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The 2019 recipient of the Schulich School of Law’s Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service is Fred Fountain, CM, LLD (LLB ’74), a lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist and a former chancellor of Dalhousie University.

In June of this year, Schulich Law’s student pro bono legal information clinic was awarded the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia’s (ISANS) Award for their efforts to help newcomers with legal issues.

Congratulations to Schulich School of Law student Erin Mitchell on receiving the first Sarah Welch Prize in Criminal Law.

The Schulich School of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Jennifer Llewellyn and Professor Matthew Herder are the recipients of 2019 Dalhousie Legacy Awards.

A new award and internship initiated and supported by Pink Larkin will provide support and opportunities to diversity students at the Schulich School of Law for a six-year term.

The Schulich School of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Elaine Craig has received the 2019 Canadian Law Society Association’s Book Prize for "Putting Trials on Trials: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession."

On May 28, the Schulich School of Law honoured the first recipients of the Class of 1967 Teaching Awards. The award was established to recognize innovation in teaching.

The Aurum Awards honour Dalhousie alumni for their achievements and celebrate their ideas, knowledge and talent that helps to shape a better world. We're proud that Schulich Law alum Heather McNeill (LLB '94) is being honoured with a 2019 Aurum Award.

The Aurum Awards honour Dalhousie alumni for their achievements and celebrate their ideas, knowledge and talent that helps to shape a better world. We're proud that Schulich Law alum Megan Leslie (LLB '04) is being honoured with a 2019 Aurum Award.

Congratulations to the four Schulich School of Law students whose paper on climate change law recently won an international student writing contest.