Leah Arthur gets middle temple scholarship
Article by May 14, 2021
Kent law student Leah Arthur has been awarded a scholarship from The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple which she hopes will help her realise her ambition to become a barrister and combat international power imbalances for developing states.
Arthur, a final-year Law LLB student, has been awarded a Benefactors’ Scholarship together with a Blackstone Entrance Exhibition which will help fund the cost of the Bar Vocational Studies, with integrated LLM, that she’ll begin at City, University of London in September.
Middle Temple is one of four Inns of Court; the historic societies that educate and train barristers in England and Wales. At Middle Temple, scholarships are awarded on merit after taking into account the candidate’s intellectual ability, motivation to succeed at the Bar, advocacy potential and personal qualities. The amount of the award depends on the scholar’s financial cir
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