Travel Grants: 2025 Conference

As a result of funds generated from production and sales of Woolley, Devlin & Cotter, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 4th ed (2021), CALE/ACEJ is able to continue its conference travel grant program (created in 2023). Thanks are due to all involved in the preparation of this casebook.

Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the field of legal ethics and professionalism are eligible to apply for a travel grant towards the cost of attending the annual CALE/ACEJ conference (October 23-25, 2025 at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg). To qualify they must either be (i) enrolled or based at a Canadian university or (ii) a Canadian enrolled or based at a foreign university.

Applications are due to the Vice-President by July 18, 2025. Applicants must provide sufficient information to establish their eligibility and explain their financial need for the travel grant. Applications will be assessed by the Vice-President and the Treasurer by August 1, 2025.

No more than $2000 is to be awarded in this year. No applicant is to receive more than $500 in a single year. The travel grant will be paid after the annual conference. To receive their grant, each recipient must submit receipts for travel or accommodation expenses to the Treasurer totaling at least the amount awarded.

Travel Grants for Annual Conference

As a result of funds generated from production and sales of Woolley, Devlin & Cotter, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 4th ed (2021), CALE/ACEJ is able to continue its conference travel grant program (created in 2023). Thanks are due to all involved in the preparation of this casebook.

Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the field of legal ethics and professionalism are eligible to apply for a travel grant towards the cost of attending the annual CALE/ACEJ conference (October 24-26, 2024 at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University). To qualify they must either be (i) enrolled or based at a Canadian university or (ii) a Canadian enrolled or based at a foreign university.

Applications are due to the Vice-President by July 15, 2024. Applicants must provide sufficient information to establish their eligibility and explain their financial need for the travel grant. Applications will be assessed by the Vice-President and the Treasurer by July 30, 2024.

No more than $2000 is to be awarded in this year. No applicant is to receive more than $500 in a single year. The travel grant will be paid after the annual conference. To receive their grant, each recipient must submit receipts for travel or accommodation expenses to the Treasurer totaling at least the amount awarded.

Travel Grants for ILEC 2024

In 2024, the International Legal Ethics Conference is July 17-19 at the University of Amsterdam. To support the attendance of graduate students and post-doctoral scholars CALE/ACEJ has created a travel grant program, similar to its program for the annual conference, for ILEC 2024.

Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in the field of legal ethics and professionalism are eligible to apply for a travel grant towards the cost of attending ILEC. To qualify they must either be (i) enrolled or based at a Canadian university or (ii) a Canadian enrolled or based at a foreign university. They must also have been accepted by ILEC as a presenter for the conference.

Applications are due to Vice-President Pooja Parmar by May 15, 2024. Applicants must provide sufficient information to establish their eligibility and explain their financial need for the travel grant. Applications are assessed by the Vice-President and the Treasurer by May 30.

No more than $3000 is to be awarded in total. No applicant is to receive more than $1000. The travel grant will be paid after the conference. To receive their grant, each recipient must submit receipts for travel or accommodation expenses to the Treasurer totalling at least the amount awarded.