Three lawyers received this award – the highest honour provided by the CBABC in recognition of community involvement and contributions outside of the practice of law.

Jennifer Chow, Justice Canada, Vancouver
Jennifer was the driving force in challenging the legal profession to donate blood in honour of the late Chief Judge Hugh Stansfield for the Canadian Blood Service. As well, she is the Secretary on the Board of Dress for Success; a non profit agency that assists socially and economically disadvantaged women enter the workforce. In service to the profession through the CBA, Jennifer has served as Treasurer of the Women Lawyer’s Forum and Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee.



Photo L-R: CBABC President James Bond (2009/2010) and Jennifer Chow

C. Allan Donovan, Donovan & Co., Vancouver
Allan and his wife created the Nicaragua Children’s Fund which has raised over $30,000 to build and equip Nicaraguan schools, including a school for disabled children. Allan is a Vancouver lawyer who works primarily in Aboriginal Law. On top of his very busy practice, he and his wife have partnered with the local legal profession and Nicaraguan partners to create a charity that makes a huge difference in the life of poor and rural children in Nicaragua.



Photo L-R: CBABC President James Bond (2009/2010) and Allan Donovan

Janneke P. Lewis, North Shore Law LLP, North Vancouver
Janneke has been honoured for her extensive and impressive work in the community on the topic of human trafficking. She is a long-time member of Soroptimist International, a service organization of professional women around the world whose mandate is to improve the lives of women and girls, where she has held increasingly higher elected positions including Western Canada Region Governor. She has spoken widely around the world on human trafficking at the Eleventh UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. She was the organizer of the Stop Trafficking event in Vancouver in 2009 and continues to pursue public policy changes on human trafficking and violence against women.



Photo L-R: CBABC President Stephen McPhee (2010/2011) and Janneke Lewis

[updated September 27, 2010]