Justice Michael Dinkel (BA Law, 1987)
Back in 1984, when I walked across campus past the Chamberlain Clock Tower (known to all as Old Joe) and into the original location for the red brick Law School (now called The Harding Building), I was shocked to find that I was the first Canadian to have attended there to study Law. There were students from all over the world in our class, but I was the lone Canadian, past or present, by all accounts. This status made me somewhat of an anomaly, and it was a great talking point when meeting new people around the university. I have been advised that there are now 200 Canadians studying Law at Birmingham. It was an honour being the first!