Viscount Bennett Fellowship

A $25,000 fellowship is offered every year to one student for post-graduate studies in law.

The Viscount Bennett Fellowship is made possible by a donation from the Right Honorable Viscount Bennett, a CBA Past President (1929-30) who in 1943 established a trust fund to provide income to be used to encourage a high standard of legal education, training and ethics.

Eligibility

Candidates must be Canadian citizens who have graduated from an approved law school in Canada, or, who at the time of application are pursuing final year studies as undergraduate students at such approved law school;
All applicants must be Canadian Bar Association members in good standing at the time of application. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure their membership is current. Applicants with lapsed memberships will not be contacted.
Candidates must file a completed official application form on or before the deadline;
Candidates must have completed and filed an application for graduate studies with the institution of higher learning of their choice before submitting this Fellowship application to the CBA;
The Award will be paid as a fellowship for post-graduate studies at a university approved by the Committee;
Candidates who have already begun their post-graduate studies may still apply. Applicants must still have at least one year of studies remaining to qualify for the Fellowship.
Other terms and conditions apply. Please see the application form for full details.

How to apply

Each applicant must submit a Viscount Bennett application form with relevant attachments. Please see the application form for the required list of attachments and the full set of conditions.

It is recommended that candidates review their application with their Law School Dean.

Documentation will not be accepted in a piecemeal fashion. All documents must be included as part of your application. Only transcripts and reference letters may be received separately.

Completed applications can be submitted to: viscount-vicomte@cba.org or mailed to:

Viscount Bennett Fellowship
c/o: Director of Communications and Marketing,
Canadian Bar Association, 66 Slater St., Suite 1200, Ottawa, ON K1P 5H1

Application Form

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Presentation

The winner is usually notified in late spring.

An official announcement will be published on the CBA's social media channels and in CBA News.

Award winners

Year	Recipient(s)	Location
2026	Monica Layarda	Toronto, ON
2025	Jeanne Mayrand-Thibert	Montreal, QC
2024	Kristen Stallard	Halifax, NS
2023	Amitpal C. Singh	Oakville, ON
2022	Brandyn Rodgerson	Edmonton, AB
2021	Teagan Markin	Swan River, MB
2020	Léa Brière-Godbout	Montreal, QC
2019	Karine McLaren	Moncton, NB
2019	Scott Franks	Toronto, ON
2018	Anthony Sangiuliano	Maple, ON
2016	Daniel Del Gobbo	Toronto, ON
2014	François Goyer	Deux-Montagnes, QC
2013	Benjamin Perryman	Dartmouth, NS
2012	Lindy Rouillard-Labbé	Montreal, QC
2011	Sherif Foda	Gatineau, QC
2010	Wade Wright	Sarnia, ON
2009	Sarah-Ève Pelletier	St-Ramuald, QC
2008	Joseph Chedrawe	Halifax, NS
2007	Nicolas M. Rouleau	Toronto, ON
2006	Erin Shaw	Ottawa, ON
2005	Catherine Biron	Montreal, QC
2004	Catherine Chevrier	Montreal, QC
2002	Pascale Fournier	Sainte-Foy, QC
2001	Talha Syed	Camrose, AB
2000	Julie Godkin	Goderich, ON
1999	Ellen Anderson	Barrie, ON
1998	Shanti Atkins	Victoria, BC
1997	Abraham Gesser	Winnipeg, MB
1995	Janet Elizabeth Walker	Richmond Hill, ON
1994	Janine L. Benedet	Burnaby, BC
1993	Penney Jaye Lewis	Toronto, ON
1992	Drew Even MacIntyre	Calgary, AB
1991	David Thomas Lametti	Port Colborne, ON
1990	Laura Christine Hoyano	Edmonton, AB
1989	Karen Christine Knop	Halifax, NS
1988	David Bruce Butt	Toronto, ON
1987	Marc Steven Trapedo Dworsky	Toronto, ON
1986	Jeremy H.A. Webber	Vancouver, BC
1985	Prof. Brian D. Etherington	Binbrook, ON
1984	Frederick Lorne Myers	Toronto, ON
1984	Luc Despins	Hull, QC
1983	Clay H. Horner (Barclay)	Shawville, QC
1983	Philip Girard	London, ON
1982	Carol Rogerson	Edmonton, AB
1982	Richard Krever	Willowdale, ON
1981	Michael David Lepofsky	Toronto, ON
1981	Robert G. Richards	Assiniboia, SK
1980	Ronald D. Collins	Toronto, ON
1979	Frans F. Slatter	Edmonton, AB
1978	Marc Emmett Gold	Vancouver, BC
1977	Prof. Michael Krauss	Montréal, QC
1976	The Hon. Katherine Swinton	Ottawa, ON
1975	J. Robert S. Prichard	Toronto, ON
1974	Edward P. Belobaba	Toronto, ON
1973	Gregory Ian North, Q.C.	Halifax, NS
1972	Abraham Richard Okazaki	Vancouver, BC
1971	Réal A. Forest	Québec, QC
1970	R. Nairn Waterman	Toronto, ON
1969	John M. Baigent	Halifax, NS
1968	Mathew Bernard Nepon
1967	The Hon. Hélène Lebel	Ottawa, ON
1967	John G. Trueman	Vancouver, BC
1966	John Grant Myers	Halifax, NS
1966	Ronald Hartley Nathan	Toronto, ON
1965	The Hon. Jean Éduard Côté	Rimouski, QC
1965	William F. Dickson	Vancouver, BC
1964	The Hon. Jean Éduard Côté	Rimouski, QC
1963	René Dussault, L'hon.	Québec, QC
1963	Harold Hugh MacKay	Regina, SK
1962	Prof. R.D. Abbott	Ottawa, ON
1962	Alan Z. Golden	Montréal, QC
1961	Richard C. Risk	Toronto, ON
1961	The Hon. Paul S. Creaghan	Moncton, NB
1960	Robert R. Stuart	Edmonton, AB
1960	Warren Maitland Grover, Q.C.	Toronto, ON
1959	André Bureau	Trois-Rivières, QC
1959	The Hon. Jean-Louis Baudouin	Montréal, QC
1958	Edwin C. Harris, K.C.	Halifax, NS
1957	James M. MacIntyre	Vancouver, BC
1956	The Hon. John C. Crosbie	St. John's, NF
1955	The Hon. Marc Lalonde, K.C.	Montréal, QC
1954	Maurice Jacques	Québec, QC
1953	Donald A. Machum	Halifax, NS
1952	Daniel A. Yanofsky, Q.C.	Winnipeg, MB
1951	Ronald J. Downie, K.C.	Halifax, NS
1950	Marguerite Choquette	Montréal, QC
1949	Alfred W.R. Carrothers	Vancouver, BC
1948	Alan W. Scarth	Winnipeg, MB
1947	Arnold F. Moir	Edmonton, AB
1947	Gilbert Nadeau	Montréal, QC
1946	Robert M. Sedgewick Jr.	Toronto, ON

Law Series

Eligibility

How to apply

Presentation

Award winners