Awards at UVic Law
Each year students from UVic Law are honored with various medals and awards, including the William McIntyre Medal, the Law Society Gold Medal, and the Ann Roberts Humanitarian Award. See below for a full list of winners, including links to profiles when available.
Ann Roberts Humanitarian Award
The Ann Roberts Humanitarian Award recognizes a UVic Faculty of Law student in their second or subsequent year of studies recognizing an individual who has made an outstanding contribution of their time and effort in lending support and assistance to the well being of individuals within the Law School, of the Law School as a whole and or of people within the community at large.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Naajia Ali |
| 2025 | Kenya Rogers |
| 2024 | Michelle Liu & David Clarkson |
| 2023 | Rebecca Ryan |
| 2022 | Rebekah Smith |
| 2021 | Samrah Mian |
| 2020 | Emmett Rogers |
| 2029 | Caroline Grady |
| 2018 | Bronwyn Black |
| 2017 | Niki Bains |
| 2016 | Anne-Marie Manley |
| 2015 | Rebecca Gill |
| 2014 | Katie Duke |
| 2013 | Siddarth Akali & Sarah Fitzpatrick |
| 2012 | Julie DeWolf |
| 2011 | Jessica Vliegenhart |
| 2010 | Racquel Fraser |
| 2009 | Valerie LeBlanc |
| 2008 | Roberto Alberto & Karen Ameyaw |
| 2007 | Jessica Asch |
| 2006 | Andrea Luey |
| 2005 | Joanna Gislason |
| 2004 | Alana Degrave |
| 2003 | Justin McKinnon |
| 2002 | Sarah Marsden & Karrie Wolfe |
| 2001 | Aaron Welch |
| 2000 | Val Jaspen |
| 1999 | Dr. Penny Harvey |
Law Society Gold Medalists
Each year the Law Society of British Columbia Gold Medal is awarded to the graduate with the highest cumulative grade point average in the graduating class of JD and JD/JID students.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Nicole Green |
| 2025 | Nicholas Olson |
| 2024 | Indigo Smart |
| 2023 | Emmaline English |
| 2022 | Kelty McKerracher |
| 2020 |
Lauren Frederick |
| 2019 |
Andrew Tigchelaar |
| 2018 |
Raya Mackenzie |
| 2017 |
Madeline Reid |
| 2016 |
Wes Hartman |
| 2015 |
Francesco Silletta |
| 2014 |
Lisa Grantham |
| 2013 |
Catherine George |
| 2012 |
Mila Shah |
| 2011 |
Lauren Witten |
| 2010 |
Christina Drake |
| 2009 |
Diana Backhouse |
| 2008 |
Meagan Lang |
| 2007 |
Christine Joseph |
| 2006 |
Jennifer Marles |
| 2005 |
Paula Ramsay |
| 2004 |
Paul Brackstone |
| 2003 |
Benjamin Blackmore |
| 2002 |
Benjamin Berger |
| 2001 |
Talha Syed |
| 2000 |
James (Jay) Nelson |
| 1999 |
Craig Ash |
| 1998 |
Robert John Clegg Deane |
| 1997 |
Denise Oliver |
| 1996 |
Roshan Danesh |
| 1995 |
Janine Watson |
| 1994 |
Catherine Parker |
| 1993 |
Marli Rusen |
| 1992 |
James Fraser |
| 1991 |
Donna Jordan |
| 1990 |
Melina Demakeas |
| 1989 |
Nicola Marotz |
| 1988 |
Patrick O'Rourke |
| 1987 |
Frank Falzon |
| 1986 |
Judith L. Atkins |
| 1985 |
Kieran Bridge |
| 1984 |
Martha O'Brien |
| 1983 |
Allan Seckel |
| 1982 |
Ian Restall |
| 1981 |
Andrew Petter |
| 1980 |
R. Vick Farley |
| 1979 |
Carles Willms |
| 1978 |
Emil Chapelski |
William R. McIntyre Medal
The William R. McIntyre Medal is presented annually to a member of the UVic Law graduating class who, in the opinion of the Faculty, has exhibited the highest qualities of community service, student leadership and academic excellence over the course of the JD or JD/JID program in the Faculty of Law.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Ellison Mallin & Rakshan Ryan Balachandran |
| 2025 | Ashley Wehrhahn |
| 2024 | Kylie Jack |
| 2023 | Jinjae Jeong |
| 2022 | Nyssa Lessingham |
| 2021 | Romi Laskin |
| 2020 | Sarah Pringle |
| 2019 | Rebecca Watmough |
| 2018 | Andhra Azevedo |
| 2017 | Leigh Stansfield |
| 2016 | Gabriella Jamieson & Jessica Steingard |
| 2015 | Cassidy Thompson |
| 2014 | Amanda Aziz |
| 2013 | Alyssa Holland |
| 2012 | Miriam Isman & Meghan McWhinney |
| 2011 | Kyla Schwartz |
| 2010 | Emily Lapper & Claire Farmer |
| 2009 | Karen Ameyaw & Rashida Usman |
| 2008 | Lina Rahman |
| 2007 | Rachel Forbes |
| 2006 | Jennifer Raso |
| 2005 | Raewyn Brewer & Meghan McWhinney |
| 2004 | Emily Down |
| 2003 | Lindsay Cader & Karrie Wolfe |
| 2002 | Eli Gedalof |
| 2001 | Deirdre Sheehan |
| 2000 | James Nelson |
| 1999 | Jason Roth |
| 1998 |
Matthew Pollard |
| 1997 |
Nicole Rhodes & Errin Poyner |
| 1996 |
Helen Cheng & Bonnie Leonard |
| 1995 |
Freya Kodar & Andrew Matheson |
| 1993 |
Lori Assheton-Smith |
| 1992 |
Margaret Currie |
| 1991 |
Patricia Osoko |
| 1990 |
Jennifer Harry |