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Announcing our Travel and Learning Award Recipients and 2024 Borrin Foundation Fellows
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce the latest recipients of its...
Announcing our Borrin Foundation Scholars and Travel and Learning Award Recipients
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is pleased to announce the individuals who have been...
Inaugural Borrin Foundation Te Pae Tawhiti Scholarship recipients announced
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce the inaugural recipients of the...
Recipients of Borrin Foundation Individual Funding announced – Women Leaders in Law Fellowships and Travel and Learning Awards
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the most...
Media release: Borrin foundation new scholarship for postgraduate studies in law
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is pleased to announce the new Borrin Foundation Te Pae...
Recipients of Borrin Foundation Individual Funding announced – Travel and Learning Awards
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the most...
Recipients of Borrin Foundation Individual funding announced – Borrin Foundation – Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholarship
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the Borrin...
Recipients of Borrin Individual Funding Announced – Community Law Fellowship, Women Leaders in law Fellowship, Travel & Learning Awards
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of 2022’s first...
The Borrin Foundation is hiring!
We're looking for a Grants and Operations Coordinator to join our team! Would you like to be part...
Acknowledging the passing of Moana Jackson
We acknowledge the passing of Moana Jackson, one of Aotearoa’s preeminent legal scholars, a global leader on indigenous rights, and a beloved Rangatira who encouraged, inspired and empowered many in Te Ao Māori, the legal community, and Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Applications open for Borrin Foundation Fellowships and Travel & Learning Awards
Applications are open for our next round of individual funding. We invite applications for the Borrin Foundation Women Leaders in Law Fellowship, the Borrin Foundation-Community Law Fellowships and Travel and Learning Awards. Applications close 26 April 2022.
The Borrin Foundation is hiring!
We’re looking for a Scholarships and Engagement Associate to join our team! Would you like to be part of a small, vibrant team helping to make a difference to the lives of New Zealanders through the law? Or know someone who would be a great addition to the Borrin team? Let us know!
Media release: Recipients of Borrin Individual Funding Announced – Justice, Māori scholarship in law, legal innovation
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of the Borrin...
Media release: Access to civil justice new focus area for the Borrin Foundation
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is expanding our strategic focus areas to include access...
Media release: Recipients from March 2021 Round of Individual Funding Announced
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Borrin Foundation Women Leaders in Law Fellowship, the Borrin Foundation – Community Law Fellowship, and Borrin Foundation Travel and Learning Awards for the first application round that closed in March 2021.
Media release: New Borrin Foundation Travel and Learning Awards
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation has announced new Travel and Learning Awards to support individual members of the New Zealand legal community to travel overseas, or within Aotearoa New Zealand to learn from others and to share their learnings. The total pool of funding available is $120,000. 12 awards of up to $10,000 each will be available per year.
Media release: Encouraging Māori postgraduate scholarship in law
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is pleased to announce a new scholarship to contribute to increasing Māori postgraduate scholarship in law, offered in partnership with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. The Borrin Foundation – Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholarship is for Māori law graduates who wish to obtain a post-graduate degree in law overseas or domestically.
Media release: Borrin Foundation Announces Inaugural Justice Fellow
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation is delighted to announce that the inaugural Borrin Foundation Justice Fellowship has been awarded to Jennifer Braithwaite. The Fellowship supports an outstanding legal professional with up to $120,000 in funding to work towards the Foundation’s vision.
Media release: New Fellowships for outstanding legal professionals
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation has announced the launch of two new individual Fellowship awards that will be awarded annually, with a value of $200,000 per annum. These are the first of a number of fellowships, scholarships and grants for individuals to support and celebrate outstanding legal professionals working towards the Foundation’s vision.
Media release: New Chief Philanthropic Officer of the Borrin Foundation
Tupe Solomon-Tanoa’i has been appointed Chief Philanthropic Officer of the Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation, the Foundation announced today.
Covid-19 Response
The Borrin Foundation is working remotely and stands ready to support our doers. If you have any queries about your grant from the Borrin Foundation, please contact us. We are here to help if, and when, you need us.
2018 EOI Round: Knowledge sharing
Thank you to all who shared their ideas for legal research/education with us through the 2018 EOI Round. We believe that knowledge has the power to spark change, but only if it is shared. Find out more about the range of EOI ideas and what we’ve learned through the EOI process.
Funding round opens – calling for great EOIs!
Want to make a difference to New Zealand through the law? The Borrin Foundation’s first funding round is now open. All Expressions of Interests (EOIs) due by 12 noon 30 April 2018.
Borrin Foundation launch
The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation was formally launched on 20 February 2018 and its five inaugural grant projects, totalling over $1.7 million, were announced.