Law Society of Yukon is the regulatory body for lawyers in the

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

. Founded in 1971 as ''Yukon Bar Association'' following the emergence of reforms that lead to the establishment of elected government and legislative council, it was renamed as the Law Society in 1985.

Past Society Members

The body's first president was

Erik Nielsen Erik Hersholt Nielsen (February 24, 1924 – September 4, 2008) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon, and was Leader of the Opposition and the third deputy pr ...

, who later became a federal MP and cabinet minister including time as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.

References

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