Robert Muir Award for Mentorship / en R. Douglas Elliott receives the OBA SOGIC Robert Muir Award for Mentorship /celebrates/r-douglas-elliott-receives-oba-sogic-robert-muir-award-mentorship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">R. 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Douglas Elliott"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>R. Douglas Elliott (supplied image)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>R. Douglas Elliott</strong>, a graduate of the University of Toronto’s JD program, has been recognized by the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law Section (SOGIC) with the <a href="https://www.oba.org/About-US/About-Us/Awards/Section-Awards/OBA-SOGIC-Robert-Muir-Award-form-Mentorship">Robert Muir Award for Mentorship</a>.</p> <p>The award recognizes an OBA member for outstanding contributions to the practice of law, mentorship of its members, and contributions to the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The award is named in honour of Associate Justice Robert Muir, the first openly gay associate justice ever appointed in Canada, and a founding member of SOGIC.</p> <p>Elliott, who graduated from U of T’s Faculty of Law in 1982, is a partner in the law firm of Cambridge LLP in Elliot Lake, Ont. He is well known for his class-action work on ground-breaking constitutional cases concerning same-sex partners and LGBTQ2+ rights, and served as lead counsel in the <a href="https://defygravitycampaign.utoronto.ca/news-and-stories/distinguished-alumnus-r-douglas-elliott-recognized-by-lgbt-purge-fund-with-gift-of-new-u-of-t-law-fellowships/">LGBT Purge class action</a>, resulting in a landmark global settlement for members of the armed forces, RCMP and federal employees.</p> <p>Elliott has received multiple recognitions for his social justice work. The Law Society of Ontario certified him as a specialist in civil litigation in 2003, awarded him the Law Society medal in 2010 and presented him with a Law Society degree of Doctor of Laws, <em>honoris causa</em> in 2021.</p> <p>The University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA) recently announced Elliott as the <a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/events-and-programs/awards/carl-mitchell-award">inaugural recipient of the Carl Mitchell Community Impact Award</a>.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.law.utoronto.ca/news/r-douglas-elliott-receives-oba-sogic-robert-muir-award-mentorship">Read the Faculty of Law story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Law</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/robert-muir-award-mentorship" hreflang="en">Robert Muir Award for Mentorship</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:19:21 +0000 siddiq22 302196 at