SJD candidates Y.Y. Chen and Jacob Shelley are recipients of the notable and competitive 2012 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, worth $50,000 annually for up to three years.

Chen and Shelley are among a select group of 156 Vanier scholars from 29 universities, including graduate students from the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa who are studying in Canada.

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that interim space for the law school during construction of the new Jackman Law Building has been confirmed at Victoria University, across the street from the Faculty of Law.

Library collections and study space will move to the Birge-Carnegie Library during this period. And preferential access to classroom, collaborative and event spaces will be given to the Faculty of Law in several other buildings at Victoria University throughout construction time.

There are many advantages to the selected interim space, such as:

Congratulations to SJD student Sagi Peari, recipient of the 2012 American Society of International Law Prize in Private International Law for his article: "Choice-Based Perspective of Choice-of-Law."

Third-year student Grant Bishop is the winner of the 2012 Canadian Bar Association James H. Bocking Memorial Award for his paper, “Issues for Two-Sided Platforms in Canadian Competition Law.” The CBA award is presented annually for the best scholarly paper submitted to its CBA’s National Competition Law Section on a subject directly related to Canadian competition law or policy.

The Faculty of Law has adopted a modified honours-pass-fail grading system for new JD students starting September 2012. Students already in the JD program will continue to be graded according to the former grading system.

The Faculty of Law, after extensive consultation with faculty and students, revised the system to offer  more informative feedback to students, to enhance the information value of  transcripts for employers, courts and graduate schools, and to promote greater consistency in grades distribution.