THE ADVOCATE 781
VOL. 80 PART 5 SEPTEMBER 2022
PETER S. HYNDMAN MENTORSHIP AWARD
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Vancouver Bar Association is pleased to announce that the Peter S. Hyndman
Mentorship Award will be awarded at this year’s Annual General Meeting.
The Peter S. Hyndman Mentorship Award is conferred each year to recognize
a lawyer who is distinguished as an outstanding mentor. Peter was, himself, an
exemplary mentor who made extraordinary efforts to pass on his legal
skills, wisdom, ethical insights, good judgment, commitment to decorum and
civility, and idealism to those who had the good fortune to work with him.
To make a nomination, kindly send a letter of not more than 500 words outlining
the reasons why you consider your nominee to be a fit and proper candidate
for the award, by email, to committee member Samantha Chang at
<samantha.chang@dentons.com> on or before Friday, October 14, 2022. The
nomination must be endorsed by five additional members, or former members,
of the Law Society of British Columbia. The five endorsers are also welcome to
provide additional letters of support not to exceed 250 words each.
Candidates must be British Columbia lawyers, retired lawyers or former lawyers
who have been appointed to the bench or have recently gone on to careers in
politics, business or other fields. Nominations of candidates from across a wide
spectrum of practice experience and personal circumstances are encouraged.
We hope to receive nominations for candidates of all genders in small firms
and large ones; for lawyers in large, urban practices and small community ones;
for lawyers who work in private practice — at private firms and in-house —
and in public sector environments.
While outstanding mentorship qualities may be found alongside other qualities
that can give a candidate prominence within the profession or the community
at large, that prominence is not a prerequisite for the recognition that the Hyndman
Award is intended to bestow. Indeed, sometimes lawyers who are excellent
mentors enjoy a lower profile than others lawyers precisely because the
necessarily private and “behind the scenes” character of mentorship, together
with its considerable time demands, lessens the opportunities those mentors
have for enhancing their personal, public profiles. We wish to ensure that
lawyers from many backgrounds who dedicate great effort to bringing young
lawyers along in a broad range of settings are reflected among the nominations
we receive.
Candidates must be available to attend the presentation ceremony at the Vancouver
Bar Association’s Annual General Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday,
November 17, 2022.
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