Scholarships & Awards
Recognition Awards:
Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing |
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An annual award to recognize excellence in legal publishing was established by the CALL Executive in 1998. This award was initiated as a means of acknowledging the work that is done by publishers to provide the legal profession with high quality materials for use in understanding and researching the law. It is hoped that this award serves both as a means to honour publishers who have produced excellent products and to encourage excellence in new publishing endeavours. In 2005, the award was renamed the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing to honour Dr. Lawford for his contributions to the Canadian law library community.
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Denis Marshall Memorial Award |
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This award is an honour bestowed upon a current member of CALL/ACBD who has provided outstanding service to the Association AND/OR enhanced the profession of law librarianship in the recent past. The specific contributions may reflect the qualities engendered by Denis Marshall. Applications are requested by April 1 of each calendar year.
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Canadian Law Library Review Featured Article Award |
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The CALL/ACBD award of $500 may be given annually to the author of a feature length article published in Canadian Law Library Review / Revue canadienne des bibliothèques de droit. Click here for more information and for a listing of past Featured Article Award winners. Canadian Law Library Review Student Article AwardThe CALL/ACBD award of $250 may be given annually to the student author of an article published in Canadian Law Library Review / Revue canadienne des bibliothèques de droit.Click here for more information and for a listing of past Student Article Award winners. Michael Silverstein PrizeAn annual monetary award of $1,500, recognizing an outstanding contribution to enhancing understanding, analysis and appreciation of primary law and legal taxonomy. The contribution may be in the form of an article, book, course, research, activities/advocacy or a body of work. This award was introduced in 2016. Applications are due by April 1 of each calendar year.
Nancy McCormack AwardThe Nancy McCormack Emerging Leader Award will be given to a CALL/ACBD member in good standing who is normally in the first ten years of their law library career and who has demonstrated the qualities embodied by Nancy. They must have made significant contributions to the Association and have shown excellent potential for continuing service and leadership.Recipients of the Award will receive $2000 and a plaque. This Award will be presented annually, where possible, when a qualified candidate has been chosen. It will be presented at the CALL/ACBD Annual Meeting.Applications are due by April 1 of each calendar year.
Gisèle Laprise PrizeThe Gisèle Laprise Prize was generously established by Thomson Reuters, and has been enlarged by Gisèle's family. These awards, each in the amount of $1,500, recognize an outstanding contribution to an understanding and appreciation of the civil and common law systems in Canada. The contribution may be in the form of an article, book, course, research, activities/advocacy or a body of work. The nominated material should build bridges and understanding between the Common Law and the Civil Law. This award was introduced in 2016. Applications are due by April 1 of each calendar year.
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Honoured Members of CALL |
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| Any person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of law librarianship may be proposed for honoured membership. Nominations for such membership shall be submitted to the Immediate Past President for consideration of the Executive Board at its next regular meeting. If the Immediate Past President is not serving on the Executive Board, nominations shall be submitted to the Treasurer. Nominees deemed by the Board to have met the necessary criteria shall be awarded honoured membership if elected by a two-thirds vote at an annual meeting of the Association or by a majority of those voting in a mail ballot. Click here for more information and for a listing of current honoured members. |
Grants & Scholarships:
Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship |
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Established in honour of the late Diana M. Priestly, a distinguished Canadian law librarian, and in recognition of her distinctive contribution to Law Librarianship, the Scholarship is intended to support professional development in the field and is awarded to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. Applications are due February 1 of each calendar year.
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CALL Research Grant |
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The CALL/ACBD Research Grant was established in 1996 to provide members with financial assistance to carry out research in areas of interest to members and to the association. The Committee to Promote Research manages the grant process, receiving and evaluating applications and making recommendations to the Executive Board for award of the Research Grant. Applications are due last Monday of February of each calendar year.
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CALL Education Reserve Fund Grant |
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The Education Reserve Fund will be used to award money to members to further their education in pursuits that do not fit the guidelines of already established scholarships. These could include such activities as library and/or law courses given outside Canada, study leaves and/or sabbaticals, or other educational activities that do not involve structured courses. These activities should be relevant to the applicant's career in law libraries and/or contribute to the development of law libraries or law librarianship. Deadline to apply for funding: April 1 of each calendar year.
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James D. Lang Memorial Scholarship |
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This scholarship is designed to support attendance at a continuing education program, be it a workshop, certificate program or other similar activity deemed appropriate by the CALL/ACBD Scholarships and Awards Committee. Support for attendance at annual conferences normally does not fall within the terms of reference for this scholarship. Applications will be considered twice a year; the deadlines are: February 1 and August 1.
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Eunice Beeson Memorial Professional Development Fund |
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While exact details of the annual conference remain to be finalized (including cost), we would like to invite interested CALL/ACBD members to apply for the Eunice Beeson Memorial Professional Development Fund. The fund was established to assist members of the Association who wish to attend the Annual Meeting but, for financial reasons, are unable to do so. While in the past, the bursaries only covered travel and/or accommodation expenses, they may now be also used to help with registration and other related fees. For more information, and to apply, please click here. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2024. Please direct any questions about the fund to Member-at-Large Alexia Loumankis at alexia.loumankis@utoronto.ca.
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Janine Miller Fellowship |
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The purpose of the Fellowship is to provide funding annually for one CALL member to attend the Law via the Internet Conference, an initiative of the Legal Information Institutes worldwide that constitute the Free Access to Law Movement. Expenses up to a maximum of $2,500 will be covered.
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