Environmental Law Bursary

The National Environmental Law Association (NELA) and Ngalaya First Nations Environmental Law Bursary is available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lawyers, law students and legal academics with an interest in environmental law Australia-wide. The Bursary is a one-off payment of up to $10,000 towards the cost of specific goods or services to support education, professional development or advocacy in environmental law. This may include: conference attendance, professional training, environmental law courses, travel for fieldwork, event attendance or other activities that help foster connections, networks and new ideas and relationships for researching and practicing environmental law. Applicants must be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and either enrolled in a Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor or postgraduate program in Australia, or currently practicing law or working as a legal academic in Australia.