FACULTY OF LAW AWARDS:

General Information and Policies

Application forms for awards are available from the Associate Dean's Office, Faculty of Law, mid-February each year. By completing one Law Awards application, applicants will be considered for all scholarships and bursaries listed in this section with the exception of those stating "No application required." Unless otherwise stated, completed applications for law awards must be postmarked or received by the Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law on or before May 1. Where no application information is listed, the award is made automatically by the Academic Status Committee based on stated criteria, without need for application.

Unless otherwise stated, the following policies are in effect with regard to University administered awards:

In order to qualify:

• Monetary awards, except certain cash prizes, are contingent upon the student proceeding with his, or her, university program in the immediate next academic session. Unless otherwise stated in the terms of reference, awards are payable only when the student is in actual full-time attendance at the University of Calgary.

• The payment of tuition and fees is the first charge against scholarships and bursaries. If the value of an award is stated as "tuition and fees", it is understood not to include differential fees.

• Students who have deferred exams, incomplete term work, grades not yet received for an international exchange, etc. at the time of award selections will be deemed ineligible.

• If a student is granted an award, the University of Calgary reserves the right to release pertinent information to provincial funding bodies or the donor of the award.

The University assumes liability for the payment of scholarships, bursaries, prizes and other awards only to the extent that gifts from donors, or returns from particular investments for these purposes will permit.

As this information is published a considerable time before the opening of the session, the University reserves the right to make whatever changes circumstances may require, including cancellation or addition of particular awards.

Campbell McLaurin Achievement Award

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Donor: Endowed by the former Chief Justice of the Trial Division, the late Honourable Campbell McLaurin

Value: Silver Medallion

Number: One

Year Entering: Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Achieved high academic standing
  • Made a significant contribution to the life of the Law School during the three years of the LLB degree
  • Not presented at Convocation
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Advocis Educational Foundation Scholarship

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Donor: Advocis

Value: up to $700

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Estate Planning)

Conditions:
  • Interest and aptitude in the area of estate planning
  • Based primarily on academic merit
  • Financial need may also be taken into consideration
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Alberta Crown Attorneys' Association Prize

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Donor: Alberta Crown Attorneys' Association

Value: up to $325

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Criminal Law)

Conditions:
  • Achieving a high standard of performance in LAW 410: Crime: Law and Procedure
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Alberta Law Foundation Bursaries

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Donor: Alberta Law Foundation

Value: $2000

Number: Five

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Alberta Law Foundation Entrance Bursaries

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Donor: Alberta Law Foundation, in recognition of the diversity in the entering LLB class

Value: $5000

Number: Six

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic record
  • Performance on the Law School Admission Test
  • Evidence of maturity
  • Extra-curricular activities
  • Work experience
  • Community involvement
  • Financial need
  • Whenever possible, one award will be offered to a Canadian aboriginal student
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

A.L. Barron, Q.C. Prize in Labour Law

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Donor: Walter C. Barron, Q.C. in honour of his father, the late A.L. Baron, Q.C.

Value: $250

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Labour Law)

Conditions:
  • Most understanding and ability in the field of Labour Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Ronald D. Bell Scholarship

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Donor: Established by the law firm Felesky Flynn

Value: up to $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Taxation Law)

Conditions:
  • Academic merit in Taxation Law
  • Leadership ability and high standards of integrity must also be demonstrated
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Billington/Baker Cup

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Donor: Geoffrey Baker, LL.B. and Rick Billington, LL.B. of Calgary

Value: Cup

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Best individual debater in the Faculty of Law's annual debating competition
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Bishop & McKenzie Centennial Prize

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Donor: Bishop & McKenzie LLP

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Achieving a high standard of performance in LAW 649.27: Advanced Civil Procedure
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Blackstone Debating Medals

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Donor: His Honour Judge Irwin A. Blackstone, Q.C., Calgary

Value: Medal and up to $500 cash prize

Number: Two

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding in the Law School's annual debating competition
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Prize

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Donor: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Value: up to $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Contracts Law)

Conditions:
  • Achieving a high standard of performance in LAW 402: Contracts
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Scholar Award

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Donor: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Value: $5000 (Renewable in third year)

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Must have obtained an academic standing in the top 10 per cent of the class in first year of studies
  • Renewable in 3rd year providing recipient obtains an academic standing in the top 20 percent of the class in second year
  • Financial need and extra-curricular activities may be considered
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Scholarship

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Donor: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Value: up to $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Scholarship

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Donor: Funded by an endowment established by Howard Mackie, Barristers & Solicitors

Value: up to $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Financial need
  • Must have placed in the top quartile in first year
  • Extra-curricular activities including community, volunteer or athletic involvement
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Elizabeth Brisco Bursary

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Donor: Estate of Elizabeth Brisco

Value: up to $5000

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic record
  • Financial need
  • Performance on the Law School Admission Test
  • Extra-curricular activities, work experience and community involvement
  • Mature student
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Elizabeth Brisco Scholarship

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Donor: Estate of Elizabeth Brisco

Value: up to $5000

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic record
  • Performance on the Law School Admission Test
  • Extra-curricular activities, work experience and community involvement
  • Mature student
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

W.G. Brown, Q.C. Prize in Advanced Oil and Gas Law

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Donor: Friends and colleagues of W. Gordon Brown, Q.C., senior partner in the Calgary law firm of Bennett Jones Verchere

Value: up to $800

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Advanced Oil and Gas Law)

Conditions:
  • Achieved a high standard of performance in LAW 605: Advanced Oil and Gas Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Burnet Duckworth Palmer Bursary

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Donor: Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer, Barristers and Solicitors

Value: up to $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Frank L. Burnet, Q.C. Scholarship

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Donor: Established by the law firm of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer in memory of Frank L. Burnet, Q.C.

Value: up to $2400

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st or 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Preference given to a student entering 1st year
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Canada Law Book Prizes

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Donor: Canada Law Book Limited, Aurora, Ontario

Value: Book prizes to the value of $150

Number: Three

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd and Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Demonstrating overall understanding and ability
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation Prize

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Donor: Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation

Value: $1500

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Natural Resources Law)

Conditions:
  • Academic achievement in Natural Resources Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Canadian Petroleum Tax Society Faculty of Law Prize

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Donor: Canadian Petroleum Tax Society

Value: up to $1500

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Shown outstanding performance in LAW 541: Business Taxation
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

A.W.R. Carrothers Memorial Bursary in Law

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Donor: Family and friends in memory of Dr. A.W.R. Carrothers, President of the University of Calgary from 1969 to 1974

Value: up to $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Robert C. Carson Memorial Bursary (Alberta Scholarship Programs)

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Donor: Administered by the Alberta Scholarship Programs for Alberta Justice

Value: $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Full-time student
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident
  • Resident of Alberta for at least three years
  • Preference is given to an aboriginal student without sponsorship
  • In the event that there are no aboriginal students without sponsorship, non-sponsored students are considered
How to Apply: Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination. Student Awards Office mails application to nominee in June.

Carswell Prizes

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Donor: Carswell

Value: Certificates to the value of $250, $250 and $500

Number: Three (one in each year)

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd and Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most overall understanding and ability
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

CFUW Helen Steeves Memorial Scholarship in Law

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Donor: Canadian Federation of University Women/Calgary

Value: $1200

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Some consideration given to financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

E.W. Costello Entrance Scholarship

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Donor: Pembina Resources Ltd. Calgary, in honour of Mr. E.W. Costello on his retirement as Chairman of the Board of Pembina Resources Ltd.

Value: up to $3500 (Renewable)

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Offered every third year
  • Academic record
  • Performance on the Law School Admission Test
  • Evidence of maturity
  • Extra-curricular activities
  • Work experience
  • Community involvement
  • Renewable for second and third year provided high academic standing is attained in the year of law studies just completed
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

de Villars Jones Prize in Administrative Law

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Donor: de Villars Jones, Barristers and Solicitors, Edmonton

Value: $750 plus book

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Administrative Process)

Conditions:
  • Most understanding and ability in the Administrative Process course
  • Academic merit
  • Recipient will receive an autographed hard copy of Jones and de Villars, 'Principles of Administrative Law'
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Faber Gurevitch Bickman Prize

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Donor: Established by the Calgary law firm of Faber Gurevitch Bickman

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Property Law)

Conditions:
  • Achieving a high standard of performance in the field of Property Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Felesky Flynn Prize in Taxation Law

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Donor: Felesky Flynn, Barristers and Solicitors, Tax Counsel

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most understanding and ability in LAW 527: Taxation Law and Policy
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

L.H. Fenerty, Q.C. Law Prize

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Donor: Established by the Calgary law firm of Fenerty, Robertson, Fraser & Hatch (now Fraser Milner Casgrain) in honour of the late Lloyd H. Fenerty, Q.C.

Value: up to $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • High academic standing
  • Participated with distinction in sports, university government or public service
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Fraser Milner Casgrain Prize in Corporate Finance and Securities Law

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Donor: Fraser Milner Casgrain, Barristers & Solicitors

Value: up to $650

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding academic performance in LAW 659: Corporate Finance and Securities
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Fraser Milner Casgrain Prize in Environmental Law

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Donor: Fraser Milner Casgrain, Barristers & Solicitors

Value: up to $650

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding academic performance in LAW 531: Environmental Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Peter Freeman, Q.C. Bursary for Aboriginal Students in Law

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Donor: Members of the Law Society of Alberta with matching funds from the Alberta Law Foundation and the University of Calgary. This award was established to recognize the contribution made by Peter Freeman, Q.C. who served as Executive Director of the Law Society of Alberta from 1989 until his retirement in 2001.

Value: up to $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Canadian aboriginal student
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Neil V. German, Q.C. Memorial Scholarship

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Donor: Friends and colleagues of the late Neil V. German, Q.C. in recognition of his contribution to his profession and the community

Value: up to $1800

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Leadership ability
  • Upon graduation, must be eligible for enrollment as a student-at-law in the Law Society of Alberta
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Ron Ghitter Award in Human Rights

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Donor: Endowed by the Honourable Ron Ghitter and Myrna Ghitter

Value: up to $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: Final, Enrolled, Enrolled, Entering or Enrolled

Faculty: Any, Law, Medicine, or Graduate Studies

Field of Study: Human Rights

Conditions:
  • Full-time studies
  • Demonstrated a commitment to the advocacy and exploration of human rights through academic studies and related activities
  • Contributed to the understanding or resolution of human rights issues through activities such as making the public aware of human rights abuses, helping to resolve human rights problems, or furthering equality of disadvantaged minorities
  • Academic merit
  • Applicants must include a one-page statement indicating studies and activities that have contributed to the understanding or resolution of human rights issues
  • Letter of support required: undergraduate applicants should request this letter from the head of their department; graduate students should request this letter from their supervisor
How to Apply: Apply to the Faculty of Graduate Studies

Irv Goldman Memorial Prize

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Donor: Friends, family and colleagues in memory of Irv Goldman

Value: up to $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding academic performance in LAW 511: The Criminal Process
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Scholarships

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Donor: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Calgary

Value: $1000

Number: Two

Year Entering: 2nd and 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Achieved a high academic standing
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Ken Harkness Calgary Buffalo P.C. Scholarship

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Donor: Calgary Buffalo Progressive Conservative Constituency Organization

Value: up to $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Financial need
  • Satisfactory academic achievement
  • Involved in the political party process either on or off campus
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Frederick and Marguerite Hulme Scholarship

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Donor: Frederick and Marguerite Hulme

Value: up to $7500

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: Combined LLB/MBA Program

Conditions:
  • Combined LLB/MBA program
  • Academic merit
  • Consideration given to financial need
  • Must be in full-time studies during the tenure of this award
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Alan D. Hunter Award

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Donor: Code Hunter Wittmann

Value: up to $2700

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most understanding and ability in LAW 629: Trial Evidence and Procedure
  • In the case of a tie, superior verbal skills and demonstrated commitment to the community and to volunteer services will be taken into consideration
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

W. Bernie Kelly, Q.C. Memorial Prize

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Donor: Law Society of Alberta

Value: up to $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Good academic standing
  • Performance with distinction in a skills training or professional responsibility and ethics course or program
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

James G. Kidd Scholarship

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Donor: Family of Justice James G. Kidd

Value: up to $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Darlene Korolak Memorial Award

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Donor: Family, friends and colleagues of Rhonda Korolak in memory of her mother, Darlene

Value: up to $300

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Labour Relations Board Prize in Labour Law

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Donor: Established by the Labour Relations Board of Alberta

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Labour Law)

Conditions:
  • Demonstrated outstanding merit in the field of Labour Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Faculty of Law - Class of '91 Bursary

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Donor: Class of '91, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary

Value: up to $300

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Not in receipt of another major award administered by the University of Calgary
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law Bursaries

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Donor: Faculty of Law Development Endowment

Value: $5000

Number: Three

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • One award is offered to a student entering each of first, second and third year
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law Scholarship

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Donor: Faculty of Law Development Endowment

Value: $5000

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law - Dean's Prizes

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Donor: G. Neil McDermid, Q.C. and David H. McDermid, Calgary

Value: $1000

Number: Three

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd and Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Lawson Lundell Prize in Aboriginal Law

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Donor: Lawson Lundell

Value: $1500

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Based on achieving a high standard of performance in LAW 635: Aboriginal Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Legal History Prize

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Donor: Graham Price, Barrister and Solicitor, Calgary

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Best essay in LAW 609: Canadian Legal History
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Merv Leitch, Q.C. Scholarships

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Donor: Friends and colleagues of the late Merv Leitch in recognition of his significant contributions to the public life of his province and his country

Value: up to $5000

Number: Two

Year Entering: 2nd and 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Natural Resources Law and Constitutional Law)

Conditions:
  • Overall academic merit
  • 2nd year - particular emphasis on the Constitutional Law course
  • 3rd year - particular emphasis on the Natural Resources Law course
  • Strong participation in extra-curricular activities
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

R.A. MacKimmie, O.C., Q.C. Awards for Outstanding Contribution

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Donor: Established by the Alberta Natural Gas Company, Ltd., prior to their amalgamation with TransCanada Pipelines on January 1, 1999

Value: up to $2500

Number: Two

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Satisfactory academic standing
  • Significant contribution to the life of the Law School during the first two years of the LLB degree
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Macleod Dixon Scholarship

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Donor: Macleod Dixon, Barristers & Solicitors

Value: $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Involvement in extra-curricular activities and community work
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Brian F. MacNeill Scholarship

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Donor: Established by McCarthy Tetrault in honour of Brian MacNeill, Chair of the Board of Governors, University of Calgary

Value: $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Must have a Bachelor of Accounting, Commerce or Business degree
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

John A. MacPherson, Q.C. Memorial Scholarships

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Donor: Family of the late John A. MacPherson, Q.C.

Value: up to $1550

Number: Two

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Outstanding ability in advocacy skills
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

MacPherson McNiven Insolvency Prize

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Donor: Family, friends and colleagues in memory of Jack L. MacPherson and John G. McNiven

Value: up to $800

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding academic performance in LAW 545: Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Maloney Family Bursary

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Donor: Maloney Family

Value: $2000

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities in the Faculty of Law and community involvement
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

A. Norman Maloney Memorial Bursary

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Donor: Family, friends and colleagues of Norman Maloney, a student at the University of Calgary from 1974-81

Value: up to $1900

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Satisfactory academic standing
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities encompassing a wide range of community and/or sports involvement
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Sheilah Martin Prize

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Donor: Friends and colleagues of Sheilah Martin to recognize her contribution as Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1992 to 1996

Value: up to $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Achieving a high standard of performance in LAW 401: Legal Perspectives
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

F. Richard Matthews, Q.C. Scholarship

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Donor: Pembina Corporation, in honor of F.R. Matthews on the occasion of his retirement from the Board of Directors, Pembina Resources Limited

Value: up to $4500

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Bachelor of Commerce graduate of the Haskayne School of Business
  • Must have an Accounting concentration or already possess the C.A. designation
  • In the event there are no suitable candidates, the award will be offered to a student who is a graduate of the Haskayne School of Business
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Joseph P. and Victoria M. McCaffery Law Bursary

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Donor: McCaffery & Company in honour of Mr. Joseph P. McCaffery, founder of the firm

Value: up to $1300

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

McCarthy Tetrault Prize in Business Associations

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Donor: McCarthy Tétrault, Barristers and Solicitors, Calgary

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding academic performance in LAW 509: Business Associations
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

McCarthy Tetrault Prize in Evidence and Procedure

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Donor: McCarthy Tétrault, Barristers and Solicitors, Calgary

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding academic performance in LAW 500: Civil Evidence and Procedure
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Bill McCulloch & Associates Inc. Prize in Debtor/Creditor Relations

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Donor: Bill McCulloch & Associates Inc.

Value: $250

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Achieving a high level of performance in LAW 545: Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Chief Justice William McGillivray Mooting Shields

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Donor: Faculty of Law, University of Calgary

Value: Shield and book prize

Number: Two

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Best advocacy skills in the McGillivray Moot
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Grant McKibben Award

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Donor: Friends, family and colleagues in memory of Grant McKibben, B.Comm '76, LLB '79

Value: up to $3750

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Satisfactory academic standing
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Louise McKinney Scholarships (Alberta Scholarship Programs)

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Donor: Province of Alberta, Alberta Scholarship Programs

Value: $2500

Number: Variable

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th; 1st or 2nd; 1st

Faculty: Any, Law, Medicine

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Alberta resident
  • Outstanding academic ability as demonstrated in a minimum of four full courses taken the preceding consecutive Fall/Winter Sessions
  • Students who are completing their undergraduate degree and proceeding immediately into a professional degree program (e.g. dentistry, law, medicine), must print an application from this web site: www.ucalgary.ca/awards and submit the completed application to the Student Awards Office by June 1
  • Students who will be entering a professional degree program, but who have not completed their undergraduate degree, do not need to complete an application as they will be considered automatically by their undergraduate faculty
  • Students need not be returning to the University of Calgary, but must be entering the program at a recognized post-secondary institution
  • For further information contact the Student Awards Office
How to Apply: Eligible students will automatically be considered for nomination. Student Awards Office mails applications to nominees in late July.

John McLaren Entrance Bursary

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Donor: John McLaren

Value: $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Full-time or part-time student
  • Must have a strong record of community service
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

John McLaren Scholarship

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Donor: Established by the Society of Law Students of Calgary in honour of John McLaren, Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1975 to 1984

Value: up to $800

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Good academic standing
  • Participates with distinction in law school activities and/or extra-curricular activities
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Donald P. McLaws Prize

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Donor: Friends and colleagues of Donald P. McLaws

Value: up to $4000

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Corporate Commercial Law)

Conditions:
  • Must have completed both LAW 402: Contracts and LAW 404: Property, plus three of the following: LAW 509: Business Associations, LAW 523: Natural Resources Law, LAW 527: Taxation Law and Policy, LAW 535: Commercial Transactions II: Secured Transactions, LAW 537: Commercial Transactions I: Sale of Goods, LAW 631: Commercial Transactions III: Payment Mechanisms, LAW 659: Corporate Finance and Securities
  • Based on high aggregate standing in the courses listed above
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Miles Davison LLP Prize in Administrative Process

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Donor: Miles Davison LLP in honour of the late John Romanow

Value: $250

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Administrative Process)

Conditions:
  • Understanding and ability in the field of Administrative Process
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Miller Thomson LLP Entrance Bursary

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Donor: Miller Thomson LLP

Value: $2500

Number: One

Year Entering: 1st

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities
  • Community involvement
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Justice Morrow Bursary in Law

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Donor: Morrow and Dunkley families in memory of Justice W.G. Morrow

Value: up to $1400

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Must demonstrate superior qualities of integrity, competence and professional conduct in academic and extra-curricular activities
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

John W. Moyer Memorial Bursaries

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Donor: Mrs. J. W. Moyer, Calgary

Value: up to $1200

Number: Three

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Permanent resident of Calgary or reside within a 40 kilometre radius of the city limits
  • Must have completed a minimum of two years at the University of Calgary
  • Academic merit
  • Participation in university activities
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Judith R. Norman Memorial Awards

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Donor: Family, friends and colleagues of Judith Norman in memory of a life lived in courage and friendship

Value: up to $2000

Number: Two

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Must have shown leadership in athletics, university or law school activities
  • Demonstrated superior ability and understanding in the areas of family law and interviewing, negotiation and counselling
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Osgoode Society Legal History Book Prize

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Donor: Osgoode Society, Toronto

Value: Membership and book

Number: One

Year Entering: Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Legal History)

Conditions:
  • Achieved a high level of performance in the field of legal history
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Maurice and Myra Paperny Scholarship

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Donor: Maurice and Myra Paperny

Value: $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

John D. Petrie, Q.C. Memorial Bursaries in Law

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Donor: Mrs. Mary Petrie, in memory of her husband, John D. Petrie

Value: up to $5000

Number: Two

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Donnel O. Sabey, Q.C. Prize in Advocacy Law

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Donor: Established in honour of Donnel O. Sabey by his partners in the Litigation Department at Bennett Jones Verchere

Value: up to $750

Number: One

Year Entering: Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Most outstanding ability in LAW 639: Trial Advocacy
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Fred Scott Bursary

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Donor: Endowed by Mr. Fred L. Scott of Calgary

Value: up to $800

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Satisfactory academic record in the first year of the LLB program
  • Financial need
  • Demonstrated some involvement in public service to the faculty, the University, or the general community
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

C. Anne Simpson Prize

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Donor: Friends, family and colleagues of C. Anne Simpson, Q.C. in recognition of her significant contributions to education, her profession, and her communities

Value: up to $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Highest aggregate standing in LAW 527: Taxation Law and Policy and LAW 541: Business Taxation
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Stevenson and Cote Prize

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Donor: Juriliber Limited - Publishers, Edmonton

Value: Book

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Outstanding performance in LAW 500: Civil Evidence and Procedure
  • Book awarded is Stevenson and Côté's Civil Procedure Guide
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Stikeman Elliott/Carswell Prize in Taxation Law

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Donor: Stikeman, Elliott Law Firm and Carswell Publishing, Ottawa

Value: $1000

Number: One

Year Entering: Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Taxation Law)

Conditions:
  • Outstanding excellence in taxation law courses taken in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Student Peer Assistance Law Bursaries

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Donor: University of Calgary Undergraduate students and the University of Calgary Board of Governors

Value: Variable

Number: Variable

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Howard Tidswell Memorial Award in Law

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Donor: Friends and colleagues of Howard Tidswell

Value: up to $2200

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Exhibited qualities of integrity and public spiritedness exemplified by Howard Tidswell
  • Satisfactory academic standing
  • Financial need may also be taken into consideration
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

University of Calgary Bursaries in Law

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Donor: University of Calgary

Value: $2000

Number: Three

Year Entering: 1st, 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
How to Apply: Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Law

Vallance Prize in Family Law

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Donor: Established by Mr. Peter Vallance of Calgary

Value: $350

Number: One

Year Entering: 3rd or Graduating

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program (Family Law)

Conditions:
  • Most understanding and ability in the field of Family Law
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

E.S. Watkins Memorial Prize in Torts and Accident Compensation

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Donor: Family and friends of the late E.S. Watkins, Q.C., formerly Chairman of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board of Alberta

Value: up to $500

Number: One

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Law

Field of Study: LLB Program

Conditions:
  • Outstanding performance in Torts and the Loss Compensation Process
How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.