Sydney Law School

Postgraduate coursework scholarships

We have a range of scholarship options for domestic students studying postgraduate law.

To find a scholarship that works for you, browse the full list of postgraduate coursework scholarships for Sydney Law School students in the table below.

This page includes scholarships for both prospective and current domestic students.

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
CA Coghlan and AN Littlejohn Scholarship for the Juris Doctor	$6000	Unconditional offer to study a JD High academic achiever	29 May 2023	31 October 2023
Charles Herbert Currey Memorial Scholarship in Law	Up to $40,000	Currently enrolled in final year of a Baclelor of Laws or a Juris Doctor within the University of Sydney Law School Alumni must be a recent graduate from Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor of the University of Sydney Law School.	01 November 2022	15 January 2023
Charles Herbert Currey Memorial Scholarship for LawWithoutWalls Sprint Program	$2,000	Domestic and international student Currently enrolled in a full-time or part-time Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, Master of Laws and Master of Business Law within the University of Sydney Law School Willing to attend the LawWithoutWalls (LWOW) Sprint program	TBA	TBA
Eric Cunstance Shaw Scholarship	Up to $7000	Regional or remote student Commencing a LLB or Juris Doctor Demonstrate leadership experience, communication skills, personal interests and community engagement	14 December 2022	31 January 2023
Ivan Roberts Scholarship	$50,000	About to graduate from Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor at the University of Sydney Have graduated from a Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor from the University of Sydney within the last 5 years Unconditional offer of admission in a postgraduate degree within the Sydney Law School, or equivalent institution.	16 May 2023	02 July 2023
John O'Brien Memorial Coursework Scholarships	Up to $10,000 p.a.	Master of Criminology student High academic achiever	N/A	27 November 2022
Longworth Scholarship for the Juris Doctor	$20,000	Australian citizen or permanent resident Offer of admission to study the JD full-time Demonstrate financial hardship	30 May 2022	31 December 2022
Peter Cameron Sydney Oxford Scholarship	Up to $60,000	Applied for Bachelors of Civil Law (or equivalent) at the University of Oxford Australian citizen or permanent resident	10 October 2022	21 January 2023
Pitt Cobbett Scholarship	Up to $5,000	Experiencing financial hardship Enrolled in a combined undergraduate law degree or JD	04 April 2022	05 June 2022
Ross Waite Parsons Postgraduate Coursework Law Scholarship	$10,000	Unconditional offer of admission for a master's by coursework program at the Sydney Law School High academic achiever	23 January 2023	31 May 2023
Sydney Law School Exchange Scholarship	$2000	High academic achiever experiencing financial hardship Enrolled in final year of LLB or JD	24 October 2022	13 November 2022
The Justice Peter Hely Scholarship	$20,000	Australian citizen or permanent resident Completed or about to complete a coursework law degree Unconditional offer to study a postgraduate degree	10 October 2022	21 January 2023
The Robinson Family Scholarship for Female Indigenous Students (Law)	$20,000 p.a. (up to 1.5 years)	Domestic student Female Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Enrolled in or have an unconditional offer of admission to an undergraduate or postgraduate degree within the University of Sydney Law School	TBC	TBC
The University of Sydney Law School Dean's Mobility Scholarship	$1,500	Domestic/international student Full-time or part-time student currently enrolled in the Juris Doctor (JD) degree at the University of Sydney Law School have been approved by the University of Sydney Law School to undertake an international moot or School - specific law offshore programs	TBA	TBA
Wigram Allen Scholarship for Juris Doctor Award	$8000	Unconditional offer to study a JD High academic achiever	29 May 2023	31 October 2023
Zoe Hall Memorial Scholarship	up to $6000	Australian citizen or permanent resident Enrolled in final or penultimate year of LLB or JD	06 March 2023	23 April 2023