Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia
This is the inaugural year of the CBABC Law Student Awards, presented to the law student who best exemplifies CBABC ideals at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. Criteria include student participation in activities supporting members of the profession; promotion of justice and law reform; equality; and demonstration of public and community service. Award recipients are selected by CBABC and law school representatives.

This year, two second-year UBC students, Miranda Lam and Andrew Faith, shared that university's $2000 prize. Miranda Lam greatly impressed the selection committee with the sheer breadth of her involvement in different organizations and agencies. Her energy - and her obvious commitment to, as she stated so eloquently "the look of gratitude on other people's faces" - has meant that many people have benefited from her contributions at law school. In presenting Andrew Faith with his half of the award ($1000), Margaret Ostrowski, QC, CBABC President noted, "it is a pleasure to see in you the new breed of lawyer - one who understands the traditional aspects of the law, but who is also immersed in the expanding area of alternative dispute resolution."

P Jason Forbes, a first year law student at of the University of Victoria, received that law school's $2000 scholarship. Mr. Forbes is from the Northwest Territories, and combines his legal education pursuits with a wide range of athletic activities and a keen interest in philosophy and politics.