Ward Hadaway sponsor two scholarships to students on the LLB programme within the Law School.
Each scholarship award will involve the payment of £1,000 at the beginning of Stage 2 by Ward Hadaway, as well as the entitlement to two weeks work experience with Ward Hadaway paid at £100 per week.
This particular award is focused on academic high performers and those looking to continue into a law career in the North East after graduation. Ward Hadaway will be involved in the selection process, but the final decision must be agreed by the Law School.
LLB students and those taking part in the European Legal Studies stream are eligible to be considered.
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) will fund up to two scholarships of £500 each in the 2017/18 academic year, which will be awarded to students on the LLB programme within the Law School.
The scholarships will be awarded to students at the beginning of Stage 2, and will entitle successful applicants to a single payment of £500 and a week-long placement with Womble Bond Dickinson LLP (at a time to be arranged with WBD).
The scholarships will be awarded to the highest-achieving students who have entered the Law School through the PARTNERS supported entry route, based on a combination of their results in Stage 1 and essay submissions.
Newcastle Law School is committed to awarding outstanding achievement and attracting students of the highest calibre from around the world.
We are pleased to offer 2 partial scholarships for 2018 entry to new international LLB students admitted to study on the LLB programme offered by the Law School. Each scholarship is worth £9000 with payment of the award being split over the course of the 3 year LLB degree programme on a pro rata basis of £3000 a year. (Maximum award is £9000).
Eligibility and Award Criteria:
• You must be classified as international/overseas for tuition fee purposes; • You must achieve at a minimum 3 A’s at A-level or the equivalent; • You must hold an offer of a study place at Newcastle Law School and begin your full-time LLB studies in the year in which the award is made; • No application is required; scholarship decisions are made on the basis of a candidate’s application information; • The scholarship takes the form of a tuition fee reduction.
Selection Criteria
This is a competitive scholarship based on academic merit, achievement and potential; evidence of which will be derived from the candidate’s application information. Financial circumstances of the candidates are not taken into account.
Alumni
Our Alumni Scholarships (Stage 1 Achievement through Adversity Grants and Stage 2 Alumni Scholarship) are funded by the generous gifts of the alumni of the Law School, and is in recognition of the need to reinvest and support successive groups of students studying at Newcastle as the costs of Higher Education increase.
The Law School’s Achievement through Adversity Grants seek to support current Stage One students who have demonstrated a high-level of commitment to their studies (both past and current) and who continue to make significant achievements in the face of past, current or on-going adversity.
Up to 10 awards of £500 will be made at the beginning of Semester 2. These grants are designed to support you through your studies by helping with general living costs and expenses. They are non-repayable and can be spent on anything from rent and books to household bills and travel expenses. The 'Achievement through Adversity Grant' is a one-off grant and paid only in the first year of study. In order to be eligible for one of these Grants students must:
be a registered Stage 1 student;
be able to demonstrate a commitment to the degree programme. The selection panel will look to a variety of factors in assessing this criterion, including e.g.: attendance; submission of formative coursework; and the academic reference, ideally one provided by a seminar leader;
have demonstrable academic potential, as judged by pre-University qualifications and academic performance during Semester 1 at University; and
be able to indicate in their supporting statement how they have overcome, or are overcoming adversity, and to outline how the Grant will support their studies. The grants are particularly intended to support Widening Participation students and/or those who entered University through the PARTNERS route, and preference may be given to those students.
Grant recipients will be encouraged to consider applying to become student ambassadors to assist with open day events and other recruitment activity.
Applications must be submitted by Monday 7th January 2019 to: Jane Hagger (jane.hagger@newcastle.ac.uk) with a CV, supporting statement, and separately submitted academic reference.
Students intending to submit an application should approach a suitable academic referee, such as one of their seminar leaders, with sufficient notice and time to complete a reference, and the academic referee should provide the reference on the student’s behalf directly to Jane Hagger.
The Stage 2 Scholarship will consist of two awards of £1500 to students at the beginning of Year 2 and will be awarded on the basis of academic merit as well as recognition of circumstances where a student is overcoming, or has overcome, adversity in order to pursue LLB degree studies at Newcastle.
Students are advised of the application process and deadline at the end of their first year of study.
One condition of the Stage 2 awards is that recipients will be expected to meet with donors at alumni events and, if appropriate, may be asked to provide comments and/or photographs for future publicity.
The Newcastle University International Postgraduate Scholarship (NUIPS) awards are for international students from outside of the EU who enrol on any taught programme at Newcastle.
Each scholarship is for £1,500 per year, payable towards tuition fees. For more information please see our Postgraduate Funding & Finance page.
Newcastle Law School has a limited number of scholarships available to international and home / EU students intending to pursue studies at Newcastle University in one of the following programmes:
The scholarships range from £2,500 (UK/EU) to £3,000 (International) each and they are payable towards the tuition fees. Tuition fees for 2019 (subject to change) are as follows: Home/EU students:
full time £7,410 part time £3,705
international: full time £17,370
ELIGIBILITY
The Sir Mark Waller Postgraduate Law Scholarships are awarded exclusively on academic merit in recognition of academic excellence. This includes:
Recent Graduates
Undergraduates completing their course before September 2019
Those currently completing professional legal qualifications
Non-Law Graduates in a discipline related to the programme
International and home / EU students
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence in results achieved up until and including the closing date (see below) which is commensurate with a First or high 2:1 (Honours) degree award or the equivalent.
Applicants must be a holder of an offer (conditional or unconditional) for one of the School’s LLM programmes.
Applicants whose first language is not English and who have not undertaken any programme of study in which English is the medium of instruction will be required to show adequate language proficiency for postgraduate study in Law. Our requirement is IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.5 in writing.
CLOSING DATE
The School will make two calls inviting the holders of an LLM offer (conditional or unconditional) to apply for the School’s Scholarship. Interested candidates must submit a personal statement no longer than one A4 page explaining the outstanding academic merits that put them in this category, pointing to the evidence that supports their claim- such as results at university, or through prizes for competitions with a strong academic element. This statement should be emailed to Ms Gemma Hayton gemma.hayton@newcastle.ac.uk according to the below deadlines:
First call: is made on 1st May 2019 and the closing date is Tuesday 7th 17:00.
Second call: is made on 15th July 2019 and the closing date is Monday 15th 17:00.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Gemma Hayton
We offer partial tuition fee scholarships of £2,000 to the top five students from Jilin University.
Candidates must have successfully completed either a four-year Bachelors programme or a Masters programme at Jilin University School of Law with a minimum average score of 85%.
If you would like more information, please contact Gemma Hayton for details.
In addition, the University offers a 20% reduction in postgraduate tuition fees for all Alumni who are self-funding their study. Please see the University page on the Alumni Tuition Fee Discount for more information.
The University also has a range of other postgraduate scholarships for applicants from South and North America, Asia and Africa.
The Bar Access Fund is generously funded by an alumni of Newcastle Law School to support students who wish to pursue a career at the Bar.
The Fund allows the Law School to fund 12 bursaries of up to £300 each. Bursaries may be claimed for expenses incurred in connection with the process of applying to practise at the Bar (for example, mini-pupillages) and may cover travel, accommodation and other reasonable expenditure.
Application Process
Applications for a bursary should be made by statement of intent by email to the School Administrator, Jane Hagger.
In the statement of intent, students should outline:
how the bursary is to be used in connection with a career at the Bar, with an indication of supporting evidence; and
the total amount requested (up to £300), with a breakdown of expenses to be incurred.
Deadline
Reflecting the fact that Bar activities are conducted throughout the academic year, there is no deadline for applications. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, as and when submitted. Applications must be received at least 4 weeks prior to the intended expenditure. 12 bursaries are available in the course of each academic year.
Any queries about the Bar Access Fund should be directed to Jane Hagger.
