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Pink Larkin creates award and internship to support diversity students

Posted by Stephanie Hurley on June 17, 2019 in News, Alumni & Friends, Awards, Students
Pink Larkin associates (from left) Balraj Dosanjh (JD '14), Katrin MacPhee (JD '17), and Jaime Burnet (JD '16) with Raymond Larkin (LLB '76).
Pink Larkin associates (from left) Balraj Dosanjh (JD '14), Katrin MacPhee (JD '17), and Jaime Burnet (JD '16) with Raymond Larkin (LLB '76).

A new award and internship initiated and supported by Pink Larkin, a Canadian dispute resolution law firm based in Atlantic Canada, will provide support and opportunities to diversity students at the Schulich School of Law.

鈥淲e鈥檙e honoured to lend a helping hand to Schulich Law students at 黄色直播 who aspire to take a leading role in providing legal services to various communities within Atlantic Canada,鈥 says firm co-founder Raymond F. Larkin (LLB '76), Q.C. 鈥淲e look to these individuals for leadership, guidance and judgment鈥攁nd a future bright with promise.鈥

The Pink Larkin Diversity Award and Internship in Law consists of a renewable scholarship for a second-year diversity student and a biennial summer internship in law for a first-year diversity student. The recipients will have completed the voluntary self-identified section of the application, be in the top half of their class scholastically, and will have demonstrated leadership ability and community involvement, along with a desire to remain in Nova Scotia.

Pink Larkin鈥檚 generous support by way of a scholarship and an internship fits very well with our law school priorities to continue to increase the diversity of our student body and the experiential and workplace learning opportunities available to our students. 鈥 Dean Camille Cameron

鈥淧ink Larkin鈥檚 generous support by way of a scholarship and an internship fits very well with our law school priorities to continue to increase the diversity of our student body and the experiential and workplace learning opportunities available to our students,鈥 says Schulich Law Dean Camille Cameron.

Supported by Pink Larkin lawyers and staff, these gifts to talented Schulich Law students coincide with the firm鈥檚 30th anniversary. 鈥淲e respect that while our 30-year history has provided a solid foundation for growth, success depends on the strength of future generations,鈥 says Ronald A. Pink (LLB '73), Q.C., co-founder and managing partner of Pink Larkin. 鈥淥ver the past three decades, we have evolved. We鈥檝e grown from our work law heritage based on labour relations to dispute resolution, all the while remaining true to our foundation of human rights.鈥澛

As a future-focused law firm, Pink Larkin has a strong culture of valuing diversity and aims to create a safe, welcoming, inclusive and culturally sensitive environment. The firm has found that doing so provides a positive influence in the places in which individuals work and extends to neighbourhoods where people live. 鈥淭his is the right thing to do,鈥 says Larkin. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important for us to give back to the local communities that have been supportive and welcoming.鈥