{"id":32491,"date":"2025-06-05T06:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?p=32491"},"modified":"2025-06-05T06:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:42:23","slug":"the-runnymede-society-announces-two-graduate-legal-fellowships-honouring-justices-jack-major-and-marshall-rothstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/the-runnymede-society-announces-two-graduate-legal-fellowships-honouring-justices-jack-major-and-marshall-rothstein\/","title":{"rendered":"The Runnymede Society Announces Two Graduate Legal Fellowships, Honouring Justices Jack Major and Marshall Rothstein"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"32491\" class=\"elementor elementor-32491\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d0cd88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36d0cd88\" 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\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54797ac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54797ac2\" 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;\">(La version fran\u00e7aise suit)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CALGARY: The Runnymede Society is pleased to announce the expansion of its graduate legal fellowship program, offering two prestigious awards to exceptional Canadian students pursuing graduate legal studies. This year, in addition to the established <\/span><b>Jack Major Fellowship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Society will award a new <\/span><b>Marshall Rothstein Fellowship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Both fellowships provide a $25,000.00 award.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These fellowships are designed to support students who demonstrate a commitment to <\/span><b>constitutionalism, fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, principles central to the Runnymede Society&#8217;s mission. The fellowship period for both awards will run from <\/span><b>September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Fellowship Expectations<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recipients of the Jack Major and Marshall Rothstein Fellowships will join the Runnymede Society as a <\/span><b>Scholar-in-Residence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During their fellowship, they are expected to:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Write and submit an 8,000-word (minimum) research paper<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to a peer-reviewed Canadian law journal on a theme related to constitutionalism, fundamental freedoms, or the rule of law by the end of the fellowship period.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serve as a <\/span><b>senior editor for the <\/b><b><i>Dicey Law Review<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a publication co-published by the Runnymede Society, Advocates for the Rule of Law, and LexisNexis, for the duration of the fellowship.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Application Details<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applications for the 2025\/2026 Jack Major and Marshall Rothstein Fellowships <\/span><b>are due by July 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please refer to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/graduate-fellowships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information about applying, including eligibility criteria<\/span><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interested students are invited to submit their applications to Tim Haggstrom, National Director of the Runnymede Society, at <\/span><b>thaggstrom@runnymedesociety.ca<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><b>About The Runnymede Society:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Runnymede Society is a membership-based organization that invites speakers from all across the ideological spectrum to debate legal ideas that engage the rule of law, constitutionalism, and individual liberty. The goal is to focus on these age-old principles in the context of real issues that are not often explored in the law school classrooms.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For further information, contact:thaggstrom@runnymedesociety.ca<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fran\u00e7aise<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CALGARY : La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Runnymede est heureuse d&#8217;annoncer l&#8217;\u00e9largissement de son programme de bourses d&#8217;\u00e9tudes sup\u00e9rieures en droit, qui offre maintenant deux bourses prestigieuses \u00e0 des \u00e9tudiants canadiens exceptionnels poursuivant des \u00e9tudes sup\u00e9rieures en droit. Cette ann\u00e9e, en plus de la <strong>bourse Jack Major<\/strong> d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9tablie, la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cernera une nouvelle <strong>bourse Marshall Rothstein<\/strong>. Les deux bourses sont d&#8217;une valeur respective de 25 000 $.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u2019octroi de ces bourses a pour but de soutenir les \u00e9tudiants qui d\u00e9montrent un engagement envers <strong>le constitutionnalisme, les libert\u00e9s fondamentales et la primaut\u00e9 du droit<\/strong>, principes qui sont au c\u0153ur de la mission de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Runnymede. La p\u00e9riode d\u2019octroi des bourses pour les deux satisfecit s&#8217;\u00e9tendra du <strong>1er septembre 2025 au 31 ao\u00fbt 2026<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Attentes li\u00e9es \u00e0 la bourse<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les boursiers Jack Major et Marshall Rothstein se joindront \u00e0 la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Runnymede \u00e0 titre de <strong>chercheurs r\u00e9sidents<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans le cadre de leur mandat, ils devront <strong>r\u00e9diger et soumettre, avant la fin de la p\u00e9riode d\u2019octroi des bourses, un article de recherche d\u2019au moins 8 000 mots<\/strong> \u00e0 une revue juridique canadienne \u00e9valu\u00e9e par les pairs, portant sur une question li\u00e9e au constitutionnalisme, aux libert\u00e9s fondamentales ou \u00e0 la primaut\u00e9 du droit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Par ailleurs, ils seront appel\u00e9s \u00e0 si\u00e9ger au <strong>comit\u00e9 de r\u00e9daction de la <\/strong><\/span><strong><i>Dicey Law Review<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 revue co\u00e9dit\u00e9e par\u00a0 la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Runnymede, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advocates for the Rule of Law<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> et <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LexisNexis<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 \u00e0 titre de r\u00e9dacteurs en chef, et ce, pour toute la dur\u00e9e de la bourse.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>D\u00e9tails de la candidature<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les candidatures pour les bourses Jack Major et Marshall Rothstein 2025-2026 doivent \u00eatre soumises avant le <strong>31 juillet 2025, \u00e0 23 h 59 (heure de l&#8217;Est)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veuillez consulter notre <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/fr\/graduate-fellowships\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">site web<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pour plus d&#8217;informations sur les candidatures, y compris les crit\u00e8res d&#8217;\u00e9ligibilit\u00e9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les \u00e9tudiants int\u00e9ress\u00e9s sont invit\u00e9s \u00e0 envoyer leur candidature \u00e0 Tim Haggstrom, directeur national de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Runnymede, \u00e0 l&#8217;adresse thaggstrom@runnymedesociety.ca.<\/span><\/p><p><b>\u00c0 propos de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Runnymede :<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Runnymede est une organisation associative qui favorise un dialogue rigoureux et pluraliste sur les grands principes du droit. Elle invite des conf\u00e9renciers issus de divers courants id\u00e9ologiques \u00e0 d\u00e9battre de questions juridiques li\u00e9es \u00e0 la primaut\u00e9 du droit, au constitutionnalisme et aux libert\u00e9s fondamentales.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Son objectif est de replacer ces principes fondamentaux au c\u0153ur de la r\u00e9flexion juridique, en les appliquant \u00e0 des enjeux concrets et contemporains trop souvent n\u00e9glig\u00e9s dans les salles de classe des facult\u00e9s de droit.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour les relations avec les m\u00e9dias: thaggstrom@runnymedesociety.ca<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\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>(La version fran\u00e7aise suit) CALGARY: The Runnymede Society is pleased to announce the expansion of its graduate legal fellowship program, offering two prestigious awards to exceptional Canadian students pursuing graduate legal studies. 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