Laura Legge

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

Laura Legge, OOnt, QC
List of Treasurers of the Law Society of Upper Canada Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada
In office
1983–1986
Preceded byBrendan O'Brien
Succeeded byPierre Genest
In office
1988–1988
Preceded byWilliam Daniel Chilcott
Succeeded byLee Kenneth Ferrier

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.

References
  1. "Legge & Legge Toronto Barristers and Solicitors". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  2. "India: harassment against human rights lawyers Shalini Gera and Isha Khandelwal | Law Society of Ontario". Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  3. "Laura Legge Obituary (2010) - Toronto Star". Legacy.com.
  4. "The Laura Legge Award | Law Society of Ontario". Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  5. "Legge & Legge". Legge & Legge. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  6. "Law Society of Ontario".
  7. Moore, Christopher (1997). The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997. University of Toronto Press. p. 302. ISBN 9780802041272.


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