to benefit New Zealand
Ethel Benjamin Scholarship (For Women)
In 1997 the Trustees of the New Zealand Law Foundation decided to mark the centenary of the admission of Ethel Benjamin as the first woman barrister and solicitor in New Zealand.
To that end they established this scholarship as a merit based award to outstanding women law scholars. See the terms of reference for more information.
$25,000
University:
BA/LLB (Hons) University of Canterbury
Studying at:
University College London
Area of study:
LLM in Environmental Law and Policy
$25,000
University:
BA/LLB (Hons) University of Auckland
Studying at:
University of Michigan
Area of study:
LLM focusing on International Human Rights and Refugee Law
2009 : Katherine (Kate) Frances Marion Wevers
$25,000
University:
BSc/LLB (Hons) University of Otago
Studying at:
Harvard University
Area of study:
Master of Laws focusing on law and biotechnology
$25,000
University:
LLB (Hons)/B.Com Canterbury
Studying at:
Cambridge University
Area of study:
LLM focusing on international environmental law (climate change)
$50,000
University:
Victoria University of Wellington
Studying at:
Yale University
Area of study:
The interface between public and private law.
$15,000
University:
LLB(Hons)/BA Victoria
Studying at:
Columbia University School of Law
Area of study:
LLM specialising in Human Rights and Media Law
$15,000
University:
LLB (Hons) Canterbury
Studying at:
New York University
Area of study:
LLM specialising in Energy and Climate Change Law & Policy
$15,000
University:
Auckland
Studying at:
Yale University
Area of study:
LLM specialising in Constitutional and Administrative Law
$15,000
University:
Auckland (LLB) Victoria (LLM)
Studying at:
Yale University
Area of study:
LLM specialising in Legal Philosophy and International Law
$25,000
University:
Otago
Studying at:
Oxford University, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Area of study:
DPhil