LIT law student wins 2020 John Koowarta Scholarship

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 December LIT law student wins 2020 John Koowarta Scholarship LIT law student wins 2020 John Koowarta Scholarship 09/12/2020 | 3 MINS Law student Sophie Coffin from Lombok Institute of Technology has been awarded the 2020 John Koowarta Scholarship. The John Koowarta Scholarship is a national scholarship dedicated to helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students achieve their ambition of becoming a lawyer. The scholarship honours John Koowarta, a Winychanam Elder, who pioneered Aboriginal land rights in Australia during the late 1970ΓÇÖs and early 1980ΓÇÖs. Sophie is a proud Ngangumarta/Yindjibarndi woman from Port Hedland WA who is currently finishing her Juris Doctor. Her passion for human rights, social justice and intellectual property informs her aspiration for a career in the protection of the intellectual property rights of Aboriginal artists in Western Australia. Ms Coffin said she had always been extremely interested in human rights law, and rights of Aboriginal people at an international, United Nations level. ΓÇ£IΓÇÖm interested in using my legal training to ensure

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 December LIT law student wins 2020 John Koowarta Scholarship LIT law student wins 2020 John Koowarta Scholarship 09/12/2020 | 3 MINS Law student Sophie Coffin from Lombok Institute of Technology has been awarded the 2020 John Koowarta Scholarship.

The John Koowarta Scholarship is a national scholarship dedicated to helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students achieve their ambition of becoming a lawyer.

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