Celebrating HSC Legal Studies Discerning Scholarship

It is with great pleasure and pride that the HSIE Faculty celebrates the academic achievements of all Santa Sabina students from the 2023 HSC Legal Studies cohort. Emma Carroll placed Third in NSW for HSC Legal Studies from an academic cohort of approximately 10,400 candidates who completed this course across NSW. This is an outstanding academic accomplishment by Emma.

On Tuesday 20 February, Emma and her Legal Studies teacher Kate Corcoran were invited to attend the ‘Top 20 Legal Studies’ event hosted by The Legal Studies Association of NSW to acknowledge the academic merit of students who placed in the first 20 places of the HSC from across the state. This event also champions the teachers who are pivotal in supporting HSC students throughout their senior studies.

‘Legal Studies is an incredible subject and if you put the effort in it will pay off. However, that hard work is not done in isolation and to succeed you need to collaborate and cooperate’, Emma told VV.

‘Ironically, you need to care less about the material mark and more about being a passionate and interested individual because that is what will allow you to achieve, or essentially care less and love it more. The skills I’ve learnt in Legal have inspired me to undertake law and international relations at ANU, which I’m loving. My love and passion for legal has given me such a great foundation for university, which of course is in part due to the fantastic teachers at Santa – I could not thank my Legal Studies teacher, Mrs Corcoran, and my other teachers enough.’

A very big congratulations to Emma Carroll on her discerning scholarship and academic excellence.

Brigida Zagora
Head of HSIE (Humanities and Social Sciences)