The Annual Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Scholarship Posted Date: 08/31/2010 Fasken Martineau and the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers are proud to make available the Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Scholarship in the amount of $5,000 to be awarded on the basis of financial need to a visible minority student entering his or her second year of study in an LLB or JD program at a Canadian law school. Applicants will be required to satisfy the criteria described below and write an essay on a legal issue to be determined by the Scholarship Awards Committee. Determination of the scholarship recipient will be made by the Scholarship Awards Committee. Read More

Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP is proud to sponsor a national scholarship for Black law students Posted Date: 05/19/2010 Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) is proud to announce that it is continuing to sponsor a National Scholarship for Black law students administered by the Black Business & Professional Association (BBPA). FMC was the inaugural sponsor of a BBPA scholarship for law students and is pleased that other law firms have followed our lead in funding additional BBPA scholarships. Read More

Hon. Julius Alexander Isaac Scholarship Recipient Posted Date: 12/15/2009 CABL congratulates Miss Te-Anna Tanika Bailey, 2009-2010 recipient of the Honourable Julius Alexander Isaac Scholarship. Read More

A hand up: Fasken Martineau & CABL award first Blackburn Scholarship to McGill law student Posted Date: 12/03/2009 Toronto (Canada) - Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today the inaugural recipient of the Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Scholarship, awarded in partnership with the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL). The 2009 recipient is Don-Ray Simmonds, a second year law student at McGill University in Montréal. “We feel privileged to help this student pursue his legal studies. Offering a ‘hand up’ in this way is a terrific way to foster diversity in our profession,” said Douglas New, Co-Chair of Fasken Martineau’s Diversity Committee. The $5,000 grant, designed as a “needs based” scholarship for students entering their second year of attendance at Canadian law school, is aimed at students from equity-seeking groups. The scholarship is named for Lucie and Thornton Blackburn – two exceptional individuals whose story is intertwined with the American abolitionist movement, the Underground Railroad, Canadian legal history and Fasken Martineau. Read More