The objective is to award the inaugural scholarship in 2025, and to build over time an endowed fund enabling the awarding in perpetuity of a $5,000 annual scholarship.
The scholarship will contribute to increasing First Nations peoples’ participation, voice and influence in the legal sector. It is anticipated that future scholars will become lawyers, barristers, academics and judges who will be transformational for the law community and importantly the Queensland regional communities they represent.
The scholarships will not only provide much-needed financial assistance, but also mentoring, networking opportunities and encouragement to their deserving recipients, creating supportive and sustainable pathways into careers in law.
About Maureen and George Williams
The genesis for the CQUniCares Maureen and George Williams Law Scholarship began with the life and times of two young Aboriginal people George Williams (1917-1997) a Gunggari man and Maureen Stanley (1929-2023) a Wakka Wakka woman who met on Alroy Station in western Queensland in 1949 where George was working as a station hand and Maureen as a domestic servant.
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