Remembering Justice Brian Stevenson

December 12, 1939 – February 16, 2026 Justice Brian Stevenson, of Calgary, Alberta, passed away on Monday, February 16, 2026, at the age of eighty-six.  Justice Stevenson grew up in the small community of Wakefield, Quebec, a short...

Calgary Lawyers — A Sporty Profession

By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist A Look Back at Calgary’s 1988 Winter Olympics and Calgary Athletes Aside from the seemingly mundane duties of civil litigation and criminal law, lawyers commonly shoulder a wide range of social, political, and...

Why is Legal History Important: The Early Calgary Contribution

Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. Originally a speech presented to the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners on October 7, 2025 What is Legal History In 1973, legal scholar R.C.B. Risk published “A Prospectus for Canadian Legal History” in the Dalhousie...

Book Review: Adams, Eric M. and Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2025

Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. Having spent much of my youth in British Columbia, including summers with my maternal grandparents on Vancouver Island and my paternal grandparents in Kitimat, I had never before heard of the plight of Japanese...

Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, Part II: Female Faculty that Shaped the Legal Profession

By Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. Previous posts in LASA’s “City Builders” series have focused on individuals and their contributions to the city of Calgary over the last 150 years.  The following post – in two parts – will examine the Faculty of Law...

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