Sylvie McClean Memorial Award in Law

Award descriptionA $14,750 award has been made available through an endowment established in memory of Marie-Claire Sylvie McClean (1933-2019), for domestic J.D. students with outstanding academic achievement who demonstrate financial need. Sylvie was born in Algeria. She earned a L.es L. and a D.E.S from the University of Paris Sorbonne, and received an M.A. from UBC in 1968. She taught French at UBC and in several high schools. Sylvie was an advocate for womens rights and education. She wrote her M.A. thesis on Colette and Simone de Beauvoir, and published a biography on Evlyn Fenwick Farris in 1997. Sylvie and her husband Bertie, a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, regularly hosted tutorials in their home for Law students enrolled in Berties Real Property class. This academic award is made on the recommendation of the Peter A. Allard School of Law.