Jane Argyle-Reed ALPS joint chairperson, Ashley Kelland, Leandra Fitzgibbon ALPS joint chairperson and Jan Butterick JP, scholarship convenor. Photo Noel LoweThe Ashburton JP Association and the Ashburton Ashburton Law Practitioners Society (ALPS) has announced Ashley Kelland as the Jubilee Scholarship recipient for 2017.

Ashley completed Year 13 at Ashburton College last year, after he successfully passed NCEA in calculus, statistics, geography, history and physics. He has been involved in many activities and teams including house executive, academic competitions, scouts and cadets.

He has gained top of subject and excellence endorsement results for various subjects while at secondary school and will attend Canterbury University where he intends to undertake a double degree in law and science, majoring in geography.

Ashley would like to work for a major law firm, handling criminal cases and eventually become a Crown prosecutor or venture into environmental law.

The scholarship is awarded annually to an “A” student who intends to continue in law and is intended as a contribution towards the course costs.

The 2016 scholarship recipient, Sally Cunneen, successfully completed her first year of legal studies at Otago University and is working a summer clerkship at an Ashburton law practitioner’s before returning to university.

© The Ashburton Guardian - 15 February 2017