Our Honourees

Since its creation, several diverse events have been held and each year the Association has paid tribute, at its annual banquet, to a jurist who has stood out within the great family of Italian-Canadian jurists.

Since 2009, the Association has provided seminars of fourteen (14) hours per year and since 2021 provided webinars for jurists as part of the obligatory continuing legal education required of the Barreau du Québec.

Italian-Canadian jurists are avid contributors to the legal community. To commemorate their achievements, each year the jurist who went above and beyond their legal calling, is selected jurist of the year, as the AICJQ proudly highlights their outstanding merit.

At previous banquets we had the privilege of highlighting the brilliant and exceptional careers of Justices Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States, Frank Iacobuccci of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Honourable Mtre David Lametti, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and many other distinguished jurists.

It should be noted that on the occasion of these annual banquets, the Association gives law students several scholarships to those who have distinguished themselves, by their exceptional academic results. Thus the Association aims, to encourage the younger Italian Canadians to surpass themselves in order to become part of the legal elite.