JD Awards and Prizes
Awards by Application
To be awarded to an upper-year JD student with financial need who is a member of a visible minority, a member of the Indigenous community, a member of the LGBTQ community or a student with a physical, psychological or learning disability. Students must be in good standing (a passing grade in all courses).
Call out for applications in January each year.
Prize Value: $1,000
To be awarded to an incoming 2L on the basis of academic excellence and a demonstrated commitment to teamwork as evidenced by their interactions with faculty and fellow students. The Awards Committee will solicit essays from applicants to facilitate its decision-making and may consider the financial situation of the applicants when making a decision.
Call out for applications in September each year.
Prize Value: $5,000
Prizes
Essay Prizes (by nomination)
To be awarded to an upper year JD student at Jackman Law who produces an essay of exceptional merit on any issue relating to alternative dispute resolution.
Prize Value: $2000
To be awarded to the student who submits the best essay in Family Law to the Jackman Law Review.
Prize Value: $50
To be awarded annually to a student who, in the opinion of the Faculty, merits special recognition for producing a paper of publishable quality in the field of health law. The field of health law shall be broadly defined as including medical jurisprudence; public health law; aspects of social welfare law and family law that relate to access to medical care and related social assistance; and aspects of environmental law that relate to the promotion and protection of the health of individuals and/or society.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to a student who writes an outstanding paper on the protection of fundamental freedoms, or a fundamental freedom, under Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Only students who are awarded an Honours or High Honours grade on the paper are eligible for this prize.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded annually on the recommendation of the Editorial Board of the Jackman Law Review for the best student contribution to legal scholarship published each year in the Jackman Law Review.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the top current JD student paper applying economic analysis of law to a legal topic.
Prize Value: Varies
Awarded to a full-time JD or graduate student who produces and an essay of exceptional merit on any issues relating to legal ethics and/or professional conduct
Prize Value: $1,000
To be awarded annually to one or more second or third year students for excellence in legal writing.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to a two full-time undergraduate students at Jackman Law for excellence in Writing related to Public or Private Law.
Prize Value: $250
In-Course Awards & Prizes
To be awarded to the student taking the highest place in a course(s) concerned with intellectual property - Copyright, Trademark and Patent.
Prize Value: $500
The Burgoyne Award of Excellence, which is the largest, most distinguished awards program presented to JD candidates, is awarded to JD students across all three years, as recommended by faculty members who taught courses during the academic year, and as reviewed by the Associate Dean, JD Program.
Award Value: Varies
To be awarded to a full-time undergraduate student at Jackman Law. The Craig Carter Prize for Excellence in Real Estate Law will be given to an upper year student of the Law School that shows demonstrated outstanding interest and leadership in real estate law through academic excellence in upper year courses or seminars in real estate law.
Prize Value: $1000
To be awarded to the students taking first, second and third place standing in contracts in first year.
Prize Value:
- First - $1,000
- Second - $750
- Third - $500
To be awarded to students in second or third year taking the highest place in commercial law subjects.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the student(s) taking the highest place(s) in Corporate Income Taxation and Civil Procedure II.
Prize Value: $250
To be awarded to the student(s) taking the highest place(s) in Administrative Law.
Prize Value: $200 (split)
To be awarded to a full-time JD student with the highest grade in a class in Bankruptcy law.
Prize Value: $1,000
To be awarded to the student(s) taking the highest places in Constitutional Law.
Prize Value: $600 (split)
To be awarded to the student(s) who achieves the highest mark in Evidence.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the top student in Public International Law
Prize Value: $450
To be awarded to the student(s) taking the highest place(s) in Administrative Law.
Prize Value: $250 (split)
To be awarded to one student achieving the best results in Criminal Law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the student(s) standing first in Criminal Procedure.
Prize Value: $250
To be awarded to the student(s) taking the highest place(s) in Jurisprudence.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to an outstanding student in courses in the area of Real Estate Law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to an outstanding student in a course(s) in the area of securities law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to up to 3 students taking the highest places in Business Organizations and Taxation.
Prize Value: $125
To be awarded to the top two students in Family Law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be Awarded annually to the most outstanding student in labour arbitration.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the student(s) taking the highest place or places in Business Planning.
Prize Value: $290
To be awarded to the student(s) taking the highest places in Estate Planning
Prize Value: Varies
Rankings Prizes
To be awarded to the two first year students standing first and second in their year after the first-year examinations.
Prize Value: $1500
To be awarded to the students in second year ranking first and second in the annual examination.
Prize Value:
- First - $1000
- Second - $750
To be awarded to five students obtaining honours in the annual examinations of the first year.
Prize Value: $200
To be awarded to a student or students in second or third year for outstanding accomplishments in the area of Feminist analysis of Law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the student who ranks highest with honours at the annual examination of the first year.
Prize Value; Varies
To be awarded annually to an outstanding student in a course or courses concerned with real estate.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the top ranked 1L student(s).
Prize Value: $1,000 (split)
To be awarded to the top ranked 2L student(s).
Prize Value: $1,000 (split)
To be awarded to a student for outstanding accomplishment in the field of Law and Medicine.
Prize Value: $375
To be awarded annually to a student who, in the opinion of the faculty, merits special recognition for academic achievement in the area of civil liberties.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the student(s) attaining the highest places(s) in Communications Law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to the student(s) who, in the opinion of Faculty, merit special recognition for achievement in litigation courses including Evidence, Trail Advocacy, Criminal Procedure, and Practice of Criminal Law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to an outstanding student in a course(s) in the area of Labour Law.
Prize Value: Varies
Convocation Prizes
To be award to a student who has been enrolled full-time for all 3 years and has had:
- substantial and meaningful involvement in extra-curricular activities for all 3 years,
- an interest in the life of the law school and the well-being of classmates,
- a willingness to participate in discussions to advance opinions with grace and firmness,
- a sense of humour,
- satisfactory grades.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded annually to the student(s) standing first in the third-year class.
Prize Value: $500
To be awarded annually to a student or students in the graduating class with an outstanding record in the field of criminal law.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded annually to the student in the graduating class with the most outstanding record in the field of labour relations law.
Prize Value: Varies
Awarded to the students in the graduating class ranking second and third.
Prize: $350 (split)
To be awarded to the graduating student who obtains the highest cumulative average over 3 years.
Prize Value: Varies
To be awarded to a graduating student for outstanding accomplishment in the area of taxation.
Prize Value: $1,500
Medals
Convocation Medals
To be awarded to the student in the graduating class who, during their years of legal study, has exhibited the greatest interest in extra-curricular work of an academic nature, such as participation in the work of the Jackman Law Review, essay competitions, debate competitions etc.
Prize Value: An inscribed key
To be awarded to the graduating students with the highest cumulative average over four years in the J.D./M.B.A. program.
Prize Value:
- Gold - medal
- Silver - medal
- Bronze - medal
To be awarded annually to a student(s) who has demonstrated outstanding performance in the mooting program and a strong commitment as both a participant and coach.
Prize Value: medal
To be awarded to the student in the graduating year with the highest cumulative average while at law school via Academic Standing Committee.
Prize value: medal
To be awarded to the student in the graduating year of the LL.B. program who has achieved the third highest cumulative average while at law school.
Prize value: medal
To be awarded to the student in the graduating class of the LL.B. program who has achieved the second highest cumulative average while at law school.
Prize value: medal