The Melbourne BCL Scholarship at Oxford 2009/2010

The Melbourne Law School has a faculty agreement with the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Under that agreement, Melbourne and Oxford jointly fund an annual scholarship providing £5,000 for a Melbourne University Law graduate to study for the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at Oxford.

The Bachelor of Civil Law is Oxford’s one-year full-time postgraduate program for those who have an outstanding degree from a common law jurisdiction. Among legal practitioners and academics alike, the BCL is one of the most highly esteemed masters-level qualifications in the common law world.

Eligibility
Applicants for the Melbourne BCL scholarship must have completed the Melbourne LLB or the Melbourne JD and must also be admitted into the Oxford BCL for 2009/2010.

The application deadline for the Bachelor of Civil Law program for 2009/2010 is Friday 23 January 2009. Applications should be made in accordance with the procedures published by Oxford University.

Applications
Applications for the Melbourne BCL scholarship should include a full curriculum vitae and a short statement (not exceeding two pages) of the reasons for undertaking the Oxford BCL.

Applications for the Melbourne BCL scholarship should be forwarded no later than Monday 30 March 2009 to:

Vanessa Shaw
Manager
Melbourne Law School Student Centre
The University of Melbourne
T: (613) 8344 6181
F: (613) 8344 0106
E: v.shaw@unimelb.edu.au

Further Information
For further information concerning the Scholarship please contact:

Dr Matthew Harding
Lecturer
Tel: 03 8344 1080
Email: m.harding@unimelb.edu.au

For further information concerning the BCL please contact:

Mr Paul Burns
Academic Administrator
Faculty of Law
The University of Oxford
Email: paul.burns@law.ox.ac.uk