BICBA Bursary 2025
BICBA Bursary
The BICBA Bursary Competition is open to barristers, advocates and solicitors of less than seven years’ standing practising in England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland or Northern Ireland, and those undergoing training for qualification in those jurisdictions.
The recipient of the bursary will receive the following:
  • A payment of up to €3,000 /£2,750 to defray educational expenses to advance their practice in commercial law;
  • Support from BICBA throughout the year of the bursary and onward mentorship; and
  • An opportunity to speak at the 2026 BICBA Forum in Manchester.
Applications should include the following:
  • Personal details of the applicant, including educational history;
  • Any protected characteristic or other factor which the applicant would wish to be considered as part of the application;
  • Details of the educational course/programme in commercial law toward which the monies would be allocated;
  • Details of how the applicant’s completion of the course would enhance and/or promote diversity in commercial legal practice;
  • Details of how, in the absence of the bursary, the applicant may not be able to pursue a career in commercial law.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications must be received by 5.00pm on Friday, 7 March, 2025.
Email your application to: enquiries@bicba.org
BICBA
British Irish Commercial Bar Association
Administrator: Amy Walsh, Harper Macleod, 65 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5HD, United Kingdom
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