Justin Basinger Memorial Award

• Must be original and unpublished
• Maximum length: 10,000 words (excluding footnotes)
• Footnotes must follow McGill citation style
• Must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document to allow for anonymous review
• Must address an Indigenous topic related to law (broadly defined)
• Students may submit a paper written for a course, clinic, or research project (e.g., SUYRP), provided it meets the criteria

• Open to JD, LLM, and SJD students enrolled full-time or part-time at Jackman Law, including students in joint programs, exchange students, and transfer students
• Only individual submissions are permitted (no co-authored papers)
• Students hired to assist with the administration of the award are not eligible
• Each student may submit only one paper per year
• If selected, the winner must be willing to sign a publication agreement if the ILJ wishes to publish the paper

Announced each year, submissions for 2025 are now closed.
Please submit your paper as a Word document to: iio.law@utoronto.ca
Subject line: Justin Basinger Memorial Award Submission

A selection panel of up to four individuals will review the submissions. The panel will include:

• At least one representative from the Indigenous Law Journal (appointed by the Co-Editors-in-Chief)
• At least one Jackman Law professor or adjunct professor (invited by the Indigenous Initiatives Office)

If there are no submissions or no suitable submissions in a given year, the panel may choose not to award a winner. In that case, the funds will be reinvested into the award for future years.

• The award amount varies from year to year depending on available funds.
• For 2025, the prize amount is $3,000
• The Indigenous Law Journal may also offer to publish the winning paper.