Deadline: 4 September 2023
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation’s Travel and Learning Awards are available to support individual members of the New Zealand legal community to take up opportunities to learn from others, build networks and relationships, and investigate innovative ideas.
The Borrin Foundation seeks to encourage legal professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand to seek out and bring back new perspectives, relationships, and skills to foster innovation in the legal profession and to make a valuable contribution in years to come.
Funding Information
Pool of funding available: $120,000
How it works
- These awards give legal professionals the opportunity to travel overseas (or within Aotearoa New Zealand) to learn from others, share their learnings, investigate topics/practices that will benefit New Zealand communities, and build relationships and networks. Given difficulties with travel due to COVID-19, funding may also be used for participation in virtual conferences and events.
- The award can be used to fund travel for 2-8 weeks to pursue a practical inquiry, to share knowledge, to build networks or to attend conferences, training or other professional learning opportunities.
- This award can also be used to fund travel for opportunities such as unpaid internships that may span several months for the benefit of the knowledge and experience applicants can acquire and bring back to New Zealand.
- Funding can be used for registration fees, and travel and accommodation costs including per diems if needed, and other travel related costs including economy class airfares.
- Prior academic achievement is not a pre-requisite.
- Holding a practising certificate is not a pre-requisite.
- Preference will be given to those who have shown a level of commitment in their area of work and have the potential to be change makers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to all legal professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand at all stages in their career. This includes members of the judiciary (current and retired Judges), lawyers in the private or public sector, legal academics, and postgraduate law students.
- Legal professionals who are curious and passionate and have a lifelong commitment to justice and service.
- Preference given to applicants working in under-resourced areas of law in New Zealand, or in our strategic focus areas of criminal justice and family law.
Exclusions
Travel and Learning Awards cannot be used:
- As an academic research grant, unless the funding would allow something to happen that the academic would not otherwise be able to pursue.
- To fund professional development that your employer should have the resources to fund itself.
- For study towards academic or professional qualifications.
For more information, visit Borrin Foundation.
