Chief Justice Fraser Scholarship

The Chief Justice Fraser Scholarship was established to honour Catherine Fraser, who retired as Alberta’s Chief Justice in 2022. The scholarship recognizes and rewards academic achievement of an outstanding third-year student enrolled full-time in the faculty of law at the University of Alberta or the University of Calgary.

Value

Two scholarships of $12,500 each are available:

• One award at the University of Alberta, and
• One award at the University of Calgary.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, (Visa students are not eligible).
  
  
• Be an Alberta resident, and to be considered an Alberta resident one of the following conditions must apply:
  • one parent, or legal guardian has maintained permanent residence in Canada for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to commencing post-secondary studies and be residing in Alberta, or
  • Alberta is the last place the student has lived for 12 consecutive months immediately prior to commencing post-secondary studies, or
  • the student’s spouse/partner has maintained permanent residence in Alberta for 12 consecutive months prior to the person attending post-secondary.
    
    
• Be a third-year student enrolled full-time in a law degree in the current academic year at the University of Alberta or the University of Calgary.
  • Full-time requires being enrolled in at least 60% of a full course load (40% of a full course load for students with a disability) in at least one term of study.

An individual may receive a lifetime maximum of one (1) award. You are not eligible to receive the award when you withdraw from studies or drop from full- to part-time studies before the award is paid. 

How to Apply

There is no application form. Recipients are selected by their university based on the selection process outlined below. 

Selection Process

Each university will select an award recipient based on academic standing in course work focused on the field of constitutionalism (including federalism and guaranteed rights, the delivery of fair and equal justice, the rule of law, or the protection of human rights), and LSAT score and demonstrated involvement in volunteer activity. 

Universities may want to consider some of the following criteria to assess satisfactory academic standing for third-year students:

• completion of assignments,
• satisfactory academic progress,
• satisfactory marks on assignments and exams, and/or
• satisfactory attendance.

Universities will seek evidence of the recipient’s demonstrated involvement in volunteer activity.