Friday, October 10, 2014

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) awards graduate scholarships to outstanding PhD, SJD and LLM students who are conducting research related to the think tank’s International Law Research Program. 

The one-year graduate scholarships in international law are valued at CDN $24,000 for PhD and SJD students and CDN $16,000 for LLM students.

The program focuses on international economic law, international intellectual property law and international environmental law.

We are pleased to announce that nine of the 28 graduate scholarships awarded by CIGI went to University of Toronto Faculty of Law students.

Please join us in congratulating the following upandcoming graduate law students and recipients of the CIGI Graduate Scholarships in International Law:

Aman Gebru, now in his third year of the SJD program, is researching the Commercialization of Intellectual Property Assets, under the supervision of Prof. Ariel Katz.

Eden Sarid, beginning his first year as a doctoral student in the SJD program, is working on the “Social Ordering of Un-Regulated Domains of Intellectual Creativity, and their lessons for intellectual property law” under the supervision of Prof. Katz.

Tamar Meshel, a second-year SJD student, continues her research on “The Role of International Law and Interstate Mechanisms in the Resolution of Transboundary Freshwater Disputes” under the supervision of Interim Dean Jutta Brunneé.  

Adeola Agundbiade, started her LL.M. program at the Faculty this fall in the coursework stream, with a concentration in business.

Francesco Ducci, a thesis student in the LL.M. program, is studying the interplay between competition and intellectual property law from a comparative perspective, under the supervision of Prof. Edward Iacobucci.

Ling Chen, joins the Faculty this fall, focusing his thesis research on the efficacy of international disaster response laws and climate change laws in disaster relief, under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Green.

Liran Kandinov,  joined the Faculty LL.M. thesis-intensive program this fall. Supervised by Prof. Katz, Liran's research explores the issues of copyright in International Trade Agreements.

Sue Vern Tan, started her LL.M. program at the Faculty this fall, and is researching transboundary oil pollution under the supervision of  Interim Dean Brunneé.  

Yuan Li, joins our LL.M. program this fall in the coursework intensive program.