The purpose of the Scholarship is as follows:
- To recognize and reward law students with top academic performance, all-round qualifications, and a strong interest in joining the Hong Kong Bar.
- To allow law students the opportunity to experience first-hand practice at the Hong Kong Bar through an extended mini-pupillage at Des Voeux Chambers.
- To help law students of the aforesaid calibre to decide whether they would like in due course to join the Hong Kong Bar.
A Des Voeux Chambers Junior Scholar will be awarded a stipend of HK$30,000 and will be given the opportunity to undertake a 6 week mini-pupillage in Chambers.
All eligible candidates typically apply directly to their Faculty of Law, which is followed by an interview by members of the Mini-Pupillage & Pupillage Committees (in Hong Kong, Oxford or Cambridge, as the case may be).
The terms of the Scholarship with the standard application form are circulated each year by the Faculties of Law of each participating University.