News In Focus
20 December 2006
Law firm funds Edinburgh University scholarships
The law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn has funded the first corporate tercentenary scholarship for the University of Edinburgh's School of Law.
The £25,000 endowed scholarship will provide a law student with £1,000 a year to help offset the expenses of studying.
The Law Tercentenary Campaign marks the 300th anniversary of the first Chair in Law at Edinburgh and is part of a recently launched campaign to raise £4.1 million to fund scholarships and bursaries, teaching fellowships, investment in the law library and a purpose-built moot court facility.
Patrick Andrews, chief executive of Shepherd and Wedderburn, said: "For many years Shepherd and Wedderburn has offered traineeships to law graduates from the University of Edinburgh, a significant number of whom have gone on to become leading members of our profession.
"We are delighted to be able to help future generations of students study for a law degree at the University of Edinburgh and achieve their potential through the new undergraduate scholarships."
Georgie McBride, the first student to receive the scholarship, has just begun her first year in the School of Law. She said the scholarship had allowed her to buy all the books she needed for her degree, as well as help pay for her student accommodation.