2021-22 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 description
Dean’s Honour List ‐ Pitblado Scholars: All students on the Dean’s Honour List (comprising the top 10% of the class) for First Year and Second Year, who return the following year.
Course Prizes: The majority of courses and sections of courses have prizes awarded for the top students
Third Year Multiple‐Course Prizes: Awarded in Third Year for top performance in multiple courses taken in all three years.
Individual awards - all years
| Award Name | Award Criteria | Student Name |
|---|---|---|
| University Gold Medal | Highest standing in Law. | Celyna Yu |
| Honourable Alexander Morris Exhibition Prize | Highest grade point average on the whole of the LL.B. course. | Celyna Yu |
| Margaret Hypatia Crawford Prize | Highest standing in Third Year. | Celyna Yu |
| Pauline & Samuel Zinman Prize | Second highest standing in Third Year. | Laura Balagus |
| Law Society of Manitoba Prize | Second highest standing in Third Year. | Laura Balagus |
| Law Society of Manitoba Prize | Third highest standing in Third Year. | Alexander Barnes |
| Alf Francis Memorial Prize | Third highest standing in Third Year. | Alexander Barnes |
| Law Society of Manitoba Prize | Fourth highest standing in Third Year. | Micah Zerbe |
| Isbister Scholarship | Highest standing in First or Second Year | Keelin Griffin |
| Dr. A.W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship | Highest standing in the Faculty of Law | Celyna Yu |
| Lieutenant M.M. Soronow Scholarship | Highest standing in First Year. | Keelin Griffin |
| Class of 1980 Prize | Outstanding involvement in extra-curricular activities of Faculty of Law. | Mark Packulak |
| Susan Loadman Memorial Award | For determination and perseverance in progressing in his/her studies despite significant obstacles to such progress. | Andrew Fenwick |
| Albert Rosen Memorial Scholarship in Law | For a student enrolled full-time in second or third year who was admitted through the Individual Consideration category, and achieved a minimal sessional grade point average of 3.0 in the previous year. | Jodi Plenert |
| Muriel St. John Research Award For Women's Legal Issues | To encourage research into legal issues pertaining to women, social justice and societal rights. | Allison Kilgour |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Keelin Griffin |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Julian Brown |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Rebecca Penner |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Kerith Tung |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Eric Epp |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Kali Faingold |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Eric Gagnon |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Chad Laferriere-Enns |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Kassi Delorey |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Noah Lesiuk |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Nicolas Nudler |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Samantha Harvey |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Brandon Gray |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Audrey Bews |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Ramsay Hall |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Brayden Gray |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Sam Green |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Jodi Plenert |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Braeden Ness |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Keenan Fonseca |
| Pitblado Scholar | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Connor Jonsson |
| Dean's List Academic Award | Dean's Honour List - First Year | Avril Brown |
| Dean's List Academic Award | Dean's Honour List - Second Year | Tan Ciyiltepe |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Gillian Findlay |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Sydney Newman |
| Ahava Halpern and Frank Lavitt Entrance Scholarship | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Laraib Khaliqdina |
| Taylor McCaffrey LLP Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Jeremy Tran |
| Taylor McCaffrey LLP Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Anna Kozak |
| Taylor McCaffrey LLP Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Nicholas Ly |
| Manitoba Law School Foundation Entrance | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Dawn Steliga |
| Morton H. Nemy Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Skylar Ferbers |
| Pitblado LLP Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Erin McIntyre |
| Patricia N. and Mark G. Smerchanski Law Entrance Scholarship | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Luc Deleau |
| John Mitchell Scholarship | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Hayden Yaremko |
| Alex Brown Entrance Scholarship in Law | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Jennifer Pacaud |
| Maitland Steinkopf Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Nadine Plourde |
| Maitland Steinkopf Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Jenessa Shector |
| Max Steinkopf Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Nathan Dueck |
| Max Steinkopf Entrance Award | Entrance Scholarship 2022 | Jessica Blatta |
Course awards - First Year - Compulsory
| Award Name | Award Criteria | Student Name |
|---|---|---|
| MLT Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson Honourable Marshall Rothstein Prize | Constitutional Law | Keelin Griffin |
| MLT Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson Honourable Marshall Rothstein Prize | Constitutional Law | Chad Laferriere-Enns |
| MLT Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson Honourable Marshall Rothstein Prize | Constitutional Law | Dominique Gibson |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prizes | Contracts | Christian Markarian |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prizes | Contracts | Tori Zillman |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Contracts | Damian Dragne |
| Neil James MacDonald Memorial Prize | Criminal Law & Procedure | Noah Lesiuk |
| Neil James MacDonald Memorial Prize | Criminal Law & Procedure | Kali Faingold |
| Max & Manly Isaacs Prize | Legal Methods | Rebecca Penner |
| Max & Manly Isaacs Prize | Legal Methods | Josh Escalera |
| Max & Manly Isaacs Prize | Legal Methods | Dominique Gibson |
| Max & Manly Isaacs Prize | Legal Methods | Heather Morris |
| Honourable Israel Nitikman & Dorothea Nitikman | Legal System | Calvin Ediger |
| R.R. Goodwin, Q.C. Prize | Property Law | Kerith Tung |
| Mr. Justice & Mrs. I. Nitikman Prize | Torts & Compensation Systems | Eric Epp |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prizes | Torts & Compensation Systems | Sawarn Benning |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prizes | Torts & Compensation Systems | Kali Faingold |
Course Awards - Upper Years - Compulsory
| Award Name | Award Criteria | Student Name |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Rice Memorial Prize | Administrative Law | Mikal Sokolowski |
| Mel Myers, Q.C. Award | Administrative Law | Mikal Sokolowski |
| A.J. Christie Prize, Advocacy | Advocacy | Kaitlin Trager |
| A.J. Christie Prize, Advocacy | Advocacy | Sarah Sharp |
| A.J. Christie Prize, Advocacy | Advocacy | Tan Ciyiltepe |
| Honourable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy | Advocacy | Kaitlin Trager |
| Honourable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy | Advocacy | Sarah Sharp |
| Honourable Archibald S. Dewar Prize for Advocacy | Advocacy | Tan Ciyiltepe |
| Duncan J. Jessiman, Q.C. Prize | Corporations I | Audrey Bews |
| Duncan J. Jessiman, Q.C. Prize | Corporations I | Noah Curle |
| Archie Micay, Q.C. | Corporations I | Audrey Bews |
| David & Myrna Bowman Prize | Evidence | Samantha Harvey |
| David & Myrna Bowman Prize | Evidence | Lauren Gowler |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. | Negotiations | Tiana Romeo |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. | Negotiations | Jenna Symons |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. | Negotiations | Andrew Gabel |
| D'Arcy & Deacon LLP - Kenneth A. Filkow Q.C. | Negotiations | Ashley Fouad |
| George Thomas Chapman Q.C. Family Prize | Legal Professional and Professional Responsibility | Caitlin Hentig |
| George Thomas Chapman Q.C. Family Prize | Legal Professional and Professional Responsibility | Jill Klassen |
Course awards: Upper Years, elective
| Award Name | Award Criteria | Student Name |
|---|---|---|
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | A2J | Carleena Cavallo |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Aboriginal Law Crim Justice and Family | Nikki Boggs |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Aboriginal People and the Law | Binesi Boulanger |
| D'Arcy McCaffrey, Q.C. Prize | Advanced Advocacy | Kelsey Thain |
| Max Kaplan Prize | Advanced Clinical Business Law Course | Leah Suderman |
| John R. Haig, Q.C. Memorial Prize | Advanced Legal Research | Brooke Mowatt |
| John R. Haig, Q.C. Memorial Prize | Advanced Legal Research | Laura Balagus |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Advanced Family | Brooke Mowatt |
| Frank Billinkoff Prize | Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms | Hannah Taylor |
| Hart Green Junior Memorial Prize | Charter Issues in Crim | Mark Packulak |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Clinical Administrative Law | Melina Venuto |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Civ Pro | Janelle Gobin |
| Garth Erickson Memorial Prize | Commercial Law | Andrew Gabel |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Comparative Law | Braeden Ness |
| Abraham Simkin Q.C. | Corporations II | Lewis Waring |
| Honourable Justice Joe E. Hershfield, Q.C. Award | Corporate Taxation | Celyna Yu |
| Robert I. Soronow Q.C. Prize | Dispute Resolution | Micaela Levi |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prizes | Employment | Allison Kilgour |
| Oscar Wilder Memorial Prize | Environmental Law | Julia Beal |
| The Honourable Justice Robyn Moglove Diamond Prize for Excellence in Family Law | Family Law | Samantha Harvey |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Family Law | Jayelle Friesen |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Family Law | Sierra Bednarz |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prizes | Francais Juridique II | Samantha Harvey |
| Melrose Sissons and Winnifred Wilton Memorial Award | Gender and the Law | Hannah Taylor |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Global Domestic Governance | Tan Ciyiltepe |
| D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Income Tax | Jordan Lang |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Income Tax | Tan Ciyiltepe |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Indigenous Economic Development | Julia Beal |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | International Business | Jessie Anton |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | International Trade | Simon Reimer |
| Yude M. Henteleff Awards in Human Rights and Civil Liberties | Awarded to a student who has completed third year study in the Faculty of Law; has demonstrated an active interest in human rights and civil liberties through active involvement as a volunteer in endeavours such as Pro Bono Canada, the University Law Clinic, the Manitoba Association of Rights and Liberties, Amnesty International, Legal Education Action Fund, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights, and/or any other human rights organization. | Andrew Fenwick |
| Yude M. Henteleff Awards in Human Rights and Civil Liberties | Awarded to a student who has completed third year study in the Faculty of Law; has demonstrated an active interest in human rights and civil liberties through active involvement as a volunteer in endeavours such as Pro Bono Canada, the University Law Clinic, the Manitoba Association of Rights and Liberties, Amnesty | Hannah Taylor |
| Yude M. Henteleff Awards in Human Rights and Civil Liberties | Human Rights and Civil Liberties | Megan Filyk |
| The Leon Mitchell, Q.C. Prize in Labour Relations | Labour Relations | Mackenzie Cardinal |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Law and Bioethics | Brenden Roberts |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Law and Popular Culture | Laura Ayres |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Law and Resistance | Lewis Waring |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Law, Technology and the Future | Adam Kowal |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Legislative Process | Brandon Gray |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Passeport du Droit | Alexandra Broggy |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Philanthropy | Collette Scatliff |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Preventing Wrongful Convictions | Brenden Roberts |
| Frederick J. Turner, Q.C. / Keith Turner, Q.C. Prize | Private International Law | Micah Zerbe |
| Gilbert T. Gregory Memorial Prize | Real Estate Transactions | Alexander Barnes |
| David Levin Memorial Prize | Real Estate Transactions | Alexander Barnes |
| Teranet Manitoba's Anderson Student Prize | Real Estate | Alexander Barnes |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Refugee Law | Zoe Stevens |
| Paul Norman Warren Memorial Prize | Securities Law | Brendan Drews |
| Cecil Black Memorial Prize | Taxation of Trusts and Estates | Alexander Barnes |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Transitional Justice | Anna Siemens |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Trusts | Ben Manness |
| D. A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize | Trusts | Brenden Drews |
| Frank Billinkoff Prize | Wills & Succession | Simon Reimer |
Multiple course awards
| Award Name | Award Criteria | Student Name |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Evans, Q.C. Prize | For performance in Property, Trusts & Succession . | Reid Girard |
| Irvin Goldman Prize | For performance in criminal law courses through Criminal Law & Procedure, Charter Issues in Criminal Law, and Clinical Criminal Law. | Ashley Anderson |
| Gerald W. Schwartz Gold Medal in Business Law | A graduating student in the faculty who has achieved the highest standing in the area of business law. Highest standing out of all students who have completed: Commercial Law and participated in at least one of the following: Advising start up ventures, Business Law Clinical Internship and Start-up Ventures Clinic | Alexander Barnes |
| Judge Ross A. Johnston Prize for Family Law | For o/s performance in at least two of Family Law, Clinical Family Law, Children & the Law. | Jessica Bevilacqua |
| Judge Ross A. Johnston Prize for Family Law | For o/s performance in at least two of Family Law, Clinical Family Law, Children & the Law. | Brooke Mowatt |
| Judge Ross A. Johnston Prize for Family Law | For o/s performance in at least two of Family Law, Clinical Family Law, Children & the Law. | Shawn Eisler |
| Dean Maxwell Cohen and Family Award | For a third year student who has excelled in International Law and at least one other of the following: Human Rights, International Trade Law, International Internships or Exchange Opportunities | Michelle Ke |
| Paul Teskey Memorial Prize for Labour Law and Mediation | For a graduating student with the high academic standing in Labour Management and Topics in Dispute Resolution | Bennett Ulrich |
| Teranet Manitoba's Anderson Student Prize for Excellence in Real Property | Teranet Manitoba's Anderson Student Prize for Excellence in Real Property | Alexander Barnes |
| Randy Minuk Prize in Criminal Law | For a student in the Faculty of Law with high academic achievement and an interest in criminal law | Kayleigh Robertson |
| ZSA - National Post/Richard Leipsic Prize | A graduating full-time student from the JD program who has achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 and has completed a minimum of 9 credit hours of corporate law courses including: Bankruptcy and Insolvency (LAW 3980), Commercial Law (LAW 3050), Securities (LAW 3390), International Business Law (LAW 3012), and/or Corporations II (LAW3016). | Brendan Drews |
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