FELLOWSHIPS
The Foundation believes that one of the ways to achieve lasting change and build fruitful reciprocal relationships in a wide range of countries is to work with young judges and lawyers. A small number of able, well trained individuals can have an enormous impact in countries which are trying to implement legal reform and many of the past recipients of Slynn Fellowships have gone on to hold senior roles in legal firms, academia and their respective governments. In this short video two fellows talk about what it has meant to their professional development https://youtu.be/0rcS8Ec9NV0 or read other stories below.
The Slynn Fellowship offers a valuable opportunity for young, promising lawyers from overseas selected by our trustees and the professional bodies from countries in which the Foundation has current projects, to spend time working in London at leading city firms and barristers’ chambers and sitting with serving judges.
Subject to the availability of sponsorship funding, the Foundation selects two candidates in collaboration with local judiciaries or Bar councils in countries where it works who will represent their country as Slynn Fellows (Slynn does not accept applications from individuals). Through its contacts the Foundation constructs a tailor-made programme for the Fellow, taking account his or her area of interest. To date there have been 18 Slynn Fellowships awarded to young lawyers coming from Finland, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria and Zambia.
During the outbreak of COVID-19 it was not possible to offer fellowships. Instead the Trustees decided to support a worthy charity with the funds please see our 2021 report and more storeys from our fellowship recipients below.
Fellowship 2025
The Foundation was delighted to have reinstated its Fellowship in 2024 and thanks to funding from the Anglo American Foundation, we look forward to welcoming two further Fellowship recipients in the summer of 2025.
