School of Law

Andrew Inglis Clark has been described as the 'true architect of the Australian Constitution'. He was a distinguished lawyer, the Attorney-General of Tasmania, a parliamentarian, a member of the various conventions which created the federal constitution and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania.

This Scholarship is available to a student who has completed undergraduate study in law, history or classics at honours level and who is undertaking studies towards a higher degree in law, history or legal history at the University of Tasmania. It is also available to a University of Tasmania student who is undertaking studies towards a higher degree in law or history at an overseas tertiary institution approved by the relevant University of Tasmania school or faculty.

John Francis Arthur Burke was born in Tasmania and educated at St Virgil's College in Hobart. He worked most of his life as a general and psychiatric nurse in the New South Wales health System.

In his estate, Mr Burke arranged to endow a scholarship in the Faculty of Law to allow graduates of the Faculty of pursue postgraduate study in the United Kingdom. This scholarship is valued at approximately $5000.

The McDougall Postgraduate Scholarship is available to students who have completed a Bachelor of Law with Honours (or its equivalent); or a Masters of Laws at an approved tertiary institution and who wish to undertake studies towards a higher degree in Law at the University of Tasmania; or graduates of the University of Tasmania who wish to undertake studies towards a higher degree in Law at an Australian or overseas tertiary institution. The award is not available to full-time academic staff or previously successful applicants.

The total value of the Scholarship is determined annually but is expected to in the region of approximately $7,500.

This scholarship was established to honour the memory of the late Frank Neasey AO. Neasey was an honours graduate in Law at the University of Tasmania, a respected legal practitioner, and a distinguished judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania for 27 years.

This scholarship is available to a student who has completed the Bachelor of Laws with Honours (or its equivalent) or Masters of Laws at an approved tertiary institution, to undertake studies towards a higher degree in law at the University of Tasmania.

This scholarship is valued at approximately $500.

The Sir Henry Baker Memorial Fellowship is available to graduates of the University of Tasmania for study or research in the disciplines of Law or Political Science. The Fellowship may be held in conjunction with other awards and is available either on a full-time or part-time basis. It is tenable at the University of Tasmania or, with the approval of the Selection Committee, at an interstate or overseas institution.

The rules of the award are sufficiently flexible to allow for applications from postgraduate students seeking support for higher degree studies as well as practitioners in law, administration and related fields wishing to make shorter-term investigations of some aspect of professional practice.

While the Selection Committee may support a general program, preference is normally given to applicants who propose to undertake a specific project in an area of study that is of particular benefit to Australia.

The Selection Committee will determine the duration and value of the award according to the circumstances of the particular application and the research project.

The total value of the Fellowship is determined annually but is expected to be in the region of approximately $2,500.

The Kate Warner AC Prize is available to students who are undertaking studies towards a higher degree in Law at the University of Tasmania. To be eligible for this prize, students must not have received a full-time postgraduate scholarship. The applicant’s financial situation will also be taken into account.

The total value of the prize is to be determined annually based on the accumulated capital funds and interest earnings. The Faculty may, when appropriate, contribute additional funds to the capital amount.

The spirit of this prize is to enable disadvantaged students to undertake or complete their postgraduate studies with the Faculty of Law who would otherwise struggle financially to do so.
Rules:

1. The original endowment together with any accumulation of income from time to time added shall form the fund known as the Kate Warner Fund.
2. The income from the Fund shall be used to provide one or more prizes to be awarded to students to undertake postgraduate studies towards a higher degree in any field of Law at the University of Tasmania.
3. The prize will be awarded to students who have not received a full-time postgraduate scholarship. It will also take into account: (a) the student’s economic and personal circumstances; and (b) other available funds, including scholarships and prizes, to which the student has access.
4. Awards of the prize shall be made by the Postgraduate Scholarships Committee of the Faculty of Law (‘the Committee’).
5. An award shall be tenable for a period of time determined by the Committee.
6. For the purposes of the award, a student is a person who has been accepted into Law postgraduate studies at the University of Tasmania.
7. The value of the prize shall be determined by the Committee taking account of advice from the Scholarship and Prizes Office regarding the income of the fund.
8. The Committee will also determine all other matters concerning the scholarship – including the frequency of awards, the closing date for applications, and the criteria and method of selection.