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Former student Steve Koroubas from La Trobe University’s School of Law has won a grant of US$27,000 for one academic year of study in another country.

Professor Gordon Walker from the School of Law was pleased to announce the win on Wednesday afternoon.

Prior to applying for the Ambassadorial Scholarship, Steve visited the local Bundoora rotary club and met the members to seek endorsement of his application. On receiving approval, he drafted up his submission which detailed what he wanted to do next year and how his plans aligned with the club’s mission and principles.

As the application process also asked for two academic referees, Professor Gordon Walker and Dr Jill Murray from the School of Law gave Steve their support. ‘This is a great outcome for Steve and we all congratulate him’ Professor Walker said yesterday, adding that the scholarship is coveted because it is not tied to any one university.    

The Rotary Club’s Ambassadorial Scholarships program aims to deepen international relationships worldwide. Whilst studying abroad, winning scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the country by visiting Rotary clubs and giving presentations about their own nation state. On return, scholars then share their experiences with the local Rotarians.

Winning the scholarship means Steve is now a step closer to achieving his goal of studying a Master of Laws at New York University with Professor Benedict Kingsbury who runs a Human Rights centre there. As part of the application process, Steve provided his preferences for where he would like to study with NYU being top on his list. ‘I will be applying there first’ Steve said, ‘and then Cambridge, UCLA, Columbia, Georgetown and Duke’.

Steve studied an undergraduate in Law at La Trobe from 2000 to 2006 and then completed the Master of Laws from 2006 to 2008. During his Masters he worked at the Victorian Government Solicitors Office and then the Department of Treasury and Finance. From April this year he commenced a new role at Telstra as a Legal Council. He is also Chair of the International Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria and a sessional university lecturer.

Further information on the scholarship can be found at: http://www.rotaryd9710.org.au