26 April 2005

Harvard Scholarship for law student

Final year law student, Adam Balfour from the University of Dundee has been awarded a prestigious postgraduate scholarship to study at Harvard University in the USA in 2005/06.

The Kennedy Memorial Trust awards only 12 scholarships each year to students in the UK to enable them to undertake postgraduate study at Harvard University.

Adam, originally from Glasgow, has won many prizes and awards during his four years at the University. In his first year he picked up the Harold How Memorial Award, given to the two students who are deemed to be the most meritous by the Dean of the Faculty. In the same year he was awarded the John N Young Prize for the top student in the Constitutional Law class and the Cavendish Book Prize.

At the end of his second year Adam was awarded a Carnegie Vacation scholarship and in his third year, studied at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands as part of the University's ERASMUS exchange.

Adam said of his award, "I have been very fortunate to have won a scholarship for 2005-2006. This prestigious award provides me with the fantastic opportunity to study for an LL.M at Harvard Law School where I will continue my studies in a number of areas of law, including human rights, the EU and the suppression of social diversity.

"The award of a Kennedy Scholarship to a student at Dundee University highlights the calibre of the University's law department. I am grateful to the staff of the law department whose excellent standard of tuition has equipped me with the knowledge and motivation to win this award."

Ms Fiona Raitt of the Department of Law said, "Adam is one of the most outstanding undergraduates to study in the Department in recent years. It is very rare for a Scottish law student to achieve such a prestigious award."

For further information please contact the Press Office on 01382 344768

More details about the Kennedy Scholarship can be found on www.kentrust.demon.co.uk/

More information about Harvard University and Harvard Law School can be found on www.law.harvard.edu/

By Angela Durcan, Press Officer 01382 344768, out of hours: 07968298585, a.durcan@dundee.ac.uk