Eldon Law Scholarship now open to applicants for 2025 entry
Applications are invited for the Eldon Law Scholarship: a two-year scholarship with a value not less than £15,000 per annum, awarded annually to students intending to follow a career at the Bar.
The Scholarship is open to members of the University of Oxford who have either:
- been placed in the First Class of the Final Honours School BA in Law (Jurisprudence) or BA in Law with Law Studies in Europe; or
- been awarded a Distinction in the Bachelor of Civil Law or the Magister Juris;
and who are both:
- intending to practise at the Bar in the United Kingdom; and
- applying for the Eldon scholarship either before or within two years of the date of being called to the Bar.
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that they intend to practise at the Bar in the United Kingdom. Until called to the Bar, the Eldon Scholar must prove that they have regularly kept terms, unless prevented by illness, at one of the Inns of Court.
In general, the policy of the awarding committee is to give preference to a candidate who has completed their Oxford education, and will, at the date of the interview, be undertaking the vocational stage of training before entering pupillage.
Find out more information about the Eldon Law Scholarship
For any queries and to apply please email the committee secretary, Emma White.
Interviews will take place in Oxford on January 2025 (date TBC).
The next cycle of applications opens on 1 September 2024 for the Eldon Scholarship 2025. The deadline to submit a full application is 23:59 GMT on Sunday, 3 November 2024.