The Department of Justice Canada has launched its 2010 Program of Research Contracts on Canadian Bijuralism. The purpose of the Program is to promote, among law students, the development of expertise pertaining to federal legislative interpretation regarding questions that arise when federal law and provincial private law interact in a context of coexisting civil law, common law and Aboriginal legal rules. The Program also contributes to the dissemination of knowledge on the subject.
The Program is open to students who, at the time of applcation, are:
- enrolled full-time in a program in law at a Canadian university; or
- enrolled full-time in a university and hold an undergraduate law degree from a Canadian university; or
- enrolled full-time in a provincial or territorial professional training school leading to the title of lawyer or, in Quebec, lawyer or notary.
Each research contract is for $5,000.
Students wishing to submit a research proposal must do so on or before January 17, 2011.
For more information about the Program of Research Contracts on Canadian Bijuralism, please visit the following website: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/bijurilex/cont2.html
