The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) has issued a call for applications for Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism.

Amount:
$15,000 – Fellowship in Research
$5,000 – Fellowship in Studies

Deadlines:
Faculty Research Office: 5 days prior to agency deadline. (If you wish to have feedback on your application allow at least one week – contact Karen Kueneman)
Research Western: 5 days prior to agency deadline
OBA: July 3, 2017

Description: Two Fellowships are available for 2017-18:

1. The OBA Foundation Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowship in Research (“Fellowship in Research”)
2. The OBA Foundation Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowship in Legal Ethics and Professionalism Studies (“Fellowship in Studies”)

The purposes of the Fellowships are:

1. to encourage scholarship in the academic discipline of legal ethics and professionalism in Canadian universities and colleges;
2. to continue the development of Canadian materials on legal ethics and professionalism in the practice of law;
3. to promulgate the principles of professionalism to the practicing bar at continuing education conferences; and
4. to commission keynote speakers for continuing education conferences on legal ethics and professionalism.

Applications are to be accompanied by a completed ROLA.

More information, applications and guidelines…

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