WMD Law South Coast Work Integrated Learning Scholarship
2021 WMD Law South Coast Work Integrated Learning Scholarship
Work Integrated Learning
The WMD Law provides UOW Law students with the opportunity to gain valuable professional work experience with a progressive firm of lawyers. WMD Law has offices in Sutherland, Sydney CBD, Pennant Hills, Campbelltown, Bega and Merimbula, with a large team of experienced lawyers focusing on family law, commercial litigation, estate planning and litigation and all property related matters.
The WMD Law South Coast Work Integrated Leaning Scholarship is designed to support a UOW Law student from the Bega Valley Shire region to return to their local area for their placement, working at the WMD Law Bega and Merimbula Offices, with an initial week in Sutherland to gain an understanding of the Firm.
Applicants must be available for work experience in the WMD Law Bega and Merimbula Offices during mid-session breaks and/or at the end of the year. The scholarship recipient could work at the Sutherland office for a week to get to know the firm and then spend their remaining time at Bega and Merimbula offices. Scheduling of experiential placement is to be negotiated between the Scholar and Donor at the time of offer and cannot impose on the successful applicant's study timetable. The applicant must complete a total of sixty (60) days or 456 working hours, commencing in 2021.
Applicants are asked to provide a one page statement outlining their connection to the Bega Valley Shire, and how the scholarship will assist them with their career ambitions.
Open from 04/Aug/2021 to 12/Sep/2021
Value
$10,000 per annum
Duration
One (1) Year
Level of Enrolment
Fourth Year
Graduate Type
Undergraduate
Number Available
One (1)
Year of Scholarship
2021
Degree
Bachelor of Laws
Offer Type
Scholarship
Category
Work Integrated Learning
Broad Study Area
Law
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
Application Criteria
Applicants must remain enrolled in an undergraduate degree at any onshore campus at the University of Wollongong for the duration of this scholarship
Applicants must remain enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Wollongong for the duration of this scholarship
Applicants must maintain a minimum Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 65
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or Australian Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder.
Applicants must be enrolled in their penultimate year in 2021, and entering their final year in 2022, of a Bachelor of Laws;
Applicants must be available for work experience in the WMD Law Bega and Merimbula Offices during mid-session breaks and/or at the end of the year. Scheduling of experiential placement is to be negotiated between the Scholar and Donor at the time of offer and cannot impose on the successful applicant¿s study timetable. The applicant must complete a total of sixty (60) days or 456 working hours, commencing in 2021.
Applicants must originate from, or have resided in, the Bega Valley Shire.
Applicants must provide a one page statement outlining their connection to the Bega Valley Shire, and how the scholarship will assist with their career ambitions.
