How your gift to the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund could make a difference to a present or future Trinity Law student: • £200 would subsidise legal book purchases. • £300 would support an award in the Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law. • £500 would support a maintenance bursary for a summer legal internship. • £2,000 would enable an additional 20 school students to attend the Law Residential for one night.
•£ 3,000 would support a three-month travelling summer studentship for comparative legal scholarship. •£ 6,000 would fund an additional night’s accommodation on the Law Residential and an additional day’s activities for 40 school students. •£ 10,000 would support a studentship for a professional training course such as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
Support for student grants and projects, and for access, outreach and admissions represents the first phase of Trinity’s ambitions for the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund. The College also welcomes input from its Law alumni into future priorities for endowing and enhancing education, teaching and learning in Law at Trinity.
In establishing the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, Trinity is paying tribute to its great legal educators. The College is very grateful for your support, which will make the Fund a lasting testament to them and an investment in the legal minds of the future.
© WEREWOLF: SPIKE MOUNTJOY
Making a difference
“ Reading Law at Trinity, under the supervision of its dedicated Law Fellows, was profoundly engaging and rewarding. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will help to secure for future students the distinctive intellectual experience we enjoyed and afford them even greater opportunities. I am particularly pleased that the Fund may support Trinity’s efforts to inspire promising candidates to apply to read Law. Each year’s Essay Prize winners impress me more than the last; these are the people we must encourage to study Law and enter the profession.” The Rt Hon. the Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe PC (1955)
“ Reading Law at Trinity was life-changing for me. The inspiring cast of characters in the Law Fellowship inspired and supported me throughout. The humanity and kindness I was shown were just as important as the rigorous intellectual training I received. It is vital that the legal professions recruit and retain the best candidates, whatever their background. I am delighted to see that the Fund will extend the opportunities on offer to sixth-form students and continue to support outstanding graduates as they embark on their legal careers after College.” Angela Rafferty QC (1989)
The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund
To make a donation to one of the initiatives listed above or to discuss other opportunities to support the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, please contact: Alumni Relations and Development Office Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ T: +44(0)1223 338548 E: alumni@trin.cam.ac.uk
Trinity College is a registered charity, number 1137604.
Supporting the distinctive character and culture of legal education at Trinity College
The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund
Support for student grants and projects
Support for access, outreach and admissions
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 is one of the most famous cases in the common law world, remembered by legions of Law students, as much for the remains of a snail allegedly found in Mrs Donoghue’s ginger beer as for its seminal place in the developing law of negligence.
Trinity is home to around 40 undergraduates and 12 postgraduates reading Law at any time. The College benefits from having a dedicated Law Reading Room and five teaching Fellows in Law, who supervise Trinity students in almost all of the foundational undergraduate papers, as well as a wide range of optional papers in both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Successful initiatives over the last five years have improved Trinity’s ability to encourage and attract able candidates to read Law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Donoghue and Stevenson were also two cats, who for years sat with students through supervisions on tort in Tony Weir’s distinctive rooms on the upper floor of Nevile’s Court. The students – and the cats – received what Tony promised in his Casebook on Tort: comment on, and criticism of, the law, “occasionally extreme, in the hope of stimulating a response and of dispelling the aura of inevitability which the judgments themselves properly exhale” (Preface to the 1st edn, 1967). Tony Weir was not alone. Trinity students have benefited from being taught by some of the finest legal minds, including Professor Gareth Jones, Professor Tony Jolowicz and Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht. Together they, and their successors, have contributed to Trinity’s long and distinguished tradition of teaching law students not what to think but how to think. In this, the 50th anniversary year of the first edition of Weir’s Casebook on Tort, the College is launching the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, to enhance the educational experience of Law students at Trinity.
The Trinity Law Association fosters links between alumni and students, offering both a programme of regular events and a mentoring scheme for all members, be they current students or alumni.
The broad object of the Fund, “to support education, learning and teaching in Law”, will enable the College to pursue a range of initiatives over time, according to needs and income. To complement the expanded provision, via the Hollond Funds and the Whittaker Fund, of postgraduate studentships at Trinity and overseas, our initial priorities for the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund are to support:
The diversity of Trinity students’ backgrounds, interests and ambitions immeasurably enriches their experience of both legal education and College life. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will be used to enhance the opportunities available to Trinity Law students by providing specific help with book purchases, travel grants and
•S tudent grants and projects in Law – to ensure that all students have the best possible resources and opportunities during their time in the College; and
“ Meeting the College’s commitment to admitting and nurturing the very best Law students, regardless of their educational, social and economic circumstances, is more challenging than ever. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will support tangible initiatives to encourage the best students to apply to Trinity, to help them excel while they are here, and to enhance their career opportunities when they graduate.”
•A ccess, outreach and admissions in Law – to attract and encourage the very best students to apply to study Law at Trinity.
bursaries for internships, as well as offering assistance to meet the costs of professional training, after they leave Trinity. In addition, the Fund will facilitate occasional or annual lectures, moots and other events that will enrich the experience of Trinity Law students and equip them for their future careers.
The Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law, which now attracts over 100 entries per year from school students across the world, encourages entrants to explore their interest in Law by researching, considering and developing an argument about a legal topic of current importance. The competition encourages participants to apply for a university course in Law and recognises the achievements of gifted and aspiring students of all backgrounds. Support from the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund would enable Trinity to sustain and expand the competition, targeting entrants from a diversity of backgrounds and making it possible for them to attend the annual prize-giving ceremony in College.
Professor Catherine Barnard, Senior Tutor
The annual Trinity Law Residential gives over 40 sixth-form students an insight into life as a Law student in Cambridge. The programme, which incorporates an overnight stay in Trinity, introduces students to the methods of teaching and learning and to the particulars of the course, as well as to Law academics and current students at Cambridge. The Residential is regularly oversubscribed, and selection is made on the basis of applicants’ academic merit and commitment to university study, with additional reference to their eligibility for free school meals and to the level of qualification obtained by their parents/guardians. With support from the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, Trinity would be able to welcome additional students and extend the programme over a third day, offering more potential undergraduates the opportunity to experience more of what Law at Trinity entails.
“ Neither of my parents had been to university, so I knew very little about higher education or Oxbridge. The Trinity Law Residential helped me to decide that Law at Cambridge was the right choice for me. I am eternally grateful that this programme was available to help me make the right decision. I delight in now helping to run the Residential as a student volunteer, knowing that only a few years ago I was in the same position.” Sarah-Anne Giles (2014)
The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund
Support for student grants and projects
Support for access, outreach and admissions
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 is one of the most famous cases in the common law world, remembered by legions of Law students, as much for the remains of a snail allegedly found in Mrs Donoghue’s ginger beer as for its seminal place in the developing law of negligence.
Trinity is home to around 40 undergraduates and 12 postgraduates reading Law at any time. The College benefits from having a dedicated Law Reading Room and five teaching Fellows in Law, who supervise Trinity students in almost all of the foundational undergraduate papers, as well as a wide range of optional papers in both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Successful initiatives over the last five years have improved Trinity’s ability to encourage and attract able candidates to read Law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Donoghue and Stevenson were also two cats, who for years sat with students through supervisions on tort in Tony Weir’s distinctive rooms on the upper floor of Nevile’s Court. The students – and the cats – received what Tony promised in his Casebook on Tort: comment on, and criticism of, the law, “occasionally extreme, in the hope of stimulating a response and of dispelling the aura of inevitability which the judgments themselves properly exhale” (Preface to the 1st edn, 1967). Tony Weir was not alone. Trinity students have benefited from being taught by some of the finest legal minds, including Professor Gareth Jones, Professor Tony Jolowicz and Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht. Together they, and their successors, have contributed to Trinity’s long and distinguished tradition of teaching law students not what to think but how to think. In this, the 50th anniversary year of the first edition of Weir’s Casebook on Tort, the College is launching the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, to enhance the educational experience of Law students at Trinity.
The Trinity Law Association fosters links between alumni and students, offering both a programme of regular events and a mentoring scheme for all members, be they current students or alumni.
The broad object of the Fund, “to support education, learning and teaching in Law”, will enable the College to pursue a range of initiatives over time, according to needs and income. To complement the expanded provision, via the Hollond Funds and the Whittaker Fund, of postgraduate studentships at Trinity and overseas, our initial priorities for the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund are to support:
The diversity of Trinity students’ backgrounds, interests and ambitions immeasurably enriches their experience of both legal education and College life. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will be used to enhance the opportunities available to Trinity Law students by providing specific help with book purchases, travel grants and
•S tudent grants and projects in Law – to ensure that all students have the best possible resources and opportunities during their time in the College; and
“ Meeting the College’s commitment to admitting and nurturing the very best Law students, regardless of their educational, social and economic circumstances, is more challenging than ever. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will support tangible initiatives to encourage the best students to apply to Trinity, to help them excel while they are here, and to enhance their career opportunities when they graduate.”
•A ccess, outreach and admissions in Law – to attract and encourage the very best students to apply to study Law at Trinity.
bursaries for internships, as well as offering assistance to meet the costs of professional training, after they leave Trinity. In addition, the Fund will facilitate occasional or annual lectures, moots and other events that will enrich the experience of Trinity Law students and equip them for their future careers.
The Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law, which now attracts over 100 entries per year from school students across the world, encourages entrants to explore their interest in Law by researching, considering and developing an argument about a legal topic of current importance. The competition encourages participants to apply for a university course in Law and recognises the achievements of gifted and aspiring students of all backgrounds. Support from the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund would enable Trinity to sustain and expand the competition, targeting entrants from a diversity of backgrounds and making it possible for them to attend the annual prize-giving ceremony in College.
Professor Catherine Barnard, Senior Tutor
The annual Trinity Law Residential gives over 40 sixth-form students an insight into life as a Law student in Cambridge. The programme, which incorporates an overnight stay in Trinity, introduces students to the methods of teaching and learning and to the particulars of the course, as well as to Law academics and current students at Cambridge. The Residential is regularly oversubscribed, and selection is made on the basis of applicants’ academic merit and commitment to university study, with additional reference to their eligibility for free school meals and to the level of qualification obtained by their parents/guardians. With support from the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, Trinity would be able to welcome additional students and extend the programme over a third day, offering more potential undergraduates the opportunity to experience more of what Law at Trinity entails.
“ Neither of my parents had been to university, so I knew very little about higher education or Oxbridge. The Trinity Law Residential helped me to decide that Law at Cambridge was the right choice for me. I am eternally grateful that this programme was available to help me make the right decision. I delight in now helping to run the Residential as a student volunteer, knowing that only a few years ago I was in the same position.” Sarah-Anne Giles (2014)
The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund
Support for student grants and projects
Support for access, outreach and admissions
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 is one of the most famous cases in the common law world, remembered by legions of Law students, as much for the remains of a snail allegedly found in Mrs Donoghue’s ginger beer as for its seminal place in the developing law of negligence.
Trinity is home to around 40 undergraduates and 12 postgraduates reading Law at any time. The College benefits from having a dedicated Law Reading Room and five teaching Fellows in Law, who supervise Trinity students in almost all of the foundational undergraduate papers, as well as a wide range of optional papers in both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Successful initiatives over the last five years have improved Trinity’s ability to encourage and attract able candidates to read Law at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Donoghue and Stevenson were also two cats, who for years sat with students through supervisions on tort in Tony Weir’s distinctive rooms on the upper floor of Nevile’s Court. The students – and the cats – received what Tony promised in his Casebook on Tort: comment on, and criticism of, the law, “occasionally extreme, in the hope of stimulating a response and of dispelling the aura of inevitability which the judgments themselves properly exhale” (Preface to the 1st edn, 1967). Tony Weir was not alone. Trinity students have benefited from being taught by some of the finest legal minds, including Professor Gareth Jones, Professor Tony Jolowicz and Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht. Together they, and their successors, have contributed to Trinity’s long and distinguished tradition of teaching law students not what to think but how to think. In this, the 50th anniversary year of the first edition of Weir’s Casebook on Tort, the College is launching the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, to enhance the educational experience of Law students at Trinity.
The Trinity Law Association fosters links between alumni and students, offering both a programme of regular events and a mentoring scheme for all members, be they current students or alumni.
The broad object of the Fund, “to support education, learning and teaching in Law”, will enable the College to pursue a range of initiatives over time, according to needs and income. To complement the expanded provision, via the Hollond Funds and the Whittaker Fund, of postgraduate studentships at Trinity and overseas, our initial priorities for the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund are to support:
The diversity of Trinity students’ backgrounds, interests and ambitions immeasurably enriches their experience of both legal education and College life. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will be used to enhance the opportunities available to Trinity Law students by providing specific help with book purchases, travel grants and
•S tudent grants and projects in Law – to ensure that all students have the best possible resources and opportunities during their time in the College; and
“ Meeting the College’s commitment to admitting and nurturing the very best Law students, regardless of their educational, social and economic circumstances, is more challenging than ever. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will support tangible initiatives to encourage the best students to apply to Trinity, to help them excel while they are here, and to enhance their career opportunities when they graduate.”
•A ccess, outreach and admissions in Law – to attract and encourage the very best students to apply to study Law at Trinity.
bursaries for internships, as well as offering assistance to meet the costs of professional training, after they leave Trinity. In addition, the Fund will facilitate occasional or annual lectures, moots and other events that will enrich the experience of Trinity Law students and equip them for their future careers.
The Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law, which now attracts over 100 entries per year from school students across the world, encourages entrants to explore their interest in Law by researching, considering and developing an argument about a legal topic of current importance. The competition encourages participants to apply for a university course in Law and recognises the achievements of gifted and aspiring students of all backgrounds. Support from the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund would enable Trinity to sustain and expand the competition, targeting entrants from a diversity of backgrounds and making it possible for them to attend the annual prize-giving ceremony in College.
Professor Catherine Barnard, Senior Tutor
The annual Trinity Law Residential gives over 40 sixth-form students an insight into life as a Law student in Cambridge. The programme, which incorporates an overnight stay in Trinity, introduces students to the methods of teaching and learning and to the particulars of the course, as well as to Law academics and current students at Cambridge. The Residential is regularly oversubscribed, and selection is made on the basis of applicants’ academic merit and commitment to university study, with additional reference to their eligibility for free school meals and to the level of qualification obtained by their parents/guardians. With support from the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, Trinity would be able to welcome additional students and extend the programme over a third day, offering more potential undergraduates the opportunity to experience more of what Law at Trinity entails.
“ Neither of my parents had been to university, so I knew very little about higher education or Oxbridge. The Trinity Law Residential helped me to decide that Law at Cambridge was the right choice for me. I am eternally grateful that this programme was available to help me make the right decision. I delight in now helping to run the Residential as a student volunteer, knowing that only a few years ago I was in the same position.” Sarah-Anne Giles (2014)
How your gift to the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund could make a difference to a present or future Trinity Law student: • £200 would subsidise legal book purchases. • £300 would support an award in the Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law. • £500 would support a maintenance bursary for a summer legal internship. • £2,000 would enable an additional 20 school students to attend the Law Residential for one night.
•£ 3,000 would support a three-month travelling summer studentship for comparative legal scholarship. •£ 6,000 would fund an additional night’s accommodation on the Law Residential and an additional day’s activities for 40 school students. •£ 10,000 would support a studentship for a professional training course such as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
Support for student grants and projects, and for access, outreach and admissions represents the first phase of Trinity’s ambitions for the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund. The College also welcomes input from its Law alumni into future priorities for endowing and enhancing education, teaching and learning in Law at Trinity.
In establishing the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, Trinity is paying tribute to its great legal educators. The College is very grateful for your support, which will make the Fund a lasting testament to them and an investment in the legal minds of the future.
© WEREWOLF: SPIKE MOUNTJOY
Making a difference
“ Reading Law at Trinity, under the supervision of its dedicated Law Fellows, was profoundly engaging and rewarding. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will help to secure for future students the distinctive intellectual experience we enjoyed and afford them even greater opportunities. I am particularly pleased that the Fund may support Trinity’s efforts to inspire promising candidates to apply to read Law. Each year’s Essay Prize winners impress me more than the last; these are the people we must encourage to study Law and enter the profession.” The Rt Hon. the Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe PC (1955)
“ Reading Law at Trinity was life-changing for me. The inspiring cast of characters in the Law Fellowship inspired and supported me throughout. The humanity and kindness I was shown were just as important as the rigorous intellectual training I received. It is vital that the legal professions recruit and retain the best candidates, whatever their background. I am delighted to see that the Fund will extend the opportunities on offer to sixth-form students and continue to support outstanding graduates as they embark on their legal careers after College.” Angela Rafferty QC (1989)
The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund
To make a donation to one of the initiatives listed above or to discuss other opportunities to support the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, please contact: Alumni Relations and Development Office Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ T: +44(0)1223 338548 E: alumni@trin.cam.ac.uk
Trinity College is a registered charity, number 1137604.
Supporting the distinctive character and culture of legal education at Trinity College
How your gift to the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund could make a difference to a present or future Trinity Law student: • £200 would subsidise legal book purchases. • £300 would support an award in the Robert Walker Prize for Essays in Law. • £500 would support a maintenance bursary for a summer legal internship. • £2,000 would enable an additional 20 school students to attend the Law Residential for one night.
•£ 3,000 would support a three-month travelling summer studentship for comparative legal scholarship. •£ 6,000 would fund an additional night’s accommodation on the Law Residential and an additional day’s activities for 40 school students. •£ 10,000 would support a studentship for a professional training course such as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
Support for student grants and projects, and for access, outreach and admissions represents the first phase of Trinity’s ambitions for the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund. The College also welcomes input from its Law alumni into future priorities for endowing and enhancing education, teaching and learning in Law at Trinity.
In establishing the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, Trinity is paying tribute to its great legal educators. The College is very grateful for your support, which will make the Fund a lasting testament to them and an investment in the legal minds of the future.
© WEREWOLF: SPIKE MOUNTJOY
Making a difference
“ Reading Law at Trinity, under the supervision of its dedicated Law Fellows, was profoundly engaging and rewarding. The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund will help to secure for future students the distinctive intellectual experience we enjoyed and afford them even greater opportunities. I am particularly pleased that the Fund may support Trinity’s efforts to inspire promising candidates to apply to read Law. Each year’s Essay Prize winners impress me more than the last; these are the people we must encourage to study Law and enter the profession.” The Rt Hon. the Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe PC (1955)
“ Reading Law at Trinity was life-changing for me. The inspiring cast of characters in the Law Fellowship inspired and supported me throughout. The humanity and kindness I was shown were just as important as the rigorous intellectual training I received. It is vital that the legal professions recruit and retain the best candidates, whatever their background. I am delighted to see that the Fund will extend the opportunities on offer to sixth-form students and continue to support outstanding graduates as they embark on their legal careers after College.” Angela Rafferty QC (1989)
The Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund
To make a donation to one of the initiatives listed above or to discuss other opportunities to support the Donoghue and Stevenson Law Fund, please contact: Alumni Relations and Development Office Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ T: +44(0)1223 338548 E: alumni@trin.cam.ac.uk
Trinity College is a registered charity, number 1137604.
Supporting the distinctive character and culture of legal education at Trinity College