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>University of Toronto 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 U of T, graduated from U of T'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