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Law Essay Competitions
Are you an LLB, BVC, LPC or A Level Law Student? Perhaps you've already qualified as a lawyer but enjoy writing essays.
Many organisations offer prizes for writing essays and we've rounded up the best selection here. If you know of any other law essay writing competitions that may be of interest to our site visitors, please contact us.
Please ensure you verify the information on this page independently - we cannot be held responsible for any errors.
Closing Date: Friday 2 February 2007
Graham Turnbull Essay Competition The Trainee Solicitors Group (TSG) and the Young Solicitors Group (YSG), in association with the International Human Rights Committee of the Law Society is running the annual human rights essay competition for law students and young lawyers in or from England and Wales. To enter, please submit an essay that answers the question Why must human rights be protected by the rule of law? The competition is open to all law students, members of the TSG and YSG and barristers of less than seven years' call at the closing date in or from England and Wales. Entries, a maximum of 2,000 words in length (including footnotes) should reach the address below by 6pm on Friday 2 February 2007 together with proof of eligibility. (Please see website for eligibility and guidance details). The author of the winning essay will be awarded a prize of £500, funded from the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund. The runner-up will be awarded book tokens to the value of £250, kindly donated by LexisNexis Butterworths. Please note that both essays may be published by the TSG as part of the report of the 2006/2007 competition. Please send your entry for the attention of: Francine Naidoo, c/o Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, 8 Clifford Street, London W1S 2LQ or grahamturnball@tsg.org www.tsg.org/grahamturnball
Closing date: 31 December 2006
The Clive M. Schmitthoff Essay Competition:
Eligibility:
Any student at any institute of higher learning anywhere in the world.
Subject:
Any topic related to the CISG or UNIDROIT Principles or the PECL.
Length & format:
Student's choice. Submission of essays as e-mail attachments is satisfactory and encouraged.
Awards:
A prize of $5,000 will be awarded for the best essay. If this essay is not published elsewhere, the Pace Institute will arrange for its publication. For all essays of special merit, the author and faculty member under whom the student studied will each receive a Certificate of Merit. Submission:
Entries must be received no later than 31 December 2006 at the address below. Additional information may be obtained by writing to:
Albert H. Kritzer, Executive Secretary
Institute of International Commercial Law
Pace University School of Law
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603, USA akritzer@law.pace.edu
Closing Date: Friday 24 November 2006
Are our extradition laws fair?
That's the subject of this year's Times/One Essex Court essay competition, and there's £10,000 up for grabs. Write no more than 1,000 words on Extradition to foreign courts: are our laws fair? Please send your essay, typed and doubled spaced or clearly written, to the Times Law Awards, c/o One Essex Court, Temple, London EC4Y 9AR; by fax to 020-7583 0118; or by e-mail to tla@oeclaw.co.uk. For more information consult the One Essex Court website (www.oeclaw.co.uk) or telephone Kirst Hough on 020-7583 2000. PRIZES: First, £3,500; second: £2,500; third, £1,500. Three runners-up: £1,000 each. The results will be announced at an awards dinner next spring.
Closing date: 1 November 2006
An essay identifying a
desirable, practical and useful law
reform
The Law Reform Committee
of the General Council of the Bar. Eligibility:
Law Students, CPE Students,
BVC Students and
Pupils.
Prizes: £4,000 Winner £2,500 Runner up £1,500 Best CPE entry £1,000 Runner up CPE entry. See the Bar Council Website for further info.
Other essay competitions
These competitions are not running at the moment but it is worth checking the site regularly for details of new contents.
Richmond University - American Law Essay Catalogue
Andrew Lees Prize | UK Environmental Law Association
This is an annual essay competition, open to any student, trainee solicitor, pupil or solicitor / barrister who has not more than 2 years post qualification experience.
Each winner receives a cash prize and travel and entry to UKELA's annual conference. Commiserations to those who were not successful.
UK Centre for Legal Education
General legal education awareness competition with smaller prizes (2006 prizes were 1st: £250, 2nd: £75 and 3rd: £50)
American Law (only) Essay Competitions (these are not generally open to British Students)
AJA
The American Judges Association (AJA) annual essay competition is open to all full-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada. The first prize for the contest is $3,000; second is $1,500; and third is $1,000. First, second, and third place winners and their law schools will be presented with an award certificate. The winning essay will be published in AJA's journal, Court Review. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the National Court Reporters Association.
Boskey ADR Writing Competition
The purpose of the competition is to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of dispute resolution and collaborative decision-making among students enrolled in ABA accredited law schools and also graduate programs in the United States and abroad. The essay may address any aspect of dispute resolution practice, theory or research that the contestant chooses. Essays are limited to 15-20 typewritten pages, including footnotes or endnotes. The text of the essay must be double-spaced, with twelve-point font and one-inch margins. First Prize: $1000 in each of two divisions, Law Student or Masters/Doctoral Student. The first prize winners will also receive an invitation to publish in The Journal of American Arbitration or The World Arbitration and Mediation Report and the essays will be posted online at the Section of Dispute Resolution's website.