Race and the Law Essay Prize

This award recognizes and encourages outstanding scholarship by law students in Nova Scotia, on topics pertaining specifically to issues of race and law. It is presented by the Society’s Racial Equity Committee and sponsored by Stewart McKelvey.

Race and the Law Essay Prize recipients

• 2011 – David Taylor, for “First Peoples, Fundamental Rights: Exploring the Potential Use of Section 7 Rights by Aboriginal Claimants” (Abstract)
• 2010 – José Rodriguez, for “The Constitutive Character of Aboriginal Law to the Canadian Legal System” (Abstract)  
• 2009 – David Steeves, for “Maniacal Murderer of Death Dealing Car: The Case of Daniel Perry Sampson 1933-1935” (Abstract)