2023-24 prize list
Prizes play a crucial role in recognizing and rewarding excellence among students, motivating them to strive for academic achievement and contributing to a culture of excellence within the institution. The Faculty of Law deeply appreciates the generosity of donors who make these prizes possible, as they not only provide financial support but also demonstrate a commitment to fostering the success and advancement of future legal professionals.
Awards listed alphabetically
| Award Name | Student Name |
|---|---|
| Adam Lezack M&A Prize | Matthew London |
| Advocis Prize | Arieana Daniels |
| A.J. Christie Prize, Advocacy | Danielle Rabichuk |
| A.J. Christie Prize, Advocacy | Maureen Friesen |
| A.J. Christie Prize, Advocacy | Maria Garcia Manzano |
| A.J. Christie Prize, Advocacy | Nadine Plourde |
| Albert Rosen Memorial Scholarship in Law | Yu Xiang |
| Alf Francis Memorial Prize, Third Highest Standing in Third Year | Keelin Griffin |
| Archie Micay, Q.C. Prize for Corporations I | Jessica Blatta |
| Cecil Black Memorial Prize, Current Legal Problems | Ashley Rees |
| Cecil Black Memorial Prize, Taxation of Trusts and Estates | Matthew London |
| Class of 1980 Prize | Dominique Gibson |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility | Nadine Plourde |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility | Emily Palmer |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Family Law | Harlan Morris |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Droit de Famille | Dominique Gibson |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Civil Procedure | Megan Simpson |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Tax Law | Skylar Ferbers |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Treaties and Land Claims | Dominique Gibson |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Advanced Family Law | Lisa Haydey |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Tainted Finance and Global Governance | Mathew O'Connor |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Animals and the Law | Maria Garcia Manzano |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Droit Privé | Eric Gagnon |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Legal Systems | Mitchell Klippenstein |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Securities Law | Michael Siklosi |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Trusts | Dominique Gibson |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Labour Management and Relations | Keelin Griffin |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Preparation for Practice of Law | Naomi Dyrda |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Advanced Mediation | Kassi Delorey |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Torts | Jim Cheng |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Torts | Nav Sandhu |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Property | Jim Cheng |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Property | Gilad Stitz |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Construction Law | Eliza Bell |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Mental Health and Criminal Law | Julia Kwasnica |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Comparative Constitutional Law | Eric Epp |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Sports Law I | Nicole Golletz |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Law, Technology and the Future | Chad Enns |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Comparative International Arbitration | Ryan Hall |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Race, Racism and the Law | Anna Evans-Boudreau |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Tax Law | Yu Xiang |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Clinical Administrative Law | Kassi Delorey |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Contracts | Sparsh Kohli |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Contracts | Sameer Harris |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Contracts | Dena Aminzadeh |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Insurance Law | Arieana Daniels |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Passporte du Droit | Alex Bastin |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Access to Justice | Keza Uwitonze |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Indigenous Peoples, Oral History, and the Law | Chad Enns |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Refugee Law | Keelin Griffin |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Indigenous Legal Methods | Heather Peterson |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Employment Law | Ashley Slagerman |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Corporate Taxation | Abhinav Dhingra |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Administrative Law | Nicholas Ly |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Environmental Law | Lisa Haydey |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Wrongful Convictions | Zachary Burdz |
| D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prizes in Law - Municipal Planning and the Law | Maureen Friesen |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. Memorial Prize in Negotiations | Liam Brown |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. Memorial Prize in Negotiations | Connor Giesbrecht |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. Memorial Prize in Negotiations | Heather Peterson |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. Memorial Prize in Negotiations | Maia Bacchus |
| D'Arcy McCaffrey Q.C. Memorial Award | Genevieve Smith |
| David and Myrna Bowman Prize, Evidence | Jessica Blatta |
| David and Myrna Bowman Prize, Evidence | Micayla McNaughton |
| David Levin Memorial Prize in Real Estate Transactions | Julia Kwasnica |
| Dean Maxwell Cohen and Family Award | Sawarn Benning |
| Dr. A.W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship | Lisa Haydey |
| Duncan J. Jessiman, Q.C. Prize for Corporations I | Jessica Blatta |
| Duncan J. Jessiman, Q.C. Prize for Corporations I | Sydney Newman |
| Frank Billinkoff Prize in Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | Keelin Griffin |
| Frank Billinkoff Prize in Wills and Succession | Stehan Hreno |
| Frederick J. Turner, Q.C./ Keith Turner, Q.C. Prize for Private International Law | Sawarn Benning |
| Garth Erickson Memorial Prize in Commercial Law | Abhinav Dhingra |
| George Thomas Chapman Q.C. Family Prize for Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility | Rebecca Penner, Ashley Rees |
| Gerald W. Schwartz Gold Medal in Business Law | Abhinav Dhingra |
| Gilbert T. Gregory Memorial Prize, Real Estate Transactions | Jamie Robertson |
| Hart Green Junior Memorial Prize for Charter Issues in Criminal Law | Heather Peterson |
| H.I. Corne Prize, Contract and Torts | Keelin Griffin |
| Honorable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy | Danielle Rabichuk |
| Honorable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy | Maria Garcia Manzano |
| Honorable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy | Maureen Friesen |
| Honorable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy | Nadine Plourde |
| Honourable Alexander Morris Exhibition Prize, Highest Grade Point Aggregate Overall | Keelin Griffin |
| Honsa Family Prize in Intellectual Property Law | Stephan Possin |
| Irvin Goldman Prize, Criminal Law | Noah Lesiuk |
| Isbister Scholarship in Law | Lisa Haydey |
| J.S.D. Tory Writing Award | Avril Brown |
| Jack Rice Memorial Prize in Administrative Law | Lisa Haydey |
| Jane Evans, Q.C. Prize, Property, Trusts & Successions | Genevieve Smith |
| John R. Haig, Q.C., Memorial Prize in Advanced Legal Research | Matt Reimer, Dominique Gibson |
| Judge Ross A. Johnston Prize for Family Law | Jessica Prince, Emma Poyser |
| Kimberly Dawn Gusto Memorial Award Fund for Children and the Law | Naomi Scharff |
| L.D. Morosnick Prize for Crime, Law and Society | Noah Lesiuk |
| L.D. Morosnick Prize for Sentencing and Penal Policy | Noah Lesiuk |
| Law Society Prize, Fourth Highest Standing in Third Year Law | Kalanit Faingold |
| Law Society Prize, Second Highest Standing in Third Year Law | Noah Lesiuk |
| Law Society Prize, Third Highest Standing in Third Year Law | Keelin Griffin |
| Leon Mitchell, Q.C. Prize in Labour Relations | Keelin Griffin |
| Lieutenant M.M. Soronow Scholarship | Cori Lee |
| Manitoba Bar Association Solomon Greenberg Prize in Advocacy | Tyson Priebe |
| Manitoba Bar Association Solomon Greenberg Prize in Advocacy | Noah Scatliff |
| Margaret Hypatia Crawford Prize, Highest Standing in Third Year | Dominique Gibson |
| Max and Manly Isaacs Prize, Legal Methods | Marianna Pozdirca |
| Max and Manly Isaacs Prize, Legal Methods | Derek Zaporzan |
| Max and Manly Isaacs Prize, Legal Methods | Kira Wardrop |
| Max and Manly Isaacs Prize, Legal Methods | Avery Alexiuk |
| Max Kaplan Prize in Legal Aspects of Business Planning for Business Planning and Finance Law | Rebecca Penner |
| Mel Myers, Q.C. Award | Lisa Haydey |
| Melrose Sissons and Winnifred Wilton Memorial Award Fund for Gender and the Law | Emily Peterson |
| MLT Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson Honourable Marshall Rothstein Prize | Siena Mcilwraith-Fraticelli |
| MLT Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson Honourable Marshall Rothstein Prize | Sameer Harris |
| MLT Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson Honourable Marshall Rothstein Prize | Eric Matthews |
| Mr. Justice & Mrs. I. Nitikman Prize, Torts | Sameer Harris |
| Mr. Justice Gerald W.J. Mercier Prize in Clinical Family Law | Emma Poyser |
| Muriel St. John Research Award for Women's Legal Issues | Chad Enns |
| Neil James MacDonald Memorial Prize, Criminal Law | Marianna Pozdirca |
| Neil James MacDonald Memorial Prize, Criminal Law | Derek Zaporzan |
| Paul Norman Warren Memorial Prize | Michael Siklosi |
| Paul Teskey Memorial Prize for Labour Law and Mediation | Damian Dragne |
| Pauline & Samuel Zinman Prize, Second Highest Standing in Third Year Law | Noah Lesiuk |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Lisa Haydey |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Steven Csincsa |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Connor Giesbrecht |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Sydney Newman |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Julia Kwasnica |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Cody Buhay |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Jessica Blatta |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Yu Xiang |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Alec Borger |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Skylar Ferbers |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Cori Lee |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Marianna Pozdirca |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Dena Aminzadeh |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Sameer Harris |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Gilad Stitz |
| Pitblado Scholarships | James Cheng |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Allison Byram |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Tesia Romaniw |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Erin Jeon |
| Pitblado Scholarships | Derek Zaporzan |
| R.R. Goodwin, Q.C. Prize for Property Law | Dena Aminzadeh |
| Randy Minuk Prize in Criminal Law | Tyson Priebe |
| Regina Novek Prize | Seth Lozinski |
| Robert I. Soronow Q.C. Prize for Dispute Resolution | Syed Ullah |
| STEP Canada Prize in Estate Law | Heather Morris |
| The Honourable Justice Robyn Moglove Diamond Prize for Excellence in Family Law | Lisa Haydey |
| University Gold Medal | Keelin Griffin |
| Yude M. Henteleff Prizes in Human Rights and Civil Liberties | Lou Lamari |
| Yude M. Henteleff Prizes in Human Rights and Civil Liberties | Seth Lozinski |
| ZSA National Post Richard Leipsic Prize | Stephan Possin |