The Law Council of Australia will again sponsor the Lex:lead Scholarship open to students from least developed countries. This year’s essay competition asks applicants to discuss:
“How can tax law stimulate economic growth and finance development?”
Applications are now open and qualified students (citizens of a least developed country and enrolled in a law program in an eligible least developed country) are invited to register by 31 October 2014. Once registered, essays of no more than five pages on this year's topic are to be submitted by 31 December 2014. A panel of international judges will assess the essays with awards of US$500 made in February 2015. The winning essays will be published with recognition given to the student and school. A majority of the world's least developed countries are eligible to enter, including:
- Haiti
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Kiribati
- Lao
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nepal
- Solomon Islands
- Timor-Leste
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Angola
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Central African Rep.
- Chad
- Comoros
- Dem. Rep. Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Rwanda
- ão Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan Sudan (Rep.)
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
Participation in the essay competition is free. Students who register and submit an essay will be recognised with a certificate of participation.For more information, visit Lex: lead Scholarship page
Download the Student General Citation Guide
Download the application formThe Lex:lead Groupis a small organisation of lawyers dedicated to engaging the international legal community in the efforts to support economic growth in the world’s developing nations. The initiative was set up by an Australian lawyer then in New York, Anne Bodley, with the support of the London-based International Bar Association, in order to raise scholarship funds for the world's least developed countries supporting these communities through its law students.
Source:www.lawcouncil.asn.au
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