Sparke Helmore Law Scholarship

Scholarship details

Donor

Establishment

Sparke Helmore Lawyers today is truly national award-winning firm that covers five core areas of law and has more than 30 specialised areas of expertise. From our humble beginnings in the Hunter, we’re now over 800 people strong across nine offices, servicing a loyal client base of Australian and global organisations.

Our two Hunter locations currently have a combined 13 partners who are each leaders in their fields and with their teams, service clients across diverse sectors.

We have supported many great businesses over the years and will continue to do so into the future to drive the growth and transformation of our regional economy, The future of the Hunter has never been more positive and our aim is to continue to provide high quality legal services to enable regional businesses to participate in and profit from the continued evolution of Newcastle and the Hunter.

Since 2007 we have provided mentoring for women through our Six Degrees Network and we’ve also supported the University of Newcastle Law Students Association (UNLSA) Women in Law events since 2012. We have supported the School of Law & Justice in many different ways since its inception including a sponsorship of a Chair of Commercial Law in the 1990’s, membership of the Faculty Advisory Board and hosting students as part of their professional workplace experience requirements. A number of our professional staff and partners are graduates of the University’s law school. It gives us a great sense of purpose to nurture and encourage the next generation of talent; it speaks to who we are as a firm and to who we want to continue to be into the future.

We’re also active members of the community through fundraising for local charities and not for profit organisations including as a proud sponsor of the Sparke Helmore Corporate Triathlon, held every year in November and now in its 30th year.

For more information on this scholarship, please review the full Terms and Conditions.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you will need to:

• Be enrolled in 4th year Bachelor of Laws (Honours) with the University of Newcastle.
• You may demonstrate the impact of additional educational disadvantages such as carer, sole parent, long term medical condition/disability, ongoing effects of abuse, regional/remote disadvantage, English Language difficulty, Indigenous, or Refugee.
• Demonstrate academic achievement through a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 or higher
• Demonstrate that the ability to study is affected, or will be affected, by financial hardship.
• Not be the recipient of another University of Newcastle donor-funded or sponsored scholarship concurrently. or Be an Australian citizen, Australian Permanent Resident (includes New Zealand Permanent Residents).

Required Documentation

Required documents will be listed on the ‘Your Documents’ page of your application. The application portal accepts PDF only. A maximum of 3 PDF smaller than 5 MB can be added per document type upload field.

• A personal statement (approx. 1 A4 page) outlining your academic achievements, career aspirations in the relevant area of study, and how this scholarship would assist you. This statement will cover all scholarships you are submitting for.

• Up to 3 documents which demonstrate your academic achievement, such as awards and acknowledgements, participation in enrichment and travel programs or internships, academic competitions or challenges, your portfolio and/or cv.

• You may be required to provide documents to support your educational disadvantage claims. These will be identified when you apply based on your individual application responses.

Benefit

The scholarship provides a total benefit of $5,000, paid following the census date in the semester of award.

Selection

Selection is a competitive process and will be based on assessment of the scholarship application and any required supporting documents, with reference to the eligibility criteria.

College

College of Human and Social Futures

Contact Details

Admissions and Scholarships
Student and Academic Services
University of Newcastle
University Drive
CALLAGHAN NSW 2308

Phone: +61 2 4921 5000
Email: scholarships@newcastle.edu.au