The Australian Academy of Law offers an Annual Essay Prize, which was launched in 2015.
The Prize is open to anyone, wherever resident, who is studying or has studied legal subjects at a tertiary level, or who is working or has worked in a law-based occupation. There is no limit by reference to the age or seniority or experience of, or position held by, a person who may submit an entry. Accordingly, judicial officers, legal practitioners, legal academics and law students are all eligible to submit an essay.
The amount of the Prize is $10,000.
In the first half of the year, the Academy announces the offering of its Annual Essay Prize for the year. There is a different topic for each year. Please check carefully for the current or latest announcement of the Annual Essay Prize.
The Rules Governing the Annual Essay Prize can be found below along with the Past Winners and their Essays.
An application for an Australian Academy of Law (AAL) Research Grant may be made by anyone, whether a student (undergraduate or postgraduate), a professional academic, a practitioner or a judicial officer and in each case whether still “in practice” or not.
Applicants must be either:
(a) Australian citizens or permanent residents; or
(b) any other person, provided that either:
(i) they are conducting their research at or through an Australian university; or
(ii) the subject matter of the research is predominantly a matter of Australian law, even if with a comparative theme.
The proposed research may be empirical, theoretical, doctrinal or practical.
The amount available for this financial year is $25,000.
The Australian Academy of Law established this prize in 2019 for the Winner of the Paper Presentation Competition by the Australian Law Students’ Association (ALSA) in the amount of $2,500. The Competition is run annually and participants come from all law schools affiliated with ALSA.
