Applications for the Law Council of Australia’s 2026 John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship are now open.
The scholarship was established in 1994, with the aim of promoting the study and practice of the law by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The 2025 scholarship was awarded to Queensland University of Technology student Christine Conn.
It commemorates John Koowarta, a member of the Winychanam community at Aurukun and a traditional owner of the Archer River region on Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
He is widely regarded as being at the forefront of Aboriginal land rights in Australia during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Koowarta Scholarship is available to penultimate and final year Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in an Australian tertiary institution undertaking an approved course of study that may lead to admission as a legal practitioner in any Australian jurisdiction.
Applications close on Friday, 8 August 2025
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