Australian Academy of Law Prizes and Scholarships

Australian Academy of Law Annual Essay Prize

The Australian Academy of Law offers an Annual Essay Prize, which was launched in 2015.

The Prize is open to anyone, wherever resident, who is studying or has studied legal subjects at a tertiary level, or who is working or has worked in a law-based occupation. There is no limit by reference to the age or seniority or experience of, or position held by, a person who may submit an entry. Accordingly, judicial officers, legal practitioners, legal academics and law students are all eligible to submit an essay.

The amount of the Prize is $10,000.

In the first half of the year, the Academy announces the offering of its Annual Essay Prize for the year. There is a different topic for each year. Please check carefully for the current or latest announcement of the Annual Essay Prize.

More information can be found below

 More Information         Past Winners and their Essays

Australian Academy of Law First Nations Scholarship

The Australian Academy of Law offers each year the Australian Academy of Law First Nations Scholarship for a First Nations final year law student studying for the LLB or JD or combined Law degree at any Australian law school, or the Diploma in Law through the NSW Law Extension Committee (LEC).

The amount of the award is $6000 for one year only.

The notice for the scholarship has more information and the selection criteria

More Information             Past Winners

Australian Academy of Law Research Grants

An application for an Australian Academy of Law (AAL) Research Grant may be made by an individual, whether a law student (undergraduate or postgraduate), a law academic, a legal practitioner or a judicial officer and in each case whether still “in practice” or not. 

An applicant must be either an Australian citizen or permanent resident and must be conducting their research at or through an Australian university.

The proposed research may be empirical, theoretical, doctrinal or practical.

The total amount available for this financial year is $25,000.

The criteria are:

• the extent to which the proposed research accords with the AAL’s objects;
• its importance;
• its originality;
• its feasibility; and
• its value for money.

More Information     Past Recipients

Australian Academy of Law Michael Coper Memorial Prize

The Australian Academy of Law established this prize in 2019 for the Winner of the Paper Presentation Competition by the Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) in the amount of $2,500.  The Competition is run annually and participants come from all law schools affiliated with ALSA.