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In 1860, James F. Macleod passed his bar examinations at Osgoode Hall and articled at the Kingston law office of Alexander Campbell. He practiced law for a decade at Bowmanville Ontario (Durham) however, his true interest lay in serving in the militia.
By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist Edmonton Legal Discussion Club Two of the driving forces behind the establishment of the Legal Discussion Club were L.Y. Cairns and John A. Weir. The Law School at University of Alberta came into formation in 1922 with the...
Typically, when we imagine historians researching, they are sitting at a table in an archive or library flipping through dusty documents that are hundreds of years old or reading an obscure book about a long-ago event or period. It is true that historians, in the...
A thesis publication on Remote Justice by Graham E. Price, with forward by Stacy Kaufield
Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. *Originally a speech presented to the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners on January 22, 2024. “Who is going to run this country, the Chief Justice or the Government?”[1] This was a question put to deputy sheriff, John McCaffary by Major...
Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. *Originally a speech presented to the Calgary Association of Lifelong Leaners on February 26, 2024. On September 1, 1905, the Alberta Act brought the province into Confederation, but it was not a full partnership. Under section 109 of the...
By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist LASA is grateful to Merry Rogers (Law Society of Alberta employee) for her recent donation of an interesting court ledger acquired last month. At first look, the ledger appeared unexceptional but upon further examination it...
Graham Edwin Price, K.C. Calgary, Alberta April 13, 1947 – January 12, 2024 On January 12, 2024, Graham Price, founder and long-time President of the Legal Archives Society of Alberta (LASA), passed away in Calgary, Alberta. In addition to being an excellent...
Frederick Stanley Albright was born in Beamsville, Ontario, on March 23, 1883. After his childhood in rural Ontario, Frederick moved to Toronto where he attended Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political...
The life and career of Arthur Gardner Lincoln was unlike most other Alberta lawyers who fought in World War I. Following a long and onerous process to become a lawyer – interrupted by war and coupled with a fair bit of ambiguity – it seems that Lincoln never...