Alex Chernov Scholarship

Benefits

The scholarship provides:

• A living allowance of AUD $20,000 for one year, paid in half-yearly instalments of AUD $10,000 in April and September.
• 100% tuition fee remission for the duration of the one year, full-time course.
• In addition, you may have the opportunity to undertake paid research work up to $10,000 and receive mentoring by former Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria and Governor of Victoria, the Honourable Alex Chernov.

Application

How to apply

Applicants offered a place in a masters-level course from the Melbourne Law Masters program at Melbourne Law School, who applied for the course by the application closing date will be considered.  Eligible applicants are required to submit a 300-word statement which addresses:

• Reasons for pursuing masters level study, and
• Academic pursuits and professional achievements (such as scholarly publishing, conference presentations, participation in editorial activities for scholarly publications, and legal or policy research as an employee or intern).

The statement should expand upon details in the resume/CV submitted with the course application. References are not required.

The Scholarship Selection Committee considers qualitative indicators of success in academic endeavours (i.e. academic merit) in addition to the 300-word statement.

The scholarship submission deadline for the 2027 start year (March) intake is:

• 11:59pm 30 November 2026

Applications received without a valid application reference/student ID, from applicants outside of the Melbourne Law Masters program, or from students who are not Indian citizens will not be considered.

Please note that the Selection Committee may award all available scholarships to start-year applicants - availability of scholarships in the mid-year intake cannot be guaranteed.