Deadline: 4 September 2023
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is inviting proposals from law graduates demonstrating financial need who wish to obtain a postgraduate degree in law overseas or domestically.
The foundation recognises that while many students aspire to pursue a postgraduate degree in law, structural inequalities, adverse conditions, financial need, and complex personal circumstances may make it more challenging for talented individuals to succeed.
They want to recognise and support law graduates to pursue postgraduate study in law despite financial obstacles and complex life circumstances.
Award Information
Generally, awards of up to $40,000 will be considered for a one-year course of study and up to $80,000 for multiyear courses of study. These figures are indicative, and applications may be made for amounts below or above these suggested figures.
Eligibility
- Be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident.
- Be an LLB graduate from a New Zealand institution (or in your final year) who wishes to advance their law studies.
- Demonstrate financial need that cannot reasonably be met from other sources of funding.
How it would work
Particular consideration will be given to applicants who:
- Belong to a community that is underrepresented in the legal profession, courts, and/or academia, and having a strong connection to this community.
- Have more complex life circumstances affecting their ability to undertake further study (for example: working several jobs to support siblings, parents, wider family, caring for a parent who is elderly, disabled or mentally ill, or other complex circumstances).
- Applications in this round are for programmes commencing on later than August 2024.
- The aim of the scholarship is to support scholars meeting the above eligibility criteria to pursue a post-graduate degree in law at a New Zealand university or at an overseas institution (any jurisdiction) including multi-year degree programmes.
- Funding can be used for costs such as course fees, living expenses, and economy class airfares.
- While funding cannot be provided retrospectively, if you have already started your postgraduate degree you may apply to cover costs not already met for the remainder of your study.
- Preference will be given to candidates who are working to ensure access to justice for underserved communities in New Zealand, or working in an under-resourced area of law, or working in the Foundation’s strategic focus areas of criminal justice, family law or access to civil justice.
- Candidates who are eligible to apply for postgraduate study funding under other Borrin Scholarships or Fellowships are encouraged to do so. That will often be the more appropriate avenue. However, candidates who are eligible to apply for other Borrin Scholarships or Fellowships may apply for a Te Pae Tawhiti Scholarship if they meet the criteria for this scholarship. Please note candidates should not split the amount of funding requested across applications for different scholarships in the same round.
For more information, visit Borrin Foundation.
