Sandra E. Dawe

Sandra Dawe, the Firm’s Managing Partner, thinks of herself as a barrister, in the classical sense of that word - an advocate whose primary skill is the ability to speak for her clients. Sandra grew up in the second-largest city in Newfoundland, Corner Brook (pop. 25,000). But like many Newfoundlanders, Sandra is now “away”, despite her still very strong links to the province of her youth. After obtaining her B. Comm. at Memorial University in Newfoundland, she toyed with the possibility of going into business. Instead, she came to the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. She...