Viscount Bennett Fellowship / en Amitpal C. Singh awarded the Viscount Bennett Fellowship /celebrates/amitpal-c-singh-awarded-viscount-bennett-fellowship <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Amitpal C. Singh awarded the Viscount Bennett Fellowship</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>siddiq22</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-07-14T11:58:19-04:00" title="Friday, July 14, 2023 - 11:58" class="datetime">Fri, 07/14/2023 - 11:58</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/viscount-bennett-fellowship" hreflang="en">Viscount Bennett Fellowship</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2023-07/Amit.png" width="750" height="500" alt="Amitpal C. Singh"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>Amitpal C. Singh (supplied image)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>91Թ alumnus <a href="https://amitpalcsingh.com/"><strong>Amitpal C. Singh</strong></a> has been awarded the<a href="https://www.cba.org/News-Media/Press-Releases/2023/June/Amitpal-C-Singh-awarded-the-2023-2024-Viscount-Be?lang=en-ca"> 2023-2024 Viscount Bennett Fellowship</a> for graduate legal studies.</p> <p>The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) awards one $25,000 fellowship annually to a Canadian law school graduate for post-graduate studies in law at an institution approved by the awarding committee.</p> <p>The fellowship is named after past CBA president (1929-30) Viscount Bennett, who established the fund to encourage advanced legal education.</p> <p>Singh, who earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree from 91Թ, graduated from 91Թ's Faculty of Law in 2021. He has practiced international arbitration and commercial litigation in New York and London – first at Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP, and then at Holwell, Shuster &amp; Goldberg LLP.&nbsp;With the support of the fellowship, he will enrol in the Master of Laws program at Yale Law School.</p> <p>“I believe that careful theoretical reflection, properly anchored in legal doctrine and practice, can be a force for positive, real-world change,” Singh said. “The fellowship will allow me to reaffirm my commitment to that project, with a particular focus on the land rights of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and the complex issues of property law, constitutional law and legal philosophy that those rights raise.”</p> <h3><a href="https://www.law.utoronto.ca/news/amitpal-c-singh-awarded-viscount-bennett-fellowship">Read the Faculty of Law story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Law</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:58:19 +0000 siddiq22 302221 at