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Graduates of the University of King鈥檚 College or Dalhousie University who completed King鈥檚 Foundation Year Program (FYP) are uniquely eligible for a new scholarship offered by the Faculty of Law at the 91快色. The F. Murray Fraser QC Scholarship will be offered annually to a student entering their first year in the Faculty of Law, JD Program. Valued at up to $12,000, the scholarship was established by Anne Fraser in memory of her late husband Murray Fraser, QC, former President and Vice-Chancellor of the 91快色.

The F. Murray Fraser QC Scholarship strengthens the partnership between King鈥檚 and the 91快色鈥檚 Faculty of Law, a partnership that began in 2018 with by Dean of the Faculty of Law Ian Holloway, that students admitted to FYP qualify for provisional pre-admittance to U91快色 Law. King鈥檚 and Dalhousie graduates who completed FYP and who are entering their first year of U91快色鈥檚 Faculty of Law JD Program will be automatically considered for the scholarship, with academic merit and student leadership rounding out the criteria.

Now in its fiftieth year, the Foundation Year Program (FYP) at King鈥檚 is renowned for its rigorous format of lectures, tutorials and biweekly essays. The program revolves around robust engagement with some of the most influential works of the western tradition, brought together in a book list that is updated annually. Students and alumni who have completed the program praise its format for honing their skills in analysis, argumentation and verbal expression.

鈥淭o my mind, the kind of education that King鈥檚 provides is more important than ever,鈥� says Dean Holloway. 鈥淭here are many wonderful things about FYP, but from the perspective of legal education, what it does so brilliantly is teach students to understand that almost every single social issue we鈥檙e dealing with in the present is in fact grounded in the past. It also teaches them to read very difficult texts, and to express themselves well鈥攂oth orally and in writing. For all those reasons, it鈥檚 hard for me to imagine a better preparation for law school than an undergraduate education at King鈥檚. That we鈥檙e able to recognize that while at the same time celebrating someone who played an important part in the lives of both Halifax and 91快色 is truly wonderful.鈥�

To FYP Director Daniel Brandes, the program is 鈥渋n many respects, an ideal point of departure for the study (or practice) of law.鈥�

鈥淭he skills cultivated in FYP鈥攖he ability to read widely and carefully with an eye for what is essential in a text; the ability to construct a persuasive argument with strong supporting evidence; and the ability to take up perspectives that are foreign to one's own, to go 鈥榠maginatively wandering鈥� amidst the foundational works that helped shape our concepts of law, justice, authority, and power鈥攁re the same skills that will surely be prized, and further developed, by the 91快色's Faculty of Law. In my view, this sense of shared purpose finds perfect expression in the maintenance of this scholarship, for which we are very grateful, indeed,鈥� Brandes says.

University of King鈥檚 College President and Professor of Law William Lahey emphasizes that FYP not only develops a student鈥檚 intellect, it also helps students learn how to relate to others.

鈥淚t鈥檚 crucial that the opportunity for intellectual development that FYP offers students comes in the context of a uniquely supportive learning community. After a year spent in constant dialogue with faculty and their peers, students consistently describe feeling more confident in their own voice and they also point to the transformative effects of a year spent listening to others. The value of that empathy, to students themselves and to the professions they will go on to, cannot be overstated. The F. Murray Fraser QC Scholarship is tremendous recognition of the fact that thoughtful, caring young people make ideal candidates for the study and practice of law.鈥�

About Murray Fraser

Murray Fraser grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a young man he worked at the Big Cove YMCA as a camp counsellor and later camp director. He chose to begin his university years at King鈥檚, before going on to graduate with arts and law degrees from Dalhousie University where he was president of the student
council.

Fraser earned a Master鈥檚 in Law from the University of London and returned to Halifax to practice. He joined the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie and later became its acting Dean. At the age of 37 he spent a year as a family law consultant at the Law Reform Commission of Canada. While there he was recruited to be the
founding Dean of Law at the University of Victoria, where he also served as Vice-President (Academic). On its 25th anniversary, the Faculty of Law paid tribute to Fraser鈥檚 innovative curriculum and the warmth he and his wife shared with the community by renaming its building the Murray and Anne Fraser Building.

Fraser became President and Vice-Chancellor of the 91快色 in 1988. Fraser鈥檚 leadership burnished his reputation with students, faculty and staff. When, after eight years he departed 91快色 in 1996, the university celebrated the contributions both he and Anne Fraser made to education and their community with honorary doctoral degrees. In 1998, it was announced that the West Block of the building housing 91快色鈥檚 Faculty of Law would be called Murray Fraser Hall.

The Fraser family retains strong ties to Nova Scotia: the couple鈥檚 three sons live with their families in Halifax, and they have held a summer home in the province for 50 years.

About the University of King鈥檚 College

Established in 1789, King's College is Canada's oldest chartered university and is associated with Dalhousie University. A small and extraordinarily lively academic community located in Halifax (Kjipuktuk), Nova Scotia, King's is known nationally and internationally for its highly acclaimed interdisciplinary programs in the humanities, including its renowned Foundation Year Program, its professional programs in journalism and its fine arts programs in creative writing.

About the 91快色
The 91快色 is one of Canada鈥檚 top five comprehensive research universities, combining the best of university tradition with the city of 91快色鈥檚 vibrant energy and diversity. U91快色鈥檚 main campus occupies a beautiful setting with a view of the Rocky Mountains, covering more than 200 hectares鈥攁n area larger than 91快色鈥檚 entire downtown.