Vinerian Scholarship

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The Vinerian Scholarship is a scholarship given to the University of Oxford student that "gives the best performance in the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law." Currently, £2,400 is given to the winner of the scholarship, with an additional £950 awarded to a proxime accessit (at the examiners' discretion).

Past Vinerian Scholars

Past winners of the Vinerian Scholarship include:

Graham Virgo^[1]
Ross Alan Sundberg^[2]
Colin Tapper
Sir Thomas Plumer, MR (1777)
Frederic Rogers, Baron Blachford^[3] (1834), Oriel College, Oxford -- Oriel College, Oxford
Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet of Brook Street (1883), Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
Henry Angus^[4] (1914)
Lord Edmund-Davies^[5] (1928), King's College London -- Exeter College, Oxford
Ronald Martland^[6] (1931), University of Alberta
John Gabriel Starke^[7] (1934), University of Western Australia -- Exeter College, Oxford
Zelman Cowen^[8] (1947 joint), Melbourne Law School -- New College, Oxford
Rex Welsh^[8] (1947 joint), University of the Witwatersrand -- Oriel College, Oxford
Lord Saville^[9] (1960), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
Lord Hoffmann^[10] (1963), University of Cape Town -- The Queen's College, Oxford
John Eekelaar^[11] (1965), King's College London -- University College, Oxford
John Dyson Heydon (1967), University College, Oxford -- University College, Oxford
Mark Weinberg (1972)
Paul Craig (1974)
Peter Cane^[12] (1976), Sydney Law School -- Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Patrick Keane^[13] (1977), University of Queensland -- Magdalen College, Oxford
Edwin Cameron (1978*)
Mary Stokes^[14] (1980), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
Jonathan Paul Back^[15]
Norman J O'Bryan^[16] (1983), Melbourne Law School -- Wadham College, Oxford
Edward Braham (1984), Worcester College, Oxford -- Worcester College, Oxford
John Gardner^[17] (1987), New College, Oxford -- New College, Oxford
Paul Nicholls^[18] (1990), University of Sheffield -- Worcester College, Oxford
Andrew Palmer^[19] (1992), Monash University
Andrew Bell^[20] (1993), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
Jeremy Kirk^[21] (1996), Australian National University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
Ann Buckingham^[22] (1997), Victoria University of Wellington
Henry Forbes Smith^[23] (1998), University of Otago
Angus Johnston^[24] (1999)
Burton Ong^[25] (2001), National University of Singapore -- Merton College, Oxford
David Murray,^[26] Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
Ben Allgrove^[27] (2003), University of Adelaide --
Andrew Scott^[28]
Marc Brown^[29] (2005), Mansfield College, Oxford
Paul Adams^[30] (2006), St Catherine's College, Oxford -- St Catherine's College, Oxford
Imran Afzal^[31] (2007), Merton College, Oxford -- Merton College, Oxford
Natasha Bennett^[32] (2008), Trinity College, Cambridge -- Merton College, Oxford
Michael Bolding^[33] (2009), Melbourne Law School -- Lincoln College, Oxford
Frederick Wilmot-Smith^[34] (2010), Christ's College, Cambridge -- Balliol College, Oxford
Niranjan Venkatesan^[35] (2011), National Law School of India University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
Naomi Oreb^[36] (2012), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford

Universities with Vinerian Scholars

University of Oxford (8)
University of Sydney (4)
University of Melbourne (3)
University of Cambridge (2)
Australian National University (1)
Monash University (1)
National Law School of India University (1)
National University of Singapore (1)
University of Adelaide (1)
University of Otago (1)
University of Queensland (1)
University of Sheffield (1)
University of the Witwatersrand (1)
Victoria University of Wellington (1)

Oxford Colleges with Vinerian Scholars

References

External links

Oxford University Gazette

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