Mishcon de Reya Scholarship

• Course: London LLM programme (full-time study mode only)
• Number: 1
• Value: Full International Student Tuition Fees
• Deadline: 3 April 2025

About Mishcon de Reya LLP

Mishcon de Reya is a leading London law firm, located close to the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). It was founded in 1937 and currently employs more than 1,000 people with over 600 lawyers, offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. It has offices in London and Singapore and an association with Karas LLP in Hong Kong. The founder of CCLS, Professor Sir Roy Goode, was a partner in the firm of Victor Mishcon, before joining Queen Mary University of London.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria

• You must have a conditional or unconditional offer for the London LLM programme
• You must be a full-time student;
• You must have the strongest academic record;
• You can have either a UK or International fee status;
• You must have made and application for the London LLM programme by 3 April 2025;
• You must not be in receipt of funding from another source.

What does the scholarship cover? How is it paid?

• The tuition fees for a full-time international student
• The scholarship is not payable directly to the successful applicant but is offset against your student fee invoice.

Closing Dates and Important Notes

Programme Application Deadline

You must have applied for the London LLM programme by 14 March 2025 (if you have applied by this date and not received an offer by 28 March 2025 please contact pglawscholarships@qmul.ac.uk quoting your application number and date of initial application.

Scholarship Application Deadline

3 April 2025, 23:59 GMT

Criteria

This scholarship will be awarded to those who we deem to have successfully demonstrated their reasoning for being awarded a scholarship based on the following criteria;

• Academic merit
• Professional achievements (if any)
• Financial need

The compulsory personal statement should include all of the above information and should be in response to the text as detailed in the ‘How to apply’ section below.

How to apply

In order to apply for this scholarship please complete and sign the online application form (the link is on the bottom of this page) and a 1000-word (maximum) statement in response to the following;

‘Please explain why you want to study the LLM in London at Queen Mary University of London, specifying the modules you have a particular interest in. What you will bring to the programme and why you feel you should be awarded a scholarship; focusing on your academic and professional achievements (if relevant) and financial need.

We will also take into consideration the following documents submitted with your programme application. Please ensure these are all uploaded to the Queen Mary application portal.

• Transcripts of your law degree and any other legal qualifications.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• 1 x reference letter.

Incomplete, incorrect or late scholarship applications will not be accepted or processed.

All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application approximately by the beginning of July. Please wait to be contacted in this regard.

Please note that scholarship (both applications and awards) cannot be deferred.

What are scholarship winners required to do?

The successful candidate is required to put together a two A4- page report for the Donor at the end of the academic year. The report should outline the progress and content of the Scholar’s practice, how he/she benefitted.

The successful candidate may be asked to assist with Queen Mary marketing events such as postgraduate open evenings and/or web/video student profiles; as well as supporting Queen Mary School of Law in promoting the scholarship (e.g., through interviews, photos and presence at events).

Please note school scholarships are also subject to university-wide Terms and Conditions as well as any course/School/Faculty conditions or criteria outline.

Link to apply online

Before you click on the link below to apply online make sure you have read through the above information thoroughly.

Apply online via the Mishcon de Reya Scholarship application form.