Sandhya and I went to Edmonton last week, on Wednesday, August 17) to participate in a ceremony presided by the Chief Justice of Alberta to admit Rekha to the Alberta Bar association. This has been a memorable day for us and made us really proud of Rekha. This has been a tough, seven-year slog for her. We're glad she persevered. Her mentor was very eloquent in presenting Rekha's application to the Chief Justice and the Chief Justice in turn spent a considerable amount time extolling Rekha's achievement.
She is now officially a Barrister and Solicitor.
This may sound trite and out of the ordinary now, but the Chief Justice recognized that when Rekha (and Prashant, of course) arrived in Canada in the late 80's, they had no English or French. He expressed his admiration at the fact that she was now fluent in both official languages.
An important point to note is that Rekha will have been the first lawyer in several generations in our families. Counting from my father's side, she is the first lawyer in generations, and from my mother's side she is one of a handful. I say handful, because I don't know how many lawyers there are in her generation back in India. After all most young ones are 'guided' to the the engineering or medical streams (at least they used to be).
Just before the ceremony, at the Superior court
After the ceremony. The Chief Justice is to the right. The lady lawyer on the left presented Rekha's application 
Rekha in her fabulous office. What's not obvious is the great view she has from her vantage point.
Rekha's colleagues from work during lunch hosted by her firm, after the ceremony
Kevin's family. Sandhya and I are right in the middle (I'm the guy with the suspenders--known as 'Braces' in Indian English)
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