Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies provides scholarships for Law students at the University of Cambridge, and also provides senior lawyers and judges with an opportunity to attend lectures and to engage in discussions beyond the scope of their daily work.
In 2017 the Institute was invited to join the University of Cambridge's Vice-Chancellor's Circle, in recognition of its generous support of Canadian students .
CIALS works with the Cambridge Trust to offer The Right Honourable Paul Martin Sr Scholarship at Cambridge University, named after the founder of the Institute, who studied at the University of Cambridge, and later returned to England as Canada's High Commissioner to the UK. The scholarship is available to Canadian applicants for the LLM.
A separate external application is required for this scholarship
To ensure that they are considered for this scholarship, applicants must:
- Check with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies the funding call deadlines and details of the application process, and apply accordingly; and
- Apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course
Note for students
You are encouraged to use the Trust's scholarships search to find all the awards for which you may be eligible.