The Aurora Project - Rio Tinto NTRB Scholarships

04/02/2009

Rio Tinto is once again offering two scholarships to lawyers currently working or interested in working at Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) or Native Title Service Providers (NTSPs). Successful candidates will undertake a one-year Master of Laws (LLM) in Mineral Law and Policy at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee and must commit to work within an NTRB or NTSP for a minimum period of two years upon their return.

Candidates must be Australian citizens or permanent residents and reside in Australia and there is no age restriction for applicants. The Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs provides an additional AU$15,000 towards the living expenses of those recipients of the scholarship who are working within the NTRB system at the time they receive the scholarship.

Applications open from **Monday, 16 February through Friday, 20 March 2009. **For further information, visit the Aurora Project's web site.

For further information on the LLM in Mineral Law and Policy Program please visit the University of Dundee web site.

The program commences in September 2009.

18 March 2009

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