2009 Bursary Competition
We are happy to announce that Naomi Miles is the winner of this year’s Newnham US Committee Travel Bursary Award. She will receive $4,000 for her trip to the USA, where she will intern for three months with Capital Defense Attorneys working to redress inadequate representation of poor defendants on Death Row. Naomi’s report on her experience will be submitted after the summer and will be published in the Fall.
Our runners-up are Lisa O’Dea and Laura F. O’Reilly. They will receive $150 each towards their projects.
Thank you for voting!
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| Naomi Miles |
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Naomi Miles is a British second year undergraduate reading Law. She would like to intern for three months, most likely in the southern USA, with Capital Defense Attorneys working to redress inadequate representation of poor defendants on Death Row. Her internship would be provided through Amicus, an established legal charity in the UK which focuses on providing help and resources for capital cases in the US that may lead to the death penalty.
see Naomi's proposal and budget
(password is the same as the previous website password)
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| Lisa O'Dea |
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Lisa O’Dea is an Irish fifth year medical student with a special interest in pediatric surgery who wishes to spend seven weeks attending lectures, participating in patient care and performing a special research project at the Children’s Hospital in Boston, the pediatric hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
see Lisa's proposal and budget
(password is the same as the previous website password)
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| Laura F. O'Reilly |
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Laura F. O’Reilly is an Australian second-year, undergraduate historian. She has a deep interest in Crazy Horse and the rights of indigenous peoples in the USA and Australia. She would like to spend two months obtaining information in Washington D.C., South Dakota and Boston for her third year (approved) dissertation.
see Laura's proposal and budget
(password is the same as the previous website password)
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