Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The James MacQuitty Law Scholarship was founded in 2002 with funds provided by the MacQuitty Family Trust. It was established in honour of James MacQuitty QC who was a distinguished member of the English and Northern Ireland Bars and was presented with the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by Queen’s University Belfast in 1987.
Benefits
The scholarship is tenable for one academic year and provides coverage of course fees along with a stipend, currently valued at £17,600.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Scholarship an applicant must:
- be classified in residency terms for fees at “home student” status
- be ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland
- have been accepted on to one of the Master’s degree programmes in the School of Law