Academic Governance

The Rules of the James Backhouse Walker Prizes are repealed and the following substituted therefore.
Whereas the members of the legal profession in Tasmania and the Fellows of the Royal Society and certain friends of the late James Backhouse Walker, being desirous of perpetuating his memory in the University of Tasmania (of which he was sometime Vice-Chancellor), have subscribed the sum of £360 and have signified their desire that the said sum should be applied in founding a prize in the Law School of the University, to be called ‘The James Backhouse Walker Prize’, it is hereby provided as follows:

Rules

1. The aforesaid sum, together with any additions thereto and any accumulation of income from time to time, shall form the endowment of a prize to be called ‘The James Backhouse Walker Prize’.
2. The Prize shall be awarded each year to the student who, having in that year completed the final examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and being qualified to take that degree, has shown the greatest proficiency throughout the course.
3. For the purposes of Rule 2, a student enrolled for combined degrees under the Rules of Bachelor of Laws and Combined Degrees shall be deemed to be enrolled for the degree of Bachelor of Laws, provided that only those results in subjects and units offered by the Faculty of Law shall be taken into account in determining eligibility for the award of the Prize.