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

The Schulich School of Law is pleased to announce that third-year student Riley Weyman has won the CBA's National Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law Section (NEERLS) Student Essay Contest – Gowling WLG – David Estrin Prize.

Congratulations to Schulich School of Law Professor Elaine Craig, who has been named the co-recipient of the 2019 Spirit of Barbra Schlifer Award for her work on the legal profession’s role in causing unnecessary harms to complainants in sexual assault trials.

Congratulations to second-year law student and varsity basketball player Diedre Alexander on receiving the 2018–19 Dalhousie Tigers President’s Award for Excellence in Academics, Athletics, Leadership, Sportsmanship and Citizenship.

Congratulations to second-year Schulich School of Law student Cydney Kane, the recipient of a 2018-19 Dalhousie IMPACT Faculty Leadership Award.

The Schulich School of Law had its most successful outing ever at this year’s McKelvey Cup. The team not only won the moot but also took five of the other six awards for which it was eligible.

Congratulations to second-year law students Megan Thompson and Calvin DeWolfe on winning the 21st Mathews Dinsdale National Labour Arbitration Moot.

Congratulations to recent alumnus Ryan Bernard (JD ’18), who has won the 2017–2018 Jim Davey Award Student Paper Competition.

Congratulations to Schulich School of Law Professor Rollie Thompson, who has won a 10 in 10 Award of Excellence in Family Justice by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Ontario chapter).