Prizes

The Sydney Law School is undertaking a major review of all prizes and scholarships.

Conditions of award and value of these prizes and scholarships may vary as a consequence of this review.

Award

For

Value

Aaron Levine Prize Proficiency in Criminal Law $350
Allens Arthur Robinson Prizes Proficiency in Competition Law or Advanced Contracts $500 each
Andrew M. Clayton Memorial Prize - Clayton Utz Proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law and Law, Lawyers and Justice $500
ANJel Akira Kawamura Prize in Japanese Law Proficiency in Japanese Law $750
ANJeL Blake Dawson Essay Prize for the best research essay on Japanese Law $1000
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Prize Proficiency in Corporations Law $250
Australian Taxation Office Prize in Taxation Law Proficiency in Australian Income Tax and Avanced Taxation Law $1000
Barbara Nye Prize Proficiency in Comparative Law $100
Blake Dawson Prize Proficiency in Personal Taxation $200
Blake Dawson Prize Proficiency in Business Taxation $200
Blake Dawson Prize Proficiency in Environmental Law $200
Bruce Panton Macfarlan Prize Proficiency in Advanced Corporate Law $500
C A Hardwick Prize Proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law(or Admin Law) $250
Caroline Munro Gibbs Prize Proficiency in Torts $500
Christopher C Hodgekiss Prize Proficiency in Competition Law $250
Dudley Williams Prize Honours graduand placed 2nd in order of merit $175
E.D. Roper Memorial Prize No 1 First for Equity and Corporate Law $350
E.D. Roper Memorial Prize No 2 Second for Equity and Corporate Law $220
Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize in International Law Proficiency in International Law $300
E.M. Mitchell Prize Proficiency in Contracts $90
Edward John Culey Prize Proficiency in Real Property and Equity $150
Freehills Prize Proficiency in Contracts $500
Freehills Prize Proficiency in Torts and Contracts II $500
Gair Blunt Scholarship Based on application of submission paper $5000
George and Matilda Harris Scholarship I Proficiency in Law II $3000
George and Matilda Harris Scholarship IIA Proficiency in 2nd year of Graduate Law $1500
George and Matilda Harris Scholarship IIB Proficiency in 3rd year of Combined Law $1250
Harmer's Workplace Lawyers Law Prize Proficiency in Anti-Discrimination Law $500
Harmer's Workplace Lawyers Prize Proficiency in Labour Law $500
Ian Joye Prize Proficiency in Law 2 and Law 3 $2400
Ivan Roberts Scholarship Most distinguished graduate in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) $5000
J.H. McClemens Memorial Prize No 1 Proficiency in Criminology $1800
John Geddes Prize Proficiency in Equity $80
John George Dalley Prize IA Proficiency in final year of Combined Law $750
John George Dalley Prize IB Proficiency in final year of Graduate Law $750
John Warwick McClusky Memorial Prize Proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law and Family Law $500
Joye Prize Awarded to student (s) gaining University Medal $3600
Julius and Reca Stone Award For creative achievement displayed in essays in International Law and Jurisprudence $100
Julius Stone Prize Proficiency in Sociological Jurisprudence $125
Kevin Dufty Memorial Prize Proficiency in the subjects Real Property and Conveyancing $325
Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies I Proficiency in Chinese Law $250
Law Society of NSW Prize Proficiency in Law, Lawyers and Justice $1000
LexisNexis Prize No 1 Proficiency in law units in year 1 Combined Law Book voucher
LexisNexis Prize No 2 Proficiency in law units in year 2 Combined Law Book voucher
LexisNexis Prize No 3 Proficiency in law units in year 3 Combined Law Book voucher
LexisNexis Prize No 4 Proficiency in law units in year 1 - Grad LLB Book voucher
LexisNexis Prize No. 5 Proficiency in law units in year 2 – Grad LLB Book voucher
Mallesons Stephen Jaques Prize Proficiency in Banking & Financial Instruments $250
Margaret Darymple Hay Prize Proficiency in Law, Lawyers and Justice $150
Margaret Ethel Peden Prize Proficiency in Real Property $150
Minter Ellison Prize Proficiency in Intellectual Property $250
Minter Ellison Scholarship Most distinguished student commencing 4th year of Combined Law $500
Monahan Prize Proficiency in Litigation $600
Mr Justice Stanley Vere Toose Memorial Prize Proficiency in Family Law $100
Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prizes To first 5 candidates for LLB who obtain first class honours at graduation $200
New South Wales Bar Association RG Henderson Memorial Prize Awarded to the student gaining the University Medal $250

New South Wales Justices' Association Prize

Proficiency in Administrative Law $250
New South Wales Women Justices' Association Prize Proficiency in Family Law $100
Peter Cameron Sydney Oxford Scholarship To enable a Law graduand/graduate to undertake a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), or equivalent law degree as determined by the Dean, at the University of Oxford $40,000
Peter Paterson Prize Best student contribution in the Sydney Law Review $150
Pitt Cobbett Prize Proficiency in Administrative Law $100
Pitt Cobbett Prize Proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law $35
Pitt Cobbett Prize Proficiency in International Law $75
Playfair Prize Proficiency in Migration Law $250
Rose Scott Prize Proficiency at graduation by a woman student $300
Sir Alexander Beattie Prize in Industrial Law Proficiency in Employment and Industrial Law $250
Sir John Peden Memorial Prize Proficiency in Foundations of Law, Federal Constitutional Law, International Law and Real Property $1250
Sir Peter Heydon Prize Best undergraduate contribution to Sydney Law Review in Federal Constitutional, Administrative Law or International Law $150
Sybil Morrison Prize Proficiency in Jurisprudence $500
The Justice Peter Hely Scholarship Academic performance in the Bachelor of Laws or Master of Laws, or equivalent, and community service $14000
Thomas P Flattery Prize Proficiency in Roman Law $90
Tomonari Akaha Memorial Prize Proficiency in Equity (international student from the Asia Pacific region) $500
Tuh Fuh and Ruby Lee Memorial Prize Proficiency in Criminology $250
Victoria Gollan Memorial Fund Scholarship Full time Aboriginal student enrolled in a Law degree at the University of Sydney $1500
Walter Ernest Savage Prize Proficiency in Foundations of Law $200
Walter Reid Memorial Prize Awarded annually on the basis of proficiency in any year in Arts or Law except final year $500
Zoe Hall Scholarship Academic merit, financial need and extracurricular achievements $3000