Statue outside of law building

View of dimly lit shelving area

Panel of three Law students seated up on a stage taking questions from a faculty member standing behind a table; possibly Moot Court. View from back of room looking toward bench. Held in Law-Commerce Building.

R.W. Begg, Saskatoon Campus Principal, gives an address at the official opening of the new Law Building. Guests seated on dais; the Centennial flag in background.

Bio/Historical Note: The Law and Commerce Buildings were designed and constructed as part of a single project between 1965 and 1967. The architect was John Holliday-Scott of the Saskatoon firm Holliday-Scott & Associates.

View of the Native Law Centre building at[420] Cumberland Avenue South.

Bio/Historical Note: The Native Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan was founded in 1975 by Dr. Roger C. Carter whose commitment to social justice issues convinced the University of the need for a Centre to facilitate access to legal education for Indigenous peoples. This was to promote the development of the law and the legal system in Canada in ways that better accommodate the advancement of Indigenous peoples and communities, and to disseminate information concerning Indigenous peoples and the law. Structured initially as an independent special project within the University of Saskatchewan, the Centre became a department of the College of Law in 1984. From the beginning, the Centre has nurtured innovation in its program areas of teaching, research, and publication. The Indigenous Law Centre continues to build upon that history and remains attentive to the contributions made as well as the challenges confronted by Indigenous peoples in Canada and internationally. Directors of the Centre have included: Roger C. Carter (1975-1981); D.J. Purich (1981-1994); J.Y. Henderson (1994- ) and Larry Chartrand (2017-). In May 2018, the Cree words “Wiyasiwewin Mikiwahp” were added to the Native Law Centre's name, so it will now be called Wiyasiwewin Mikiwahp Native Law Centre.

View of exterior of Law Building.

Bio/Historical Note: The Law and Commerce Buildings were designed and constructed as part of a single project between 1965 and 1967. The architect was John Holliday-Scott of the Saskatoon firm Holliday-Scott & Associates.

View of interior of old law library housed in Qu'Appelle Hall; students seated at tables and standing at the stacks.

Elevated view looking down at stacks and rows of study carrels in Law Library.

Bio/Historical Note: The Law and Commerce Buildings were designed and constructed as part of a single project between 1965 and 1967. The architect was John Holliday-Scott of the Saskatoon firm Holliday-Scott & Associates.

Individual photos of the first graduating class including John Ross MacDonald, George Alexander Ferguson, Howard McConnell, Frank Anderson Sheppard, George Edward Kinsman, Douglas McConnell, Frank Clifton Little, Frank Hubert Bailey, Dean Arthur S. Moxon; Professor Ira A. McKay; D. MacLean (lecturer) and P.E. MacKenzie, lecturer who later became Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: Judge Peter E. MacKenzie succeeded Frederick W.G. Haultain as Chancellor in 1940. MacKenzie received an addendum degree in 1911 and an LLB from Queens University later. He lectured in the College of Law in the 1910s-1920s. MacKenzie was Chancellor during the "war years" with all its idiosyncrasies of the armed services use of the University buildings and grounds for training purposes. His sudden illness and death occurred in [May] 1946.

E.M. (Ted) Culliton, University Chancellor, standing at the podium during opening ceremonies. John G. Diefenbaker, MP for Prince Albert and former Prime Minister of Canada, seated second from left.

J.W.T. Spinks, University President, presenting a $1,000 P.F. Collier Inc. scholarship to Stephen A. Hynes, second-year law student, in Spinks' office.

Bio/Historical Note: A $1000 scholarship was awarded by P.F. Collier Inc. of New York, to a second year law student at the University of Saskatchewan. The award was based on the selling of encyclopedias for the Collier company. Each year a worldwide contest was held in which 15 scholarships were awarded. Stephen A. Hynes, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, won the Canadian section of the contest.

Five men in black tie dress, some holding cigars and cigarettes, in Bessborough Salon. Names from back of photo: Chief Justice Emmet Hall, Attorney General Robert A. Walker, Dean Cronkite, Judge Shepherd UBC, Alex Cory.

View looking north of Law Building, with Law Library in background. Rocks and bushes in foreground.