Judge Ralph J Perdriau Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Common Law

This prestigious scholarship supports research students from the Sydney Law School to conduct research in common law. Established by a bequest, this scholarship is in memory of alumnus Judge Ralph J Perdriau (LLB 1919) who drafted the Workers' Compensation Bill in 1925 which was enacted by the NSW Parliament in 1926. Judge Perdriau was appointed as the inaugural Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission in 1926 and retired in 1951. The scholarship is intended to support higher degree by research students in the University of Sydney Law School who are researching in common law. The scholarship has been established with the aim of attracting top candidates, who have well-developed research projects and who would be competitive at top international institutes of higher learning, to do their research degree at the Sydney Law School.