2024 Essay Contest Winners

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Aboriginal Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Anisha Grewal - 2024
Breaking Bread, Building Sovereignty: A Legal Analysis of the Journey to Indigenous Food Security and Self-Governance

Administrative Law – Paul Smith Memorial Award

Derek Wu - 2024
Deference or More Deference? – Reviewing Regulations after Vavilov

Air and Space Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Alexia Armstrong - 2024
Equity in the Space Frontier: The laws of commercial space mining, and solutions for common benefit and sustainability

Dispute Resolution – James L. Thistle, K.C. Memorial Award

Ryan Pedersen - 2024
Reading Minds: The Role of Psychology in Civil Dispute Resolution

Business Law – Law Student Essay Contest

English Contest:

Disha Mittal - 2024
Regulating Likes and Listings: The Rise of the Finfluencer and the Implications for Securities Law in Canada

French Contest:

2024 - No winner selected this year

Charities and Not-for-Profit Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Megan Walwyn - 2024
Does Canada’s registered charity regime withstand Charter scrutiny? The interplay between charities, politics, and freedom of expression following Canada Without Poverty

Child and Youth Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Madison Thulien - 2024
Indigenous Exclusion / Resistance and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Canada

Civil Litigation Section – Law Student Essay Contest

Harleen Muker - 2024
Who is Protected by the Badge? A Critical Look at Jane Doe and Michael

Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section – Law Student Essay Contest

Johnathon Cruickshank - 2024
Checking Duty at the Border: Cross-border Consultation in Divided Territories

Construction and Infrastructure Law – The Atrium Law Student Essay Contest

2024 - No winner selected

Criminal Justice — Law Student Essay Contest - Current issues in Canadian sentencing law

Caitlin Salvino - 2024
The Deterrence Dilemma: Is it Time for Canada to Abandon General Deterrence as a Sentencing Objective?

Elder Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Nahal Golmohammadi - 2024
Queering Elder Law

Environmental, Energy and Resources Law – Gowling WLG-David Estrin Prize

Keysel Alberto Besa - 2024
Reviving Sovereignty: Bill C-61 and the Reclaiming of Reserve Land Water Rights in Alberta

Health Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Angelika Kuzma - 2024
The Right to Remain NCR

Intellectual Property –  Law Student Essay Contest

Joudy Sarraj - 2024
Will “Notice and Notice” Survive? Re-examining Internet Intermediaries’ Liability for Copyright Infringement in Canada

International Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Ravina Ambwani - 2024
Extending the International Criminal Law Scope of Absentia Trials Towards Death and Mental Incapacity

Labour & Employment Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Sophie Chase - 2024
Tough Luck: The Failures of British Columbia Human Rights Legislation in the Arena of Workplace Family Status Discrimination

Municipal Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Adriana Piccolo - 2024
Municipal & Land Use Planning Law: How Short-Term Rental Regulations Impact the Canadian Housing Crisis

Privacy and Access Law – Law Student Essay Contest

Luke Conkin - 2024
The Truth Shall Set You Back a Fee – The Impacts of British Columbia’s $10 Application Fee for Freedom of Information Request, Two Years Later

Public Sector Lawyers Section – "In the Public Interest" Student Essay Contest

Mirabelle Harris–Eze - 2024
When the Well and the Well Owner Run Dry: Why the Alberta Energy Regulator falls short of regulatory excellence in addressing the $58 billion Inactive Well Crisis

Real Property Section – Real Property Law School Essay Contest

Serena An - 2024
Possibilities for Abandoned Federal Buildings to be Transformed into Housing Units

Wills, Estates and Trusts Section – Section Essay Contest

Mikayla Castagna - 2024
Fresh Kick at the Reform Cat:” Familial Relationships in the Succession Law Reform Act

Women Lawyers Forum – "Writing Her In" Essay Contest

Tennile Sunday - 2024
Sex Trafficking Laws and the Marginalized: How Compassionate Conservatism Perpetuates Colonialism

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