Borden Ladner Gervais extends and expands its BLG Fellowship program with a new five-year commitment
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has announced the extension of the BLG Fellowship program to promote legal research, with a new, expanded five-year commitment of $1.2-million in funding for research projects.
One of Canada鈥檚 largest donations dedicated to research at law schools, the BLG Fellowship program provides grants to top performing first-year law students, which allows them to undertake specific legal research initiatives under the direction of prominent faculty members.
Last summer, the BLG Fellowship program gave two McGill Law students a chance to perform legal research for Professor Helge Dedek (So close and yet so far: Scholastic Jurisprudence and 鈥楩ormal Irrationality鈥�) and Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse (Dangerous Liaisons: the Forced Union of Competition Law and Intellectual Property Rights).
鈥淭he BLG Fellowship program offers first-year law students an invaluable, hands-on learning experience and an opportunity for law schools to secure top performing first-year students to perform much needed legal research,鈥� explained Norm Letalik, Managing Director of Professional Excellence at BLG. 鈥淏y supporting first-year law students early in their careers, BLG is providing work opportunities to help promising students and support the law school鈥檚 efforts to attract talent for university research.鈥�
The Fellowship Program, established in 2004, arose out of BLG鈥檚 commitment to strengthening university-based research at law schools across Canada. Over the past five years the program has awarded 100 fellowships, totalling $1 million, to promote legal research at law schools in 14 universities across Canada.
鈥淎t BLG, we strive for excellence in both the expertise and service that we provide to clients,鈥� said Sean Weir, National Managing Partner at BLG. 鈥淏y supporting both students and law schools through the BLG Fellowship program, we demonstrate this same kind of dedication to excellence.鈥�
Starting in 2009, the renewed BLG Fellowship program will award a total of 20 grants worth $12,000 each year to law students who have completed their first year. Fellowship recipients will be chosen by the individual law schools based upon their academic achievements.
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