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OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL — In addition to earning his Juris Doctor degree, David Heppenstall graduates with a final year average of A, six extra credits, and multiple graduation awards. David is honoured to have been selected to receive the following prizes for course and subject areas, and for excellence beyond academic achievement:
- 🏅 The Honourable Paul Bentley ’77 Prize for Professionalism awarded to the student in the Trial Advocacy course who best embodies the late Justice Paul Bentley’s qualities of civility, gentility and professionalism.
- 🏅 Osgoode Hall Law Journal Prize awarded to the Senior Editor of the Journal who has demonstrated a commitment to legal scholarship and the collective endeavor of publishing outstanding legal articles.
- 🏅 Student Honour Award awarded to members of the graduating class for making an outstanding contribution to student activities as selected by a committee of the Legal and Literary Society of Osgoode Hall Law School.
David is tremendously grateful to the donors who have contributed to these prizes, and to the nominators for their consideration.
The virtual graduation ceremony at York University accorded with public health guidelines due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.