Matthew recently finished his second year of law school at Western University. He received a Dean of Law Entrance Scholarship (which covers tuition for the first two years of law school). He was awarded the Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Award for being one of the top three students in first year, and the Faculty Association Scholarship for standing first in his class. He also won course awards for Property and Tort Law, as well as the Harold G. Fox Education Fund Award for outstanding academic achievement. Before law school, he completed his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at Western, studying History at Huron University College. He was the gold medallist for his graduating class and received the Jordan Propas Award for Community Involvement. His undergraduate research took him to the British National Archives in London, where he researched German espionage operations during the First World War. In law school, Matthew has been very active in mooting. In his first year, he won the provincial Hicks Morley Cup and was a finalist in the Legate Medical Malpractice Moot. This year, he competed in the Phillip C. Jessup Public International Law Moot, where his team advanced to the international rounds and he was recognized as one of the top five oralists in Canada. He has also been actively involved with the Western Journal of Legal Studies. He is currently the editor-in-chief, having previously served as a staff editor and managing editor. Before starting law school, he worked in a museum where he did local history research and curated exhibits. In his free time, Matthew enjoys theatre, reading, and dreaming of the day the Blue Jays finally turn things around.