Gilbrak Scholarship

Open to domestic students of Indigenous Australian descent undertaking the Juris Doctor and experiencing disadvantaged circumstances.

What are the benefits?

Single payment of $10,000.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• Be accepted to commence study in the Melbourne JD; and
• Have applied through Graduate Access Melbourne (GAM) under the (1) ‘Recognition as an Indigenous Australian’ and (2) ‘Disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances’ categories; satisfy the GAM eligibility criteria for those categories; and supply the required documentation for those categories, including:
• a Certificate of Aboriginality or a Statutory Declaration;
• a 500-word statement outlining the student’s socio-economic circumstances;
• the ‘Disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances – Supplementary form’, which includes an additional 750-word statement, and income and expenses summaries; and
• substantiation of claims with relevant, third-party verified, documentation such as payslips, Centrelink statements etc.

Selection criteria:

Students will be automatically considered for this award based on their application for admission to the Melbourne Juris Doctor through the Graduate Access Melbourne (GAM) under the 'Disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances' category. This process includes providing a complete Disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances supplementary form and any required supporting documentation/statements.