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The William Morrow Essay Contest is endowed by the Hon. Mr. Justice William Stevenson in memory of the late Mr. Justice Morrow.

 

 

 

 

Rules

1. The essays should be on a topic of current legal interest.
2. For purposes of the category of Law or Administration of Justice in the North, the North includes the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory.
3. The criteria used in judging will be (1) Originality, (2) Accuracy, and (3) Writing Style.
4. Papers must be typed double-spaced and should comply with the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation. Maximum length of essays is 50 pages.
5. The competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the faculties of law at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, excluding members of the Editorial Board of the Alberta Law Review who are responsible for judging the submissions. Articling students in Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory are also eligible to submit papers.
6. Papers submitted for courses in Law School are eligible.
7. The Editorial Board reserves the right to award an Honourable Mention to deserving entries.
8. The Editorial Board reserves the right to award or not to award the prizes in their discretion.
9. The Alberta Law Review reserves the right to first publication of the papers submitted. Previously published papers and papers concurrently submitted to other publications are not eligible for the contest. Only one paper per category may be submitted.
10. The author’s name should not appear on the paper, but rather on a separate cover letter indicating the author's home address and university or firm.
11. Papers commissioned by another organization must be accompanied by written permission from that organization.
12. The deadline for entries TBA.

Entries may be submitted to:

William Morrow Essay Contest
Alberta Law Review
The Hon. W.A. Stevenson House
c/o Faculty of Law, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H5

Phone: (780) 492-5559
Fax: (780) 492-4924
Email: info@albertalawreview.com

Prizes

There are three categories in the contest as follows:

General Essays

First Prize: $1,000.00
Second Prize: $500.00

Notes & Case Comments

First Prize: $500.00

Law or Administration of Justice in the North

First Prize: $500.00

Previous Winners

Winning Submissions (2013)

General Essays

First Prize

Keith Guinn - "Son of Sam's Canadian Cousins: The Constitutionality of Canada's Criminal Notoriety Acts & A Critical Look at the Decision in Saskatchewan v Thatcher"

Second Prize

Andrew Phypers - "The Growing Responsibilty of Utility Commissions in the Duty to Consult: Prudent Delegation or Too Many Hats?"

Law or Administration of Justice in the North

Alison Wegner - "The Seal Hunt in Canada: A Deadlocked Debate"

Winning Submissions (2012)

General Essays

First Prize

Ciara Toole - "Fiduciary Law and the Constructive Trust: Perfecting the Fiduciary Undertaking"

Second Prize

Melissa Jakobfi - "Irrigation Districts in Southern Alberta: The Role of Licence Purpose Amendments in the Emerging Water Market"

Law or Administration of Justice in the North

Daryk Gorrie - "Canada and the Legal Status of the Northwest Passage"

Winning Submissions (2011)

General Essays

First Prize
Joshua Fraese - "Provincial Property Rights and the Federal Carbon Pricing Debate: Revisiting the Natural Gas Tax Reference and Collaborative Federalism"

Second Prize
Scott Nicol - "Offer Revocation in the CISG: Compromise Creating Inadvertent Options and Uncertainty"

Law or Administration of Justice in the North

Bryan Millman - "'This Land is My Land; This Land is Your Land': Complications of a Labrador Métis Land Claim"

Winning Submissions (2010)

General Essays

First Prize
Paul Chiswell - "The Scope of the Fourth Head of Charity in Canadian Law: Still a (forwardly) moving subject?"

Second Prize
Taylor Decarie

Notes & Case Comments

Deborah Book - "Failure to Engage: Children's Rights to Freedom of Religion in A.C. v. Manitoba (Director of Child and Family Services)"

Winning Submissions (2009)

General Essays

First Prize
Rosalind Greenwood

Second Prize
Ryan Krushelnitzky

Notes & Case Comments

Kyla Conner

Law or Administration of Justice in the North

Katherine Jamieson

Winning Submissions (2008)

General Essays

First Prize
Sandra Malcolm - "Coal bed Methane"

Second Prize
Megan Rosborough - "Multiple Parentage and Assisted Reproductive Technologies."

Notes & Case Comments

Monic Willner - "Privacy Law and Solicitor-Client Privilege: Implications of the Blood Tribe Decision."

Winning Submissions (2007)

General Essays

First Prize
Karen Rana - "Canada’s National DNA Databank: The Case for an Expanded Convicted Offenders Index"

Second Prize
Derek Lai - "Public Video Surveillance by the State: Policy, Privacy Legislation, and the Charter"

Winning Submissions (2006)

General Essays

First Prize
Kyle Kashuba - "Rights and Remedies Applicable to Seismic Exploration in Canada"

Second Prize
Claire Bond - "A Trip from Doha to Ottawa: Access to Essential Medicines and Canada's Bill C-9"

Winning Submissions (2005)

General Essays

First Prize
Michael Solowan

Second Prize
Melodie Hope

Notes & Case Comments

Joshua Jantzi

Winning Submissions (2004)

General Essays

First Prize
Fiona Moore - "Risk and Reconciliation: A Physician's Duty to Warn and a Patient's Right Not to Know of a Genetic Condition"

Second Prize
Charmane Sing - "The International Criminal Court: Good or Evil?"

Notes & Case Comments

Alyn Johnson - "Abdicating Responsibility: The Unprincipled Use of Deference in Lavoie v. Canada"

Law or Administration of Justice in the North

Lisa Statt - "Has Canada Lost Ownership and Use of the Northwest Passage? An Assessment Under International Law"

Winning Submissions (2003)

General Essays

First Prize
Laura Estep - "Solicitor-Client Privilege: Upholding A Tradition"

Second Prize
Andrew Wallace - "BG Checo International v. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority: Concurrent Liability, Policy Considerations, and Contract Interpretation"

Notes & Case Comments

Leslie Akst - "The Implications of Osoyoos With Regard To The Expropriation of Reserve Lands in British Columbia for the Purpose of a Public Highway"

Law or Administration of Justice in the North

Moira Vane - "Reindeer Games: A look at the Porcupine Caribou Herd and the 1002 Calving Grounds"

Winning Submissions (2002)

General Essays

First Prize
Sonya Morgan - "The Legal Definition of Genocide"

Second Prize
Mark Sawyer - "The Tragic Demise of the Ideal Lawyer-Client Relationship Under the Billable Hour"

Congratulations to all our winners and a special thanks to everyone who submitted a paper for consideration.