The 2007 recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Year award is Sean Foreman, partner at the law firm of Wickwire Holm, where he practices in environmental, litigation, and energy and natural resources groups. Foreman graduated from Dalhousie in 1998 with an L.L.B. and has made significant contributions to society and the practice of law both during his time in university and post-graduation.

During his third year at Dalhousie, he was the president of the Law Student’s Society and now serves as the Director of the Dalhousie Law Alumni Association, as well as teaching part-time at the law school.

His involvement in the community is extensive and includes sitting as current Director of the Clean Nova Scotia Foundation, Vice-Chair of the Nova Scotia Barrister’s Society Lawyers Assistance Program Committee, and Past-Chair of the Canadian Bar Association (Nova Scotia) Environmental Law Section. He has also lectured in the area of environmental law at a number of conferences and authored and presented a variety of papers on the subject.

The Outstanding Young Alumnus of the Year Award is granted annually to a recent Dalhousie graduate under the age of 40. Consideration is given to a candidate’s accomplishments in career, public and personal life as well as contributions to society, a local community or to Dalhousie. In addition to the current award, Foreman was the 2003 recipient of the Zoe Odei Young Lawyer’s Award and the 2005 recipient of the Outstanding Young Canadian Award.

Foreman is joined this year in receiving an alumni award by Dr. Margaret Casey, recipient of the A. Gordon Archibald Alumnus of the Year award, and Dr.  James B. Morrow, recipient of the Dalhousie Alumnus Achievement award. The awards will be officially presented at a reception preceding Dalhousie's Annual Dinner on Thursday, October 4th, 2007.