
Bruce F. Fraser, KC
J. Lorne Ginther
Gary W. Griffiths
Jacob B. Kowarsky
John S. McKercher, KC
Alan N. Patterson
Darrel W. Roberts, KC
Terrence L. Robertson, KC
Robert W. Brewer
Elmer A. Yusep
50 years
David B. Adams, KC
Kenneth N. Affleck, KC
Peter C. Ballem
Robert W. Barlow
R. James Beadle
Robert W. Bellows
Patrick E. Bion
Michael J. Bird
David Lorimer Blair
Trudi L. Brown, KC
Robert D. J. Brown
R. Bruce Buckler
Michael Burke
Wayne D. Burns
Duncan J. Campbell
Monty J. Carstairs, KC
Myron G. Claridge
Michael A. Coady
Gordon L. Crampton
Harry Crosby
Diana M. Davidson
Norman W. Dowad
Dennis A. Doyle
Robert A. Easton
Lawrence R. Fast
Thomas Fung
Glenn Gallins, KC
Gerald W. J. Ghikas, KC
Robert W.G. Gillen, KC
Richard B. T. Goepel , KC
Richard M. Goluboff
Hunter W. Gordon
Charles E.D. Groos
Stein K. Gudmundseth , KC
Samuel D. Hanson
Dwight C. Harbottle
John M. Hogg, KC
Robert F. Hungerford
Ian D. Izard, KC
Marguerite E. Jackson, KC
Alexander Jeletzky
Michael M. Kalef
Peter J. Keighley, KC
Jacqueline A. Kelly
Lyall D. Knott
Esther L. Kornfeld
Benedict S. Lam
Kenneth J. Learn
Gordon Leffler
Allan W. Lightfoot
Douglas MacAdams, KC
Allen S. MacCallum
George K. Macintosh, KC
Brian R. Marshall
Ian F. McTavish
Avon Mersey, KC
J. Christopher Meyer
Bernard R. B. Morahan
Stephen J. Mulhall, KC
Kenneth H. Patrick
Armand A. Petronio
Donald B. Phelps
James D. Piers
Roger R. Plested
Hein Poulus, KC
Derrill W. Prevett, KC
John Rogers
Harry A. Slade, KC
Ronald N. Stern
G. Douglas Strongitharm
Richard H. Swadden
Norman M. Tarnow
Thomas H. Thompson
Richard P. Thompson, KC
R. Trevor Todd
James D. Vilvang, KC
Richard L. Wageman
Kenneth M. Walker, KC
Guy C. Whitman
Lyle G. Wilson
Victor Yang
F. W. W. Yee, KC
Further class photographs from the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, now known as the Peter A. Allard School of Law, can be found at this link: My Graduating Class | historyproject.allard.ubc.ca.