Trudi Brown receives Law Society Excellence in Family Law Award

Trudi Brown, QC, is the first recipient of the Law Society of BC's Excellence in Family Law award. This much-deserved honour celebrates her significant influence on the family law bar in British Columbia as an inspiring leader and mentor.

This award is also a recognition of Ms Brown's contribution to legal education. She taught Family Law at UVic in 2010, as well as giving workshops, judicial training and supervision of many co-op and articling students over the years. She was also a member of the Board of Governors at the University of Victoria from 2002-2008, during which time she served two years as Chair of the Board.

In his letter of support to the Law Society of BC, UVic's Dean of law, Jeremy Webber, praises Ms Brown's approach:

"She has done all of this with a sense of humour and bemused love of humanity that has leavened what is often a difficult area of practice. As anyone who has met her will know, she has a large and generous personality, which has underpinned her role as innovator, educator of family lawyers, volunteer in the community, and builder of today's family-law bar."

Congratulations Trudi.