Laura Legge Explained

Office1:Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
Term Start1:1983
Term End1:1986
Predecessor1:Brendan O'Brien
Successor1:Pierre Genest
Term Start2:1988
Term End2:1988
Predecessor2:William Daniel Chilcott
Successor2:Lee Kenneth Ferrier
Laura Legge, OOnt, QC

Laura Legge, OOnt, QC (January 27, 1923[1]  - October 5, 2010[2]) was a recipient of the Order of Ontario in 2003.[3]

Legge graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1948 after earning a B.A. and a nursing degree.[4] Legge received an honorary LLD from the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1988.

In 1955, she and her husband established the still active law firm of Legge & Legge.[5]

Legge was elected the Law Society of Upper Canada's first female bencher in 1975. Legge was twice elected treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.[6] She was the organization's first female head.[7] Since 2007, the Law Society of Upper Canada has selected a recipient of the Laura Legge award to recognize women in Ontario who have exemplified leadership in the legal profession.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legge & Legge Toronto Barristers and Solicitors . 2015-04-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150212132227/http://leggeandlegge.com/lawyers.html . 2015-02-12 .
  2. Web site: India: harassment against human rights lawyers Shalini Gera and Isha Khandelwal | Law Society of Ontario. 17 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Laura Legge Obituary (2010) - Toronto Star. Legacy.com.
  4. Web site: The Laura Legge Award | Law Society of Ontario. 17 May 2023.
  5. Web site: Legge & Legge. Legge & Legge. 17 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Law Society of Ontario.
  7. Book: Moore, Christopher . 1997 . The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997 . University of Toronto Press . 302 . 9780802041272.