Eleanor Mitchell, an Adelaide Law School graduate and past University Medallist, has been awarded a 2012 Sir Robert Menzies Foundation Scholarship. Eleanor will undertake a Bachelor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford in 2012.

A University Medallist in 2009, Eleanor is currently an Associate to Justice Jayne Jagot of the Federal Court of Australia. In the past she has volunteered with Amnesty International and did an internship at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

The Menzies Foundation has awarded nine scholarships throughout Australia for 2012.