Carman J. Overholt, QC, of Law카지노 게임 컬렉션84, is a highly respected labour and employment lawyer who practises law in Vancouver, B.C. Carman has argued many noteworthy cases before the courts. He is a Past President of the B.C Branch of the Canadian Bar Association and has been involved in continuing legal education (including working with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace).
But it is his impressive work with the community 카지노 게임 컬렉션 everything from founding Pro Bono Law of B.C. to introducing new Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s grads to the Vancouver legal community 카지노 게임 컬렉션 that has made him the 2013 winner of the Kathleen Beaumont Hill Award.
It카지노 게임 컬렉션s the highest honour given by the Vancouver Branch of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 Alumni Association to an individual for outstanding service, advocacy, dedicated support and contributions to the betterment of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s and our country.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I am humbled by this wonderful honour. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve been working so hard for years to give something back to the school that gave me so much,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Carman. 카지노 게임 컬렉션When I was at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, I had so many wonderful opportunities to participate in the life of the university and it touched me in a profound way.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The highlight of his legal career didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t come in a court room. Carman says it was being involved in the creation of Pro Bono Law of B.C.
Carman noticed there were many young lawyers who wanted to give back. He realized there was a need to structure and formalize the delivery of pro bono legal services and to promote the importance of pro bono work to the legal profession. He started working on the Pro Bono Initiative in the late 1990s and the process took more than three years. He never anticipated the range of issues that would need to be addressed. In the end, the B.C. legal community supported the Pro Bono Initiative to supplement government-funded legal aid but not to replace it.
Carman credits his Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s student days and his work with the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Legal Aid Society with inspiring his drive to start Pro Bono Law of B.C.
카지노 게임 컬렉션I started an initiative to set up a Montreal Street Clinic as a law student. I was really touched by the needs of the Kingston community. Legal Aid made me excited about the practice of law and that experience stayed with me,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Carman, who fondly remembers Professors Don Carter, Bernie Adell and others who had a significant role in his education.
He still has close ties to the university. He helps organize Homecoming Reunions for the law class of 1984, has served on the Dean of Law카지노 게임 컬렉션s Alumni Advisory Group, and introduces new Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s law gads who move out to B.C. to the Vancouver legal community.
The Kathleen Beaumont Hill Award will be presented to Carman at a reception in Vancouver on September 25 .
