McKercher LLP donates $900K to broaden educational experience for USask Law students – University of Saskatchewan

Jun 12, 2025

Students at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Law will gain a greater understanding of Indigenous law and its deep connection to the land when a new, immersive course is launched in the college with the support of McKercher LLP.

The law firm’s $900,000 donation includes $500,000 to help the College of Law develop and teach this new upper-year land-based learning course. Students will spend time out on the land and learn how Indigenous laws flow from the relationship Indigenous peoples have with the land, upholding their traditional responsibilities to care for and protect it.

McKercher LLP is also donating $125,000 to make the Robert Emes Award for Clinical Law a permanent, annual award. Emes (JD’19) received the bronze medal as the student with the third-highest average in his graduating class. He was an associate at McKercher LLP when he passed away suddenly in September 2023.

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