Ms Rosalind Acland

Education and Qualifications including Prizes, Scholarships and Achievements

PhD Candidate in English Legal History – University of Cambridge (2021 – current)

• Gonville & Caius College W.M. Tapp Studentship in Law (2021 – 2024)
• Cambridge Trust Cambridge International Scholarship (2021 – 2024)

LLM, First Class – University of Cambridge (2020 – 2021)

• Trinity College Senior Scholarship (2021)
• Trinity College Lizette Bentwich Prize for Law (2021)
• Trinity College Examination Prize (2021)
• Trinity College Henry Arthur Hollond Studentship in Law (2020 – 2021)
• Papers: History of English Civil and Criminal Law; Jurisprudence; Topics in Legal and Political Philosophy; Legislation

Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice – The College of Law (2018)

• Admitted as an Australian lawyer on 15 March 2019

Juris Doctor with Distinction – UNSW (2012 – 2016)

• Member of the UNSW Law Journal Student Editorial Board (2015 and 2016) 
• UNSW Law Dean’s List Prize for First Place in Roman Law (2015)
• Runner Up (Equal 2nd Place), Australian Law Reform Commission 40th Anniversary National Essay Competition (2015)
• Finalist (Equal 4th Place), Governor-General’s Prize National Essay Competition (2014) 
• UNSW Law Dean’s List Prize for First Place in Contracts (2013)
• UNSW Law Dean’s List Prize for First Place in Torts (2013)

Bachelor of Arts, Honours in Classics – University of Sydney (2011)

• University of Sydney Honours Scholarship (2011)

Bachelor of Arts (Classics) – University of Newcastle (2005 – 2008)

• James King Memorial Prize in Greek (2007 and 2008)
• Ann Lowry Memorial Prize in Latin (2007 and 2008)
• Godfrey Tanner Memorial Prize in Latin (2006)
• Williams Undergraduate Scholarship in Classics (2006)
• William Coleborne Memorial Prize in Greek (2005 and 2006)

Selected Employment

• Co-convenor, Centre for English Legal History, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law (October 2022 – current)
• Supervisor, Civil Law I, University of Cambridge Undergraduate Law Tripos (October 2022 – current)
• Admissions Interviewer, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge Undergraduate Law Tripos (December 2023)
• Copy-editor, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law (July – September 2023)
• Comparative Marker for LNAT Admissions Essays, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law (October – November 2022)
• Solicitor, New South Wales Crown Solicitor’s Office (September 2019 – September 2020)
• Graduate Solicitor, New South Wales Crown Solicitor’s Office (February 2018 – September 2019)
• Tipstaff to The Honourable Justice John Basten, New South Wales Court of Appeal (January 2017 – December 2017)
• Personal and Research Assistant to Professor Elisabeth Peden SC, Henry El-Hage and Daniel Tynan, Barristers, 12th Floor Wentworth Chambers (July 2016 – December 2016)
• Research Assistant to Professor Brendan Edgeworth, UNSW Faculty of Law (November 2014 – January 2016)
• Legal Intern and Research Assistant, Australian Law Reform Commission (August 2015 – December 2015)