Bruce Kercher Conference Scholarships

In recognition of his substantial and ongoing contribution to the field of legal history and the work of the Australian and New Zealand Legal History Society (ANZLHS), the ANZLHS has established 5 Bruce Kercher Conference Scholarships for 2008 which it plans to award as follows:

• 3 for students from an Australian university
• 2 for students from a New Zealand university

Each scholarship winner in 2008 will be provided with:

• A contribution towards or reimbursement of a return economy airfare to the annual ANZLHS conference to be held in Adelaide 11-13 December 2008 to a maximum of A$300 for Australian students and $A500 for NZ students
• Conference registration fees
• 1 years' membership of the ANZLHS
• The opportunity to give a short presentation based on their submitted work to the ANZLHS conference in Adelaide

Scholarship winners are responsible for any balance of their arifares, their accommodation costs in Adelaide and all incidental costs at the conference, and individual universities are requested to provide a stipend to assist the students to meet the costs in this regard. Scholarships are open to any current postgraduate student and any current undergraduate student at third year level or above at an Australian or New Zealand university, preferable studying a degree in law or history. Applicants must submit a piece of written work of 3,000 words or more, written in 2008 on a topic of interest to legal historians. The work can be an essay, seminar paper or research paper submitted as part of their course work, provided any such essay must have been awarded a Distinction/'A' grade or above. It will be acceptable for the applicant to submit a copy of the essay as marked with or without the markers comments and any corrections.

Each applicant is to submit a letter of application that includes:

• short statement of his/her interest in legal history, and his/her future career or academic intentions
• a curriculum vitae
• a short note or letter of recommendation by a member of academic staff familiar with the student and his/her work

Applications are to be submitted to Professor Andrew Buck (President of ANZLHS) by mail or email by 1 August 2008

Professor Andrew Buck
Centre for Comparative Law, History and Governance
Macquarie University
North Ryde, NSW, 2109
or Andrew.Buck@law.mq.edu.au

The Applications will be assessed by a Committee of three, comprising Andrew Buck, as President of ANZLHS, Tim Castle, a Sydney lawyer and member of the ANZLHS executive, and one member of the Adelaide conference organizing committee (Professor Wilf Prest, Professor John Williams, Professor David Lemmings). The Committee's decision will be final, and the Committee reserves the right not to award any of the scholarships. In reaching its decision, the Committee may consult with other members of the ANZLHS Committee as its sees fit, and will also endeavour to ensure that the scholarships are awarded across a range of universities where possible.