Gifts that have Made a Difference

Your Generosity Has Made a Difference

Your commitment to the Faculty and our pursuit of excellence knows no bounds, and for this we are enormously grateful.  Over the years, donors to the law school have asked us how their gifts have made a difference to our success. 

Let us count the ways.

• Your commitment has helped our endowment soar to a record $68 million - the largest of any Canadian law school.  
• We have you to thank for being able to renovate classrooms, create more physical space for students and faculty, and build one of the finest law libraries in the world.  
• Your generosity has endowed 16 research chairs, allowing us to attract some of the leading scholars from Canada and abroad.  
• Your support has allowed us to improve our student/faculty ratio, which is now 9 to 1 - the best ratio in North America, tied with Yale Law School.
• By helping us to offer the finest legal education available, your gifts have allowed us to attract this country's best students.  
• Your contributions have allowed us to ensure that no qualified student is turned away because of a lack of financial recourses.  Our student aid program is the best in Canada, funded by an endowment that exceeds $20 million.  
• Helping us keep a first-rate education within the reach of all qualified students, your giving has meant that our student population has never been more diverse. 

The following stories from Nexus pay tribute to some of the outstanding contributions to the law school.

Building and Facilities

See the Building Campaign Donor Profiles page for gifts related to the new law building campaign that began in 2011.

• Rosalie Silberman Abella Moot Court Room (Nexus, Spring 2005)
• Rowell Room (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• McCarthy Tetrault Classroom (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• Cassels Brock Classroom (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• Fasken Martineau Centre for Legal Services (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• Law Foundation of Ontario grant provides greater access in Flavelle (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• The Honourable Robert F. Reid Financial Aid Office (Nexus, Spring 2002)

Chairs

• Michael Trebilcock Chair in Law and Economics (Nexus, Fall 2004)
• J. Robert S. Prichard and Ann E. Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• What is an Academic "Chair"? (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• James Marshall Tory Dean's Chair (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Cecil A. Wright Chair (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• The Goodman-Schipper Chair (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Chair in Law and Technology (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Three Chairs in Innovation Law and Policy (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Chair in Law and Economics (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• William C. Graham Chair in International Law and Development (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• The Chair in International Human Rights Law (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Health Law and Policy Chairs (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• TSE Chair in Capital Markets Research (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• The Honourable Justice Frank Iacobucci Chair in Capital Markets Regulation (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law (Nexus, Spring 2000)

Programs, Lectures and Workshops

• Patently universal (Nexus, Spring/Summer 2012)
  Teva Canada gift establishes a leading-edge patent law program that goes beyond the world of pharmaceuticals
• David Asper Makes Record $7 Million Gift to Faculty of Law for New Constitutional Centre (Nexus, Spring/Summer 2008)
• The Aharon Barak Distinguished Law Fellowship (Nexus, Fall 2006)
• John and Mary A. Yaremko Program in Multiculturalism and Human Rights (Nexus, Spring 2005)
• Martin Teplitsky '64 Gives Generously to Establish the LAWS Program (Nexus, Spring 2005)
• John Stransman Memorial Lecture (Nexus, Fall 2004)
• James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop Series (Nexus, Fall 2004)

Student Financial Assistance and Awards

• Legal Giant Creates a Lasting Legacy (Honorable Charles L. Dubin) (Nexus, Spring/Summer 2009)
• New Helen Rose Himmel Bequest To Assist J.D. Students in Need (Nexus, Spring/Summer 2009)
• Borden Ladner Gervais Renews Five-Year Commitment to Fellowship Program (Nexus, Spring/Summer 2009)
• The Patrick Garver Bursary (Nexus, Spring 2008)
• The Joseph and Josephine Astaphan Bursary (Nexus, Spring 2008)
• Wolfe D. Goodman Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2007)
• Paul Ginou Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2007)
• The Victor Hum Memorial Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2006)
• Student Fellowship in Appreciation of The Hon Justice Winkler (Nexus, Fall 2006)
• The Nathan Strauss Q.C. Graduate Fellowship in International Law and Intellectual Property (Nexus, Fall 2006)
• The Honourable James Farley Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2006)
• The Ted Donegan Bursary (Nexus, Spring 2006)
• Irwin Singer Memorial Bursary (Nexus, Spring 2006)
• Student Programs Thrive Thanks to Alumni Generosity (Nexus, Spring 2006)
• The Martin Teplitsky Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2005)
• The Owen Shime Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2005)
• The Ron Daniels and Joanne Rosen Student Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2005)
• Group of Gold Line Supports International Human Rights Internships (Nexus, Fall 2005)
• Hon. Frank Iacobucci Bursary (Nexus, Spring 2005)
• Ivy Maynier Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2004)
• DLS donation from Jeremy Millard (Nexus, Fall 2004)
• Albert Gnat Memorial Scholarship (Nexus, Fall 2004)
• Diane Harris Memorial Bursary (Nexus, Fall 2004)
• Gallant Ho Prize (Nexus, Fall 2004)
• June Callwood Program in Aboriginal Law (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• Portrait of an Old-Fashioned Lawyer: Nathan Strauss, Q.C. (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• Bernard Chernos Graduate Fellowship in Law (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• Arthur Scace Fellowship in Tax Law (Nexus, Spring 2002)
• General Motors of Canada First Generation Fund (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Leadership Awards (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Anna Vera Kempston Bursary (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Robert Law Fellowship in Legal Ethics (Nexus, Spring 2000)
• Blake, Cassels & Graydon Scholarships (Nexus, Spring 2000)

Other

• New Fund Established For Acquisition of Law Books