NZLF Doctoral Scholarship

The New Zealand Law Foundation Doctoral Scholarship aimed to encourage postgraduate study and research in law in New Zealand.

This Scholarship is no longer offered and information is provided for historic purposes only.

The scholarship was awarded to doctoral candidates to carry out research in a defined area of the law for the benefit of New Zealand and its legal system. The inaugural award of this scholarship was made in 2011 but then the scholarship was withdrawn. In 2016 it was reviewed and was offered again twice a year until February 2019 under different terms of reference as a ‘top up’ to the award of an NZ University PhD Scholarship.  In total six academics have benefited from this scholarship.

Value: $10,000 each year for up to three years.

Terms of Reference

NZLF Doctoral Scholarship Recipients 2011-2018

No award was made in 2019 and the scholarship was discontinued.

2018 : Claire Browning BA, LLB (Hons) (Otago) PhD study at University of Otago About the recipient and their research
2018 : Michael Morrison LLB / BCA (Hon) (VUW); CTPS (Dist.)(Oxon); MBHL (Dist) (Otago) PhD study at University of Otago About the recipient and their research
2017 : Nikita Melashchenko LLB (St Petersburg, Russia) ; LLM (St Petersburg); LLM (Vanderbilt, USA) PhD study at Victoria University of Wellington About the recipient and their research
2017 : Mark Wright LLB (Hons) / BCom (Otago); LLM (Cambridge) PhD study at University of Canterbury About the recipient and their research
2016 : Kesia Sherwood BA (Otago); LLB (Otago). PhD study at University of Otago About the recipient and their research
2012-2015 : No award was made
2011 : Bridgette Toy-Cronin BA (Auck); LLM (Harv). PhD study at University of Otago About the recipient and their research