Bar Fellowship
Institute of Advanced Policy Research, University of Calgary (2008)
• Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation Graduate Scholarship (2007-2008)
Insights
• E. David D. Tavender, Q.C. and Rachel A. Howie, Payment of Arbitration Fees and Costs (2013) 22 Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal 25
• Recent Decisions on Arbitral Jurisdiction: Stay and Appeal Issues, GAR Arbitration Review of the Americas 2014, October 2013
• Co-author, Canada in James H Carter, ed, The International Arbitration Review , 4th ed (London: Law Business Research Ltd., 2013)
• Fair and Equitable Treatment under NAFTA (LCIA Young International Arbitration Group E-Newsletter January, 2013)
• Arbitral Jurisdiction in Canada: Recent Decisions, GAR Arbitration Review of the Americas 2013, November 2012
• Bernard J Roth and Rachel A Howie Land-Use Planning and Natural Resource Rights: The Alberta Land Stewardship Act (2011) 29 Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 471
• Brave New World, Animal Farm and the Lorax: A Literary Analysis of the Alberta Land Stewardship Act from a Practitioner's Perspective, May 2010
• Canadian Encyclopedia Digest, 4th Edition on Aviation - Published by Carswell
• Co-author, Builders' Liens for Lean Times, LESA Construction Law Seminar, April 2009
• Thomas W. Walde and Fair and Equitable Treatment (2009) 27 Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 377 (As Rachel A. Hird)
• H. Treacy, J. Jantzi and R. Hird, Secondary Market Civil Liability: a Sword for Investors or a Shield for Issuers and Other Market Participants? (2009) Ann. Rev. Civ. Lit. 487
Presentations
• Panel Co-Chair, Trends and Developments in International Investment Agreements: Lessons Learned and Prospects for 2014 and Beyond at the American Bar Association Section of International Law Spring Meeting, April 2014 Member: Activities and Affiliations
• Vice-Chair, ABA Section of International Law's, International Investment and Development Committee (2013-2014)
• Member of the Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners
• Member of the Law Society of Alberta
• Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member of the Calgary Bar Association
Community Involvement and Pro Bono
Current Firm Activities
• Volunteer with the Alberta Provincial Court (Civil) Duty Counsel Project
• Member of Dentons Calgary's Diversity Committee