Sponsor Avril Farlam presents an award for clinic advocacy to Windsor Law graduand Emilia Coto, as Preet Singh, her supervisor at Legal Assistance of Windsor, looks on.
Emilia Coto, JD Candidate 2016, was recently recognized by the Women's Law Association of Ontario, with the Avril A. Farlam Advocacy Award. Emilia received the award at the WLAO Annual Awards Gala in Toronto on June 8.
Established January 2015, the Avril A. Farlam Advocacy Award is designed to recognize outstanding participation in the legal clinic program of any one of the Ontario law schools to be determined by:
(a) Academic achievement (i.e. marks transcript), and;
(b) Essay of no more than 200 words describing how the applicant believes the legal clinic experience will make her a better lawyer.
Please join us in congratulating Emilia on this honour.
Read the Daily News story here.
From left to right: Ronda Bessner, President WLAO, (Partner of Aird & Berlis, not really visible), Stacey MacTaggert, Western Law, winner of the 2016 Aird & Berlis LLP/ WLAO Equality Award, The Honourable Sandra Chapnik, Aliya Kamalia, Windsor Law, winner of The Honourable Sandra Chapnik Women in Law Award, Laurie H. Pawlitza, of Torkin Manes LLP, Diana Pegoraro, Osgoode Hall Law, winner of the Torkin Manes LLP/ WLAO Trailblazer Award, Avril Farlam, of Barat Farlam Katzman, Emilia Coto, Windsor Law, winner of the Avril Farlam Advocacy Award, Ashley Fisch of Kaminker Weinstock Associates, winner of the Lerners LLP/WLAO Elizabeth Grace Emerging Leaders Award, May C. Cheng, of Fasken, WLAO President's Award, Dorothy Quann, of Xerox, General Counsel Chapter Award.