{"id":20455,"date":"2025-06-05T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?page_id=20455"},"modified":"2025-06-05T06:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:49:15","slug":"graduate-fellowships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/graduate-fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20455\" class=\"elementor elementor-20455\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5296246 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5296246\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbeaa8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cbeaa8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fa8c22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fa8c22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Graduate Fellowships<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7009866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7009866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c60e5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c60e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Runnymede Society is pleased to announce that, starting this year, we will be awarding two graduate legal fellowships. We will continue our existing annual $25,000 fellowship named in honour of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice John (Jack) Major. In addition, this year, we will begin selecting a fellow for a second $25,000 annual award named in honour of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Marshall Rothstein.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These fellowships are intended to support exceptional Canadian students pursuing graduate legal studies and who share the Runnymede Society\u2019s commitment to constitutionalism, fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law. The fellowship period will run from 1 September 2025 and run through 31 August 2026.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Expectations<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recipients of the Jack Major and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall Rothstein <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fellowships will join the Runnymede Society as a Scholar-in-Residence and are expected to write and submit an 8,000-word (minimum) research paper to a peer-reviewed Canadian law journal on a theme relating to constitutionalism, fundamental freedoms, or the rule of law by the end of the fellowship period. Recipients are additionally expected to join the editorial board of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dicey Law Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (co-published by the Runnymede Society, Advocates for the Rule of Law, and LexisNexis) as a senior editor for the duration of the fellowship period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Deadline<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2025\/2026 Jack Major and Marshall Rothstein Fellowship period begins as of 1 September 2025. Applications are due by <\/span><b>31 July 2025 at 11:59 PM ET<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Interested students are invited to send their applications to the <\/span><b>Runnymede Society\u2019s National Director, Tim Haggstrom, at thaggstrom@runnymedesociety.ca. <\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a810bde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a810bde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants must either be Canadian citizens or be pursuing eligible studies at a Canadian university while residing in Canada.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants must be pursuing graduate legal studies (e.g., an LLM, SJD, PhD, DPhil, etc.) at an accredited law school or university, with a period of study beginning no later than 30 September 2025 and ending no earlier than 30 April 2026.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants must send a cover letter, transcript, and CV to the Runnymede Society on or before the deadline. Letters of reference from a professor or mentor are not strictly required but are nevertheless encouraged.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cover letters should demonstrate how and why the applicant shares the Runnymede Society\u2019s commitment to constitutionalism, fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants must be enrolled in graduate legal studies at an accredited law school or university at the time of their application.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c055748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c055748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Presentation<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recipients will be invited to attend the Runnymede Society\u2019s national Law &amp; Freedom conference at the University of Toronto\u2019s Hart House in February 2026 to be officially presented with their fellowship. (Note that funding to travel to and from Toronto to attend the national conference cannot be guaranteed.)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50651b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b50651b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f768e0e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f768e0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8783c8f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8783c8f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28090ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28090ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Preston-Lim.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-30788\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Preston-Lim.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Preston-Lim-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Preston-Lim-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Preston-Lim-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3553213 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3553213\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3918664 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3918664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Preston Jordan Lim<\/h1><h3>Major Fellow 2024\/2025\u200b<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preston Jordan Lim is an Assistant Professor at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. He is on leave during the 2024-2025 academic year to commence an SJD at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He holds an A.B. from Princeton University, a Master\u2019s of Global Affairs from Tsinghua University\u2014where he studied as a Schwarzman Scholar\u2014and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Following his graduation from law school, he clerked for the Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and then for Chief Justice Richard Wagner of the Supreme Court of Canada. He also previously served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Honourable Erin O\u2019Toole. He writes primarily on the history of Canadian federalism and on public international law. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming in the UBC Law Review, Queen\u2019s Law Journal, Dalhousie Law Journal, Canadian Journal of Law and Society, and Canadian Yearbook of International Law, among other outlets.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6cb630 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c6cb630\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad44816 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad44816\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5862106 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5862106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Amit-Singh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-30789\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Amit-Singh.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Amit-Singh-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Amit-Singh-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Amit-Singh-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462fdee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"462fdee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1adc843 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1adc843\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Amit Singh\u00a0<\/h1><h3>Major Fellow 2023\/2024\u200b<\/h3><p>Amit Singh is a legal theorist and litigator. Amit\u2019s research applies philosophical insights to issues of legal doctrine, with a particular focus on property law and Aboriginal and Indigenous law. His work appears in the Canadian Journal of Law &amp; Jurisprudence, McGill Law Journal, Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Supreme Court Law Review, and other fora. Amit practiced international arbitration and commercial litigation in New York \u2013 first at Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP, and then at litigation boutique Holwell, Shuster &amp; Goldberg LLP. Amit is a JD graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of both the Journal of Law &amp; Equality and the Indigenous Law Journal and won the Dean\u2019s Key. In addition to the John (Jack) Major Fellowship, Amit received a Fulbright Scholarship and the Canadian Bar Association\u2019s Viscount Bennett Fellowship for his graduate studies at Yale Law School.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Fellowships The Runnymede Society is pleased to announce that, starting this year, we will be awarding two graduate legal fellowships. We will continue our existing annual $25,000 fellowship named in honour of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice John (Jack) Major. 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