SIR JOHN A. MACTAGGART ESSAY PRIZE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
*Please note that we will not be running the essay contest in 2012.
Since 1992, the Environmental Law Centre has sponsored the Sir John A. Mactaggart* Essay Prize in Environmental Law.
This essay competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students attending a recognized law school in Canada. Prizes will be awarded for essays of high quality which address an issue in environmental law which is original, significant and relevant to Canada. Essays should not exceed 12,000 words (including footnotes)and must be submitted in English. Detailed guidelines are available at Guidelines for Authors or by contacting the Environmental Law Centre. Entries are judged anonymously by an independent committee of legal experts.
First prize is a cash award of $500, provided by the Mactaggart Third Fund, plus a bound volume of the author's choice from Carswell. Second prize is a bound volume from Carswell. The winning essays will be submitted to the Journal of Environmental Law and Practice for publication considertion.
Many of the submitted papers are available in the ELC public library.
The essay prize is sponsored by the Mactaggart Third Fund, Friends of the Environmental Law Centre and Carswell.
* Sir John Mactaggart (1867-1956) obtained his first capital by walking to work to save the bus fare. By the end of his life he was the largest and most successful builder and developer in Scotland. He was created a baronet in 1938 for his many benefactions, including the donation of King's Park to the City of Glasgow. He was the first Scottish builder to design and build apartments with gardens, because he believed that all homes, whether for rich or poor, should have an individual green space. He was the original treasurer of the Scottish Socialist Party and of the English Speaking Union.
The present Sir John Mactaggart (b. 1951) is the fourth generation of builders and developers to support the family interest in the protection of the environment. He created the Mactaggart Third Fund, a charitable organization which makes donations all over the world, and which provided the capital for this prize.
Guideline and previous essay winners:
Sir John A. Mactaggart Essay Prize - Guidelines
Sir John A. Mactaggart Essay Prize - Winners