to benefit New Zealand
2010 Ethel Benjamin Scholarship (For Women)
Sarah Nolan
BA/LLB (Hons) University of Canterbury
The two women lawyers who received the 2010 scholarship are Sarah Nolan and Adrienne Anderson, both from Auckland. They each receive $25,000 to assist their post-graduate study.
Sarah will begin studying towards an LLM at the University College of London in late September. She plans to further her interest in resource management and environmental law, specialising in Environmental Law and Policy.
Sarah studied at the University of Canterbury and graduated in 2007 with a BA majoring in Geography and an LLB with first class honours. Her honours dissertation was entitled 'Affected persons under the Resource Management Act 1991' and was published in 'Resource Management Theory and Practice' and 'Canterbury Law Review' journals.