The Right Honourable Paul Martin Sr Scholarship

2024 - 2025

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies annually awards two scholarships for the LLM degree at the University of Cambridge, England. The Right Honourable Paul Martin Sr. Scholarships cover full tuition at the University of Cambridge, a monthly living allowance, the Immigration Health Surcharge, and one return airfare, subject to any other awards received by the successful candidate.  

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Candidates who have been awarded a law degree from a three or four-year program at a faculty of law in a Canadian university in the four years before the candidate will commence his or her studies at the University of Cambridge are eligible for these scholarships.

An applicant must be accepted into the University of Cambridge and a Cambridge College for the LLM in order to receive this scholarship, although such acceptance need not be confirmed at the time of the application for the scholarship nor at the time that the Institute provides the candidate with notice that he or she has been selected to receive the scholarship. 

APPLICATIONS

Applicants must submit a personal statement indicating why the applicant wishes to undertake graduate studies in law at the University of Cambridge and why the applicant is suited to undertake such studies.

Application materials filed with the University of Cambridge for admission to the LLM program, including the applicant’s curriculum vitae, transcripts and letters of reference, will be made available to the selection committee. Applicants are not required to provide these items to the Institute separately.

Applications may be submitted by mail or electronic mail and must be received no later than December 31, 2023, to:

Anne Thomas, Vice-President and Secretary Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies P.O.Box 43538, Leaside Post Office 1601 Bayview Avenue Toronto, Ontario, M4G 4G8 Telephone: 416-429-3292 Email: info@canadian-institute.com Website: www.canadian-institute.com

Candidates must also apply directly to the University of Cambridge. Additional information about the University's application process and deadline is available at www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/.

SELECTION PROCESS

Applications for the scholarship are considered by a selection committee appointed annually by the Institute. The selection committee reserves the right not to award the scholarship in the event that no applicants are considered to be qualified. Decisions of the selection committee are final.

Successful applicants will be notified by April 15, 2024.

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS