Law Society presents honorary doctorate to Carleton Chancellor’s Professor Margaret Ogilvie

(Ottawa)–The Law Society of Upper Canada presented a degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.), to Carleton University Law Professor and Chancellor’s Professor Margaret Ogilvie, at its Call to the Bar ceremony in Ottawa last Friday, June 13. Professor Ogilvie was recognized for her prominence as a legal scholar, innovative researcher and her contributions to the legal profession – both within Canada and abroad.

Each year, as part of its call ceremony, the Law Society awards an honorary doctorate to a distinguished person who exemplifies the values held in esteem by the legal profession. Law Society Treasurer Gavin MacKenzie presented the honorary LL.D. and Professor Ogilvie then delivered the keynote address to 204 new lawyers who were called to the bar.
“We celebrate this well deserved honour which is being bestowed on Professor Ogilvie,” says Katherine Graham, Dean of the Faculty of Public Affairs. “She is an internationally renowned legal scholar whose innovative writings continue to make a major impact on society and a great mentor to her students.”
Professor Ogilvie is consulted widely as a legal expert and has been a visiting scholar at educational institutions abroad. She currently teaches banking law, contract law, consumer law, and religion and the state law at Carleton University. She is also writing a book as part of the Christian Jurisprudence Project, based at Emory Law School in Atlanta, Georgia. The book focuses on church law and its relation to civil law. Earlier this year, she was invested into the Order of Ontario and was inducted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1993. She was awarded the David W. Mundell Medal for Legal Scholarship in 1996 and the Law Society Medal in 2001 by the Law Society of Upper Canada for outstanding contributions to legal scholarship.