How to Apply

Outgoing Scholarships

Outgoing Scholarships are available to tenants or employed barristers of each of the Inns up to five years' practice as a barrister (not including pupillage). Further details are available from the Secretary to the Pegasus Scholarship Trust at the Inner Temple Education and Training Department. The closing date is 5pm on Monday 2 December and all applicants are invited for interview in January. Applicants have to complete an online application form giving details of their academic qualifications and other relevant information.  Applicants will have to supply two professional references: with at least one from a senior members of chambers.

Applications for the 2019 awards open on 25 October 2019 and close on 2 December at 5pm.

Details of the placements available in 2019 can be found by clicking here

Incoming Scholarships

Incoming scholarships are available through the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust and the American Inns of Court Foundation. Since the start of the scheme in 1987 we have received over a hundred scholars from the following countries: Australia, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Malawi, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, U.S.A., West Indies, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Further details regarding entry onto the LLM course can be found on the website of the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Law. Information on the numerous scholarships available from the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, and its sister organistion the Cambridge Overseas Trust, can be found on their website - www.cambridgetrusts.org

American lawyers interested in applying should contact the American Inns of Court Foundation. See Contact Details below.

Commitment to the Scheme

All those applying to the scheme whether as ingoing or outgoing scholars, must be aware of their obligation to commit themselves fully to it. If they are offered a scholarship they will be expected to complete their entire placement/s. Applicants should be aware of the fact that they will be committing themselves to placements several months ahead and will be required to undertake to fulfil those placements.