ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Young alumni receive prestigious scholarships
JONATHAN COADY (LL.B.’06)
LEE SESHAGIRI (LL.B.’06)
J. WILLIAM MINGO SCHOLARSHIP is a $25,000
FRANK KNOX MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP provides full tuition
scholarship for graduate studies abroad at a university of their choice. Jonathan will be attending Cambridge University this fall.
for students from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to conduct graduate study at Harvard University. Lee will be attending Harvard this fall.
JOSEPH CHEDRAWE (LL.B.’05)
JON PENNEY (LL.B.’03)
VISCOUNT BENNETT FELLOWSHIP is a $40,000 fellow-
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP
ship offered annually to a Canadian student for post-graduate studies in law awarded by the Canadian Bar Association.
MACKENZIE KING TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP is available to
graduates of Canadian universities who pursue graduate study in the United States or the United Kingdom in the areas of international relations or industrial relations. Joseph will pursue his BCL at Oxford.
supports graduate study in the United States ($15,000USD)
JOSEPH ARMAND BOMBARDIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP provides $35,000CDN a year for three years for doctoral studies in Canada, or $20,000 a year for four years if used abroad.
Jon has also received a sizeable scholarship from COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL; Jon will be making his way to New York City this fall to pursue graduate work.
Four Dal Law grads are off to the Supreme Court We are pleased to announce that four Dal Law graduates secured positions offered by the Supreme Court of Canada. Katharine Glover (’06) (Justice Abella); Dave Mollica (’08) (Justice Abella); and Jane Thomson (’08) (incoming judge to replace Justice Bastarache) will be heading to Ottawa for 2009-10, and Michael Fenrick (’08) (Justice Rothstein) for 2008-09. Supreme Court of Canada clerkships provide articling students with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the workings of the court. The clerkships are a popular option not only for aspiring litigators, but for future academics and solicitors as well. Twenty-seven law clerks are hired each year, three for each judge. The SCC gets approximately185 applications for the positions annually. Congratulations to all!
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