graham turnbull essay competition 2022

Law Essay Competitions

From learnmore.

• 1.1 The Andrew Lockley Public Law Essay Competition
• 1.2 vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition
• 1.3 Golding Essay Prize
• 1.4 Times Law Awards
• 1.5 The Graham Turnbull Memorial International Human Rights Essay Competition
• 1.6 Bar Council Law Reform Essay
• 1.7 JLD Essay Competition
• 1.8 UKELA Andrew Lees Prize
• 1.9 ARDL Marion Simmons QC Essay Competition
• 1.10 FIDE Essay Prize
• 1.11 Future Legal Mind Award
• 1.12 Property Bar Association Essay Competition
• 1.13 SCL Student Essay Prize
• 1.14 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law
• 1.15 UK Centre for Animal Law Essay Competition
• 1.16 The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law Essay Competition
• 1.17 Littleton Chambers Sports Law Essay Competition
• 1.18 Human Rights Essay Award
• 1.19 FSLA Essay Competition
• 1.20 ITSA Essay Competition

Feeling like a winner?

There are lots of opportunities to try out your writing expertise throughout the year...sometimes for money (oh and prestige and worldwide fame of course...).

The Andrew Lockley Public Law Essay Competition

Irwin Mitchell run this competition for aspiring public law and human rights solicitors and it is a fantastic opportunity to get your name out there, win a £250 Blackwell's gift card and to develop your legal writing skills.

It is open to law students, graduates, paralegals and trainee solicitors.

Entrants are asked to submit an essay of no more than 1500 words on the following topic:

What key factors should the courts consider and give most weight to when balancing the rights to freedom of expression and assembly of protestors with disruption to other members of the public?

Deadline is: 31st October 2023. Find full details of the competition, including the rules via the Irwin Mitchell website .

vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition

This annual competition (it has been running since 2018) centres around three new themes each year. For 2024 these are:

• Immigration
• Large language models
• Industrial action

As in previous years, the winner receives a whopping £1500, with additional prizes for runners-up.

Have a look at the vLex Writing Competition page to see the rules, Ts &Cs and the work of winners from the previous competitions . You can also get inspiration on the set themes.

Max number of words is 1000. Deadline is 1st December 2023.

Golding Essay Prize

The Competition Law Association runs an annual competition for any student, trainee solicitor, pupil barrister or trainee patent and trade mark attorney. First prize is £1000.

The 2024 Essay Prize title asked for entrants to address the following title:

As the importance of renewable energy increases, will patents continue to play a central role in protecting those rights or will renewable companies rely on trade secrets and confidential information only?

Look at the competition website for inspiration from previous winning essays. The rules and background for this year's competition can be accessed via the CLA website .

Times Law Awards

The biggest of these law essay competition is The Times Law Award. Last year's competition deadline was mid-Jan and prizes were substantial, with £3,500 for the winner and £2,500 and £1,500 for second and third place. Not bad for a 1000 word essay on a given topic!

Last year's title was:

Should states and private parties be entitled to recover reparations from aggressor states, and if so, how??

You can see the prize-winning essays (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 3 runners-up going all the way back to 1995) on the One Essex Court/Times Law Award website .

We'll update this as soon as this year's competition is announced.

We're very proud of the incredible number of City students and alumni who have performed so well in this competition over the years. We have seen the following successes from them:

GDL student Charlie Colenutt was runner-up in 2020 * BPTC student William Beddows was runner-up in 2019 * BPTC student Katie Ratcliffe (3rd) in 2018 * GDL student Genevieve Woods (1st) in 2017 * Joshua Brown (1st) and Gavin Dingley (2nd) in 2016 * BPTC students George White (1st) and Lara Hassell (3rd) (Lara completed the GDL at City in the previous year) and BPTC alumnus James Beeton (2nd) in 2014 * GDL students Andrew Lomas (1st) and Lara Hassell (2nd) in 2013 * GDL and BPTC alumni James Potts (1st) and GDL student Thomas Coates (2nd) in 2012 * GDL student Anthony Pavlovich (1st) in 2011 * GDL student Anita Davies (1st) in 2010. Anita's winning essay was described by Jack Straw as "an engaging, erudite piece of prose" * GDL student Amy Rogers (1st) in 2006 * GDL student Sarah Love (joint 1st) in 2005 * BVC student James Brilliant (1st) in 2004 * GDL student Mathew Guillick (1st) in 2002 *

The Graham Turnbull Memorial International Human Rights Essay Competition

An annual competition named after Graham Turnbull, an English solicitor who did much to promote respect for human rights. Graham was killed in 1997, working as a human rights monitor on the United Nations Human Rights Mission in Rwanda.

Until 2023, the competition was administered by the Law Society but is now managed by the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund independently.

The competition is open to law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and all solicitors/barristers within 3 years of admission/call. It asked for essays of no more than 2000 words in length and awards the winner of this prestigious award, £500. The title for the 2023 competition is:

What are the human rights implications of the failure of a state to take action to prevent global temperature rises which threaten the health or lives of their citizens?

Previous winners include Niall Coghlan (2013 competition) and Nick Jones (2019 competition), who were both on the GDL programme at City. You can read the winning entries all the way back to 2010 on the Law Society page for inspiration in the meantime...

Entries should be sent to [email protected] prior to the deadline - 5pm on the 20th October 2023. I've put the full rules on the Lawbore blog for you.

Bar Council Law Reform Essay

Sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarship Trust, this competition is open to students and pupils and requires entrants to write a piece of less than 3000 words proposing the case for a law reform which is desirable, practical and useful. Top prize is £4000 which could come in very handy for funding some part of your legal education.

City GDL students have won in previous years: Daisy Ricketts (2011) and Calum Docherty (2010) were both successful. Calum proposed the reform of copyright law in Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Reforming Fair Dealing in English Copyright Law and Daisy with Strengthening the Rule of Law: Reforming the Scope on Parliamentary Privilege . In 2012 City student Mek Mesfin was runner-up in the CPE category and in 2013 Ross Beaton , a City GDL alumni won the overall prize. You can see all previous winners and read their essays via the Bar Council website .

Phoebe Whitlock won in the GDL category for 2016's competition with an entry entitled Rivalling Silicon Valley: The case for the reform of Software Patents. Take a look at the CityNews story about this. For the 2017 competition, GDL student Clarissa Wigoder won first prize with her essay Spare the rod: Why the law on corporal punishment needs to be reformed, and Daniel Fox was named runner-up with his piece: I hate being idle: Asylum seekers and the right to work. In 2020 BPTC alumnus Oliver Brewis won for his piece: Unravelling the Sleeve of Care: Fair Remuneration for Employer-contracted Sleep . In 2021, GDL student Annika Weis won with her entry: Licence to sanction - Stopping Environmental Crimes through UK Magnitsky legislation . Last year, GDL student Raphael Marshall was first runner-up in the competition.

Take a look at their entries (and other winners back to 2018) via the Bar Council website . The competition information usually comes out in April and the deadline for entries for 2023 is 23rd October at 5pm.

JLD Essay Competition

Open to its members, the Junior Lawyers Network of the Law Society , have an annual competition for those registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. This includes LPC students and those qualified and working as paralegals. The deadline is normally around the end of November each year and they generally ask for essays of no more than 2000 words. I can't currently find any information about this year's competition, so have fired off an email to the organisation. Update soon!

Essay titles from previous years include:

Is there a role for the legal profession in environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations?

What’s in a name? Is the title of solicitor still relevant??

How will the rule of law be affected by advances in legal technology?

UKELA Andrew Lees Prize

Named for a former Friends of the Earth Campaign Director (Andrew Lees, a leading environmental campaigner who died unexpectedly in 1994) this prize has been going many years. You can view previous winners on the site and the winner normally receives support for travel and attendance at the UKELA annual conference as well as see your work published in their members' journal.

The deadline for submissions is usually around early April of each year. The 2024 competition is likely to launch in January 2024.

Find out more about the competition and associated rules on the UKELA website , as well as essay winners from past years.

The 2023 competition pivoted around the following statement: 'If we are to meet the challenges of the climate and nature crises, it is essential to strengthen current approaches to environmental governance. Discuss'. You can read the winning entry via the UKELA website.

ARDL Marion Simmons QC Essay Competition

Annual essay competition from the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers . Students are asked to write no more than 1500 words on a topic. The competition asks applicants to submit an essay on a regulatory law or disciplinary law topic of their choice.

First prize winner takes home £2000, second prize winner £1000 and third prize £500. Details of the competition are normally released in February, with a deadline for submission in late April.

Entry is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and a wide range of early practitioners too. You can see full eligibility details via the competition website .

FIDE Essay Prize

The UK Association for European Law also run an essay competition, with the winner securing a bursary to attend the biennial FIDE CONGRESS Conference, which usually takes place in May.

Students are generally asked to write no more than 2000 words (including footnotes) on the topic provided.

Submissions are judged by a panel from the UKAEL committee, who will award the winner registration at the conference in addition to £600 towards accommodation and travel. The winner of this prize in 2018 was William Spence, GDL student at City. In 2014 another City student (BPTC) took the prize, Niall Coghlan. You can read both their essays via the UKAEL website. Niall has had a great year for developing his European Law expertise - he was also part of the team that won the European Human Rights Moot in Strasbourg.

Sadly the competition has been on pause in recent years and will likely not run in 2024.

Future Legal Mind Award

Launched in 2014 by the National Accident Helpline the winner of this competition will receive £1500 towards their career development, as well as gain access to mentoring and a work experience placement.

There are separate awards for undergraduates and postgraduates. The last time the competition ran was 2022. You can find out more about the competition and see the winning entries via the National Accident Helpline competition website . The organisers have confirmed that it will run again in 2024.

The 2015 winner in the postgraduate category was Lukas Hamilton-Eddy (City GDL student). In 2016 the prize was again won by a City GDL student, Tom Phillips. He wowed judges with his essay on the future of legal services for firms and consumers. Another City student, Pavlos Artemios Xagoraris also made the finalists stage. Pavlos is in the first year of his Graduate Entry LLB. Katherine Strange (GDL) was a finalist in 2017. We're overdue another City winner!

Property Bar Association Essay Competition

This competition was launched in November 2015 and asks students each year to write a 1000-word essay, with the winner taking home £1000, a copy of Megarry & Wade AND their essay published in the Estates Gazette .

The question for 2023 was Has equity been taken too far in enforcing informal promises of interests in land?

The question is normally released in November each year and the essay deadline in early January.

Arabella Adams (City GDL) won the 2017 competition and Elijah Granet (City GDL) won first prize in the 2020 competition .

SCL Student Essay Prize

The Society for Computers and Law annual essay competition asks entrants to write a maximum of 2000 words in order to be in with a chance of winning a free place at the annual SCL Conference, publication of your essay in the SCL Computers and Law magazine and £300. The competition honours the memory of the amazing Sir Henry Brooke, a former President of SCL.

The 2021 competition (deadline was in November of that year) asked students to address the following question in fewer than 2500 words:

There is increasing concern that machine learning tools embed bias in their operations and outputs. To what extent does the law currently provide adequate protection from or adequate redress in respect of any such discrimination?

We've contacted the SCL to find out if this competition will run in 2024.

Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law

This competition was launched in 2020 by SpicyIP , in honour of their founder Professor Shamnad Basheer. Excitingly this competition asks for submissions on anything related to intellectual property rights – the more creative the better. The call generally comes out in May of each year.

The word limit for submissions is 5,000 words (inclusive of footnotes) and the deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020 (23:59 IST).

All submissions and any queries should be e-mailed to [email protected].

The competition is open to students currently enrolled in any LLB program (or its equivalent – meaning students enrolled in J.D. programs can take part) across the world.

We are awaiting information on the 4th annual essay competition but you can see the winners of the 2022 competition and their essays via the SpicyIP website .

UK Centre for Animal Law Essay Competition

The details of the 2024 competition will be released in November 2023.

Last year's competition title was:

Can the UK’s hunting legislation be reformed to ensure practical protection for UK wildlife? .

The inaugral competition was won by City GDL and BVS student Sam Groom. You can see a fantastic video of Sam speaking about the competition on the competition website.

First prize is a £150 book voucher and the chance to get your essay published in the UK Journal of Animal Law.

The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law Essay Competition

The organisers state that the aim of their competition is to:

...encourage students to explore the fascinating questions that animals rights raise, and to discuss these questions in an original piece of writing that may inspire them to engage further with the topic in the future.

No information regarding the 2024 competition yet but in 2023 the question was as follows:

Richard Ryder once wrote: “Since Darwin, scientists have agreed that there is no ‘magical’ essential difference between human and other animals, biologically-speaking. Why then do we make an almost total distinction morally?” Assuming that is correct, how does this affect the arguments for and against animal rights laws?

The winning essay in the university category receives £750. You can read winning essays from the previous years of the competition via the competition website .

Littleton Chambers Sports Law Essay Competition

This annual competition from Littleton Chambers offers young lawyers the chance to get their ideas out to the wider sporting community and various monetary prizes, plus a sports law mini-pupillage. First prize is £1000, second prize £500 and third place receives £250.

The 2023 competition deadline was end of February 2023, so we anticipate a similar one for the 2024 competition. Entrants were asked to submit a piece of work between 1,500 and 2,500 words, on the following title:

Transparency has been prized as foundational to good governance in sport (see, for instance, the International Olympic Committee’s Basic Universal Principles of Good Governance, principle 2). To what extent (if at all) are sport regulators justified in using confidential procedures, such as arbitration, to deal with participant misconduct?

Until we get the info for the 2024 competition, have a look at the information on the 2023 competition pages .

Human Rights Essay Award

The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition (sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Washington College of Law) that seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law.

The Academy will grant two Awards, one for the best article in English and one for the best article in Spanish. The Award in each case will consist of:

• A full scholarship to the Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for either the Diploma or Certificate of Attendance options.
• Travel expenses to and from Washington D.C. (if the competition is not virtual)
• Housing at the university dorms
• Per diem for living expenses
• The best articles may also be published in the American University International Law Review

It is open to all lawyers around the world regardless of their nationality, but participants must already have a law degree Juris Doctor, (J.D.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent by the submission due date to be eligible. They must also have a demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law.

The 2022 topic was Climate Change and Human Rights: Impacts, Responsibilities, and Opportunities and the deadline was the end of January.

We are awaiting information on the 2024 competition.

FSLA Essay Competition

The Financial Services Lawyers Association runs an annual essay competition, normally with a deadline of early October each year. First prize is a generous £1500 and a legal internship at the FCA.

The 2023 competition title is Can the risks and opportunities of AI in financial services be managed by fine-tuning existing regulation, or is a new approach required? You need to get your entries in by midnight on 6th October 2023.

Look at the FSLA website for full details/rules. Note that membership of the FSLA is free to students!

ITSA Essay Competition

Open to students members of the Inner Temple, the 2023 competition asks entrants for essays of 2500 words maximum (including refs) on the following topic:

Is the Cab Rank Rule now redundant at the self-employed Bar?

Deadline is 4pm on Monday 6th November 2023 and first prize is £150 and publication of your essay in the Inner Temple Yearbook. Look at the competition website for full rules of the competition .

• Human rights

Human rights and the rule of law

“Has the rule of law been replaced by the rule of politics?” That is the question posed in this year’s annual Graham Turnbull essay competition  – and it could not be asked at a more salient time.

Human rights under attack?

The inextricable links between democracy, the rule of law and human rights are acknowledged throughout the international legal and political spheres, finding expression in texts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the European Convention. And yet, the significant role that human rights play as a stabilising force, let alone the protection they provide for all the rights and freedoms that we hold dear, is still often taken for granted.

As we edge tentatively towards Brexit day, it is possible that we will see the removal of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights from UK law. The future of protections contained within the Human Rights Act are also being questioned.

Meanwhile, across the globe, there is a shocking amount of evidence of what happens when human rights protections are treated with disdain.

At the Law Society, through our international Lawyers at Risk programme , we see particular consequences in the ongoing harassment, intimidation, arbitrary arrest and detention, and even torture and killing of human rights lawyers.

The Graham Turnbull essay competition and lecture

The centrality of human rights to the rule of law and our experience of providing assistance to lawyers at risk are why the Law Society is dedicated to promoting human rights through our work, including events such as the Graham Turnbull Lecture .

Graham Turnbull was an English solicitor from Yorkshire. Leaving behind his life and legal practice in England, he travelled to Rwanda in 1994 where he worked as a United Nations human rights monitor, investigating reprisal killings in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.

Tragically, he was killed in 1997, along with four others, in an apparent state-sanctioned ambush as they travelled in clearly marked UN vehicles. The killings were condemned internationally and led to the UN temporarily suspending its operations in the region and withdrawing aid workers.

The Law Society honours Graham’s memory by running an annual essay competition , in conjunction with the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund, and a lecture from a relevant guest speaker .

Through the question posed, we encourage law students and junior lawyers to examine current pressing human rights issues and to consider their impact on the wider system of human rights and law.

This year’s question – “Has the rule of law been replaced with the rule of politics?” – captures the essence of wider challenges that have been felt across the legal and political systems of not just the UK, but countries throughout the world. It is a question concerned with the fundamental principles upon which democratic systems are built, and their ability to weather these challenges.

We are delighted that Tom Hickman QC will be sharing his thoughts on the essay question at the Graham Turnbull Lecture , hosted on Human Rights Day (10 December 2019). As a leading barrister with Blackstone Chambers who was part of the team representing Gina Miller in her two headline cases against the government, his will be a timely contribution to this fundamental debate.

Tom will also be announcing the winner of the essay competition at the event, which is chaired by Sue Willman , Chair of the Law Society Human Rights Committee, with an introduction from Stephanie Boyce , Law Society Deputy Vice-President.

In times of legal and political upheaval, the rule of law is the unfaltering guide to maintaining stability. We hope that you will join us on 10 December to celebrate the place of human rights in sustaining this equilibrium and raise awareness of their ongoing importance to our legal system. Book your place via our events website .

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Competitions +

There are frequently competitions – essays, presentations, moots, business challenges, social media posting etc. which allow you to showcase your excellence/talents/creativity.  they are worth entering for many reasons but especially because it will build your profile and set you apart from the competition.  plus, you might actually win something  prizes range from prestige to money, work experience, publication to trips abroad..

The competitions listed on this page are ones which I think may be relevant to law students (not all will be in law!) but there may be many more ‘out there’ –  keep an eye on LinkedIn and social media platforms (you should be following some legal organisations/employers/lawyers etc.)

Law-related competitions 

If any of the links provided don’t work go to the organisations home page and search in the website. , the aspiring solicitors’ commercial awareness competition .

Win work experience at top firms (may lead to TC)

This annual competition really does give winners the edge – winners in the past have gained training contract offers from sponsoring firms.  This is a chance for you to gain exposure to some top named firms and show them how good you are in a different type of competitive field. You enter as an individual and go through various ’rounds’ before being placed in a team for the finals.   You will need to be a member of Aspiring Solicitors to enter but this is free and comes with lots of benefits so sign up today.   To find out more see the information on https://www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk/commercial-awareness-competition/   The closing date is usually October.

BIUCAC Commercial Awareness Competition

As above, this is an annual competition which is sponsors by some leading firms giving you the chance to win work experience, mentoring and more.   Find out more on  https://www.biucac.com/

Kent students have done well in this competition with a 3rd place winner rin 2021 – https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/news/6761/kent-law-student-finishes-third-in-national-commercial-awareness-competition 

Mooting Competitions

There is a lot of opportunity to get involved with mooting at KLS and we also enter lots of students into regional and national competitions.  See the Moodle Mooting Page at LW638 for more help – Course: Mooting (2021/2022) (kent.ac.uk)

Essay competitions

There are several essay competitions every year with prizes that include money and work experience.   They usually open for entries during autumn or spring term.   The following may not currently be ‘live’ competitions but, I’ve provided the names and links so that you can research them and make a note of when they will be next run (they are usually the same time every year).

• Human Rights Lawyer’s Association competition – a team competition where finalists present at the RCJ.  Has been put on hold during the pandemic.  Read more here  https://www.hrla.org.uk/judicial-review-competition/ 
• The Law Society – Graham Turnbull Human Rights essay competition – win £500. https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/en/topics/human-rights/graham-turnbull-international-human-rights-essay-competition
• Times Law Awards competition – top prize £3500 – https://www.oeclaw.co.uk/times-law-awards .
• Future Legal Mind  – win £1500 and mentoring with work placement –  https://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/news/future-legal-mind.
• The Property Bar Association – essay competition for future property barristers.  Advertised in autumn term with a entry deadline of January.  Win £1000 + publication.  The latest competition is detailed here but use the search facility to find details for the current year – https://www.propertybar.org.uk/events/previous/pba-essay-competition-2023
• V/Lexjustis – International Law and Technology Writing Competition  – win £1500 + publication. https://vlex.com/writing-competition 
• The Bar Council Law Reform Essay – win £4000 –  https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/becoming-a-barrister/students-and-graduates/law-reform-essay-competition.html
• UELKA Andrew Lees – this is an environmental law essay with the prize being a change to speak at their annual conference.   Competition has not run during C19 but will be back in the future https://www.ukela.org/UKELA/Networks/Students/Andrew-Lees-Essay-prize.aspx
• CLEA – Commonwealth Law Student Essay Prize – biannual competition – there are no details on the website about the 2020 competition (I have made an enquiry with the organisation and will update this page when I hear back from them) but I am including the weblink as this may simply be a C19 issue and the competition may be back in 2022 – http://www.clea-web.com/essay-competition/
• European Law Students Association – Moot Court Competitions – https://elsa-uk.org/mcc/    I’m including these Mooting competitions here because they are not ones that the KLS Mooting programme includes.
• Society for Computers and Law ran a competition in 2021 but I can’t find details of one for 2022/23.  Leaving the link here in case they run it again as I know there is lots of interest in this growing area of practice. The prize was £300 + publication and it ran in the summer term – https://www.scl.org/student-essayprize-2021 
• The International Dispute Resolution Centre – The Richard Mustill Essay prize – Win £10,000 – biannual competition (next one in 2024). Entries in Spring. There is not currently any details showing on the IDC website but the homepage is at   www.idrc.co.uk
• Spicy IP – Intellectual Property Law essay competition – This annual competition, opens in May each year.   You’ll win money in Indian Rupees but it is an international competition .  There isn’t a single web page and you’ll have to look for the detail each year for the updates but start by looking at the launch details for 2022 and use the links on the website to find the most up-to-date info: https://spicyip.com/2022/05/announcing-the-3rd-shamnad-basheer-essay-competition-on-intellectual-property-law.html
• UK centre for Animal Law – prize is publication.  Launches in November each year.  https://www.alaw.org.uk/student-essay-competition/    They also have an annual animal law moot ( https://www.alaw.org.uk/studentsacademics/)
• The Gide, Gray’s Inn French-English Law Essay Prize.  Win £1500 + 2 week paid internship – This competition ran for the first time in 2022 and is running again in 2023 – it would appear to have become an annual competition so I’m leaving details on this page.   The topic of the essay will be comparative law relevant to commercial transactions in the French and English legal systems.    Essay topic will be revealed in June and there is a September deadline.   There is not a useful weblink but, to register to participate or to receive further information email [email protected] 

Non-legal competitions

StudentCompetitions.com  –  https://studentcompetitions.com/ –    This website is trying to collate all of the student competitions nationally and some globally too.

Human rights essay competition

Law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and junior lawyers (current, prospective or inbetween stages) are invited to enter the Law Society’s annual Graham Turnbull essay competition on human rights.

This year’s essay title is: ‘In the light of the growing prison population should we look for alternatives to imprisonment?’ The deadline for entries is Friday 23 March 2012.

To find out more please click here

Future Lawyer Blog

Getting ahead: essay competition opportunities 2022-23.

There are a wide range of different essay competitions that run each year for law students. You can see the full list of these on Learnmore with information that we know now, but this will be updated throughout the year. Here are a couple with deadlines coming up you might like to crack on with.

The Bar Council Law Reform Essay Competition

The biggest law essay competition in the UK has a deadline next month (21st October 2022). Unlike other competitions, the Bar Council asks you to get creative, making the case as to what law reform to English, Welsh or European law you think needs to happen. Here’s what the Chair of the Law Reform Committee has to say about the competition:

“We are delighted to announce that the 2022 Law Reform Essay competition is now open. The Committee are looking forward to reading your ideas for law reform. We are also very grateful to The City Law School for their generous sponsorship of the competition, in the first year of what we hope will be a long and fruitful partnership.” Iain MacDonald, Chair of the Law Reform Committee

Excitingly you can see all of the essays from previous winners from 2015 onwards on the Bar Council website, giving lots of inspiration for your own. There have been lots of past winners from our students at City, so be great to see lots of entries from this year’s cohort too.

Oooo I haven’t mentioned the prizes!?

• £4,000 for the winner
• £2,500 for the runner-up
• £1,500 for best GDL entry
• £1,000 for GDL entry runner-up
• 2 x £500 highly commended entries

The Andrew Lockley Public Law Essay Competition 2022

Perfect for all those aspiring Public Law and Human Rights solicitors out there! Irwin Mitchell LLP have launched this competition in honour of their first head of the PLHR team at the firm.

This is the title to get your teeth into:

Following withdrawal of the Bill of Rights by Liz Truss’ government, it’s widely believed that future reform of the Human Rights Act 1998 is still on the agenda. Please set out the pros and cons of reform, drawing on key provisions that had been intended for the former draft Bill of Rights.

Have a look at the competition website for full details but the headline elements are as follows:

• No more than 1,000 words long
• Open to law students, graduates, trainee solicitors and paralegals practising public law and human rights or having an interest in that area of law.
• Deadline is 14th October
• Prize is a £200 Blackwell’s gift card, plus the obvious profile-raising effect of being a winner!

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The Graham Turnbull essay competition

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The Law Society's international human rights committee runs an annual human rights essay competition for law students and young lawyers in England and Wales.

The competition is named after Graham Turnbull, an English solicitor, who promoted respect for human rights.

Mr Turnbull was unfortunately killed in February 1997, at the age of 37, while working as a human rights monitor on the United Nations Human Rights Mission in Rwanda.

The international human rights committee is proud to honour Mr Turnbull's commitment to human rights through this competition, the aim of which is to encourage awareness and knowledge of international human rights issues and remedies among young lawyers.

The title for the 2000/2001 essay competition is: In what circumstances can humanitarian intervention be justified?

This year, the author of the winning essay will be awarded a prize of 500, donated by the firm Lovells.

The winning essay will also be published.

The runner-up will be awarded book tokens to the value of 250, donated by Butterworths.

The winning essay will be chosen from the entrants by a panel of distinguished judges.

In alphabetical order, the judges are:Michael Birnbaum QC, member Bar Human Rights Committee, Professor Christine Chinkin, Department of Law, London School of Economics, Tricia Feeney, Senior Policy Adviser, Oxfam, P R Ghandhi, Department of Law, University of Reading; member of the Law Society's Human Rights Committee, Christopher Keith Hall, Legal Adviser, Amnesty International Secretariat, Rodger Pannone, Past President of the Law Society and Chairperson of its International Human Rights Committee, Adam Roberts, Montagu Burton Professor of International Relations and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

As the competition aims to promote human rights awareness among young lawyers, it is open to all law students in England and Wales, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and all solicitors and barristers with three years of admission/call at the closing date.

Entries, which must be a maximum of 2,000 words and unpublished original work, should reach the Law Society by 12 February 2001 together with some form of proof of eligibility.

Please mark your entry for the attention of: Ms Mel James, Secretary to the International Human Rights Committee, the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL.The judges' decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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