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Official Rules Human Rights Essay Award

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law is proud to request the submission of essays for the Human Rights Essay Award (HREA). Recipients will be chosen according to the following rules:

1. Applicants for the Award must hold a law degree  and have a demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law.

2. Past winners cannot participate in future awards.

3. To apply for the HREA, applicants must choose a subject pertaining to the topic chosen by the Academy for each particular year . Applicants will have the flexibility to choose any subject related to the substantive law relevant to the field. International human rights law shall be understood to include international humanitarian law and international criminal law.  The essay must be within the scope of the topic or it will be disqualified .

4. Applicants must submit an unpublished legal essay in English or Spanish written solely by that person. Essays written by two or more people are not accepted!

5. Only one submission will be accepted per applicant in either language, English or Spanish . If more than one essay is received, it will be left up to the applicant to decide which essay to submit officially. Should the applicant not indicate a preference, the first essay received by the Academy will be the one considered for the award.

6.  The essays must not exceed 35 pages, including footnotes . 

6.1. For the body of the essay applicants must use Times New Roman font, 12-point double-spaced .

6.2. For the footnotes of the essay applicants must use Times New Roman font, 10-point single-spaced . If you have questions on the proper usage of footnotes, please consult the "The Uniform System of Citation: The Bluebook."

6.3. Character spacing must be set to normal with 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins all around . 

6.4. All essays must be on letter size paper (8.5 x 11 inches/21.59 x 27.94 cm). Do not use other sizes!

6.5. Any essay that does not follow the guidelines will be reformatted and 5 points will be taken off the final score. If the essay is longer than 35 pages, it will be automatically disqualified .

7. The essay has to be a legal document and must contain extensive research and legal analysis; therefore, it will include substantial footnotes and proper citations. The absence of those will cause the essay to be disqualified .

8. Applicants/Authors should not put their names or any identifying information in their essays.

9. Essays will only be accepted in word format .

10. In addition, each applicant must also include a curriculum vitae (CV)/resume of no more than three pages in length explaining their experience or interest in human rights issues. Please submit the CV as a separate file from your essay.

11. Any appended materials other than a CV will not be accepted. Do not include a bibliography, a list of websites, or any other extra materials. These will be immediately discarded and not considered .

12. Essays must be submitted using the  online submission form .  No emailed entries will be accepted!

13. The Academy will confirm via e-mail the receipt of all essays submitted. If you do not receive a confirmation within 48 business hours (Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) of sending a submission, please contact us to ensure that we received it.

14. Essays must be received before the dates stated in the ¨Important dates¨ section on our website. Essays received after the deadline will not be accepted.

15. The Honor Jury that will select the Award winners is composed of professionals with recognized expertise in international human rights law.  The names of the Honor Jury for each particular year will be announced on our website .

16. There will be a pre-selection committee that will review all of the accepted, valid and non-disqualified essays and will select the final three in each language that will be later considered by the Honor Jury.

17. The Honor Jury decision will be announced on the date stated in the ¨Important dates¨ section on our website. The winners will also be notified via email. The decision of the Honor Jury will be final and will admit no appeal.

18. The Academy will award six awards, three for each language as follows:

Essays in English:

• 18.1. Award for Best Essay in English 
• 18.2. Honorable Mention for Second Best Essay in English
• 18.3. Honorable Mention for Third Best Essay in English

Essays in Spanish:

• 18.4. Award for Best Essay in Spanish
• 18.5. Honorable Mention for Second Best Essay in Spanish
• 18.6. Honorable Mention for Third Best Essay in Spanish

19. The award for the Best Essays in English and Spanish includes a full tuition scholarship to the Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for either the Diploma or Certificate of Attendance option, covering both application and administrative fees, as well as the costs of the academic courses in which the recipient enrolls, for a total of up to four courses. ?????? Travel expenses, housing, and per diem living expenses are not included and should be covered solely by the winners. The Academy reserves the right to determine if the 2024 Program of Advanced Studies will be held virtually, or at least if some classes will be held remotely. The scholarship will be available only for the Advanced Studies Program in Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the same year in which the winner has obtained the first place in the Human Rights Essay Competition. 

20. The winners will receive a certificate that accredits them as such and that can be presented to any organization or educational institution if the recipient considers it important. The Award will be the publication of the essays in The American University International Law Review (AUILR)* if publishing standards are met.

21. The essays pre-selected for the Award will undergo a thorough review for plagiarism and may be disqualified if any evidence of plagiarism is found.

22. Authors must keep copies of all of their source materials; this means having photocopies of all of the pages used from a particular source. Such documents may be required at any time at the discretion of the Academy.

23. The Academy reserves the right to give the Award to none of the applicants in the event that the submitted essays do not meet the minimum requirements.

24. The essays presented will be the property of American University Washington College of Law, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. The Academy will reserve the right to publish them in the Academy’s proceedings in a written or electronic format, or other media, and to disseminate them as judged appropriate. In the event the essay is not published within a reasonable time, it will be returned to the author, upon request.

25. In the event a situation arises that is not included herein, the Academy will resolve it at its own discretion and will inform the applicants thereof.

26. Application for the Award presupposes acceptance of the terms described herein.

You may contact us with questions at  [email protected] .

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Voices on international law, policy, practice, write on call for papers: 2023 human rights essay award.

This installment of Write On! , our periodic compilation of calls for papers, includes a call to present at the  American University Washington College of Law , as follows:

► Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the American University Washington College of Law, U.S.A is accepting submissions for The  Human Rights Essay Award , which seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. The topic of the 2023 Award is “Equality and Human Rights: Confronting Racial Discrimination”. Participants have the flexibility to choose any subject related to this topic, however, the scope of the essay must directly relate to the 2023 topic, or it will be disqualified. In addition, organizers would like to note that international human rights law can be understood to include international humanitarian law and international criminal law.   The deadline to enter your  submission  is January 31, 2023. Winning essays —in English and in Spanish— will be published in The American University International Law Review (AUILR). The AUILR is an important journal with relevant academic material, which receives approximately 1,500 submissions annually and publishes a wide range of legal scholarship from professors, judges, practicing lawyers, and renowned legal thinkers .   Please note that this competition is open to lawyers around the world. However,  only  participants with a law degree —Juris Doctor (J.D.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), or equivalent— are eligible to enter the competition.  

► If you would like additional information or have any questions, click here or contact via email at  [email protected] . Social Media: acadhumanrights

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Human Rights Essay Award (annual)

• Sponsor: Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law
• Topic chosen by the Academy in 2024 was: "Protection and Guarantee of Human Rights in Digital Environments."
• Format requirements in 2024 included: " The essays must not exceed 35 pages, including footnotes."  "In addition, each applicant must also include a curriculum vitae (CV)/resume of no more than three pages in length explaining their experience or interest in human rights issues."
• Eligibility requirements in 2024 included: "Must hold a law degree, Juris Doctor, (J.D.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), or equivalent."  "Shall have a demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law."  "Applicants must submit an unpublished legal essay in English or Spanish written solely by that person.  Essays written by two or more people are not accepted!"
• Awards in 2024 were: "The award for the Best Essays in English and Spanish includes a full tuition scholarship to the Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for either the Diploma or Certificate of Attendance option.  Travel, housing, and per diem living expenses are not included and should be covered solely by the winners."  "The winners will receive a certificate that accredits them as such and that can be presented to any organization or educational institution if the recipient considers it important.  The Award will be the publication of the essays in The American University International Law Review (AUILR)* if publishing standards are met."  Also awarded in 2024: Honorable Mention for Second Best Essay and Third Best Essay in English.  Honorable Mention for Second Best Essay and Third Best Essay in Spanish.
• Deadline for submission in 2024 was extended to: February 7, 2024.

Human Rights Essay Contest (annual)

• Sponsor: International Law Section, The State Bar of Texas
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• Prizes in 2024 Contest were: " A first-place prize of $1,500 will be awarded for the best entry as judged by representatives from the Section. If sufficient entries are received, second and third place prizes may also be given. The winner(s) will also be publicly recognized at the Annual Institute. Additionally, essay(s) may be offered publication in the Section’s International Newsletter."
• Deadline for submission in 2024 Contest was: April 1, 2024.

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Essay Contest: Winter 2021

Beyond the headlines: underrepresented topics in human rights.

For the Winter 2021 Essay Contest, the Harvard Human Rights Journal asked student authors from across Harvard University to think “beyond the headlines” and highlight issues in human rights that are not heavily featured in mainstream media. We received a variety of excellent submissions and selected two winning pieces, along with a select few honorable mentions. HHRJ is excited to share their insightful work over the following weeks. The list of winners and honorable mentions is below and all pieces were published on the Online Journal .

• Alev Erhan, JD ‘21 – When the Lines between the Public and Private Sectors Blur, Where do Victims Turn for Justice?
• Angel Gabriel Cabrera Silva, SJD Candidate ‘23, LLM ‘16 – At the Margins of the Indigenous Rights Ecosystem: Underrepresented Struggles for Self-Determination

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• Nathalie Gunasekera, JD ‘21 – The UN Must Deliver Long Overdue Remedies for the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian Victims of Lead Poisoning in Kosovo
• Fatoumata Ouedrago, Harvard College ‘23 – The Plight of Talibé Children in Senegal
• Janna Ramadan, Harvard College ‘23 – Perpetuating Islamophobic Discrimination in the United States: Examining the Relationship Between News, Social Media, and Hate Crimes

Essay Contest Prompt

Submissions should be essays written about a topic in human rights that has not received recent attention in popular media. Relevant topics could be entirely unique, or they could be lesser-known dimensions of high-profile issues like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Submissions Accepted: January 1, 2021 – January 31, 2021

Winners will be announced soon afterwards and published in the Online Journal .

Submission Guidelines:

Qualifications : The essay contest is open to all current students at Harvard University, including undergraduate and graduate students.

Length Limitations: Submissions must be limited to a total length of 1,000–2,000 words, including footnotes.

Citation Format: All assertions should be cited. Please cite sources using footnotes rather than endnotes. Law students: ensure footnotes comply with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation . Other students: please provide complete source information in the footnotes at a minimum.

Submission Process : Applicants should send their submission, in Microsoft Word format, from an official Harvard email address to HHRJ ( [email protected] ), along with a copy of a recent CV. The subject line of the email should include “HHRJ Essay Contest Submission” and the author’s name. The submissions window is open from January 1-31, 2021. Any submissions received outside of that window will not be considered.

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The Graham Turnbull essay competition  encourages 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.

Held in memory of Graham Turnbull, a human rights lawyer killed in 1997 while working as a United Nations human rights monitor, the winner is awarded £500 at an annual lecture.

Since its inception, the competition was administered by the Law Society in partnership with the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund.

From now, it will be organised by the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund independently.

While we're sorry to no longer be hosting the competition and lecture, we are glad that its legacy – and that of Graham Turnbull – will continue.

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The UICHR sponsors the annual Burns H. Weston International Human Rights Essay Prize. Each year, two awards are available: one to an undergraduate and another to a graduate or professional school student. The prizes honor the work of students from across the state of Iowa and the lifetime work of the late Burns H. Weston, Professor of Law and a founder of the UI Center for Human Rights. 

Awardees receive $750 (undergraduate) or $1000 (graduate or professional student). Federal financial aid regulations require that all financial aid, including awards and prizes, be included in total cost of attendance calculations. The Student Financial Aid Office will review each prize to determine any financial aid adjustments.

The spring 2024 submission period is now closed.  

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Students at all colleges and universities in the State of Iowa are eligible to apply.  

Undergraduate essays should be 10-15 pages in length; graduate essays 20-40 pages in length. Papers should be double-spaced and use a standard 12 pt. Times New Roman font.

Essays may discuss current events, history, law, public policy, or the arts & humanities. The essay need not be produced exclusively for the competition; the essay may be a paper written for a class or conference within the previous 12-month period. The only topic requirement is that the essay address a human rights issue. Student co-authored papers will be accepted if submitted by both authors. Faculty co-authored submissions are not eligible.  

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Students should submit the application cover page and the paper in a single document to [email protected] by the deadline. In the subject line, please indicate Weston Prize: Your Last Name. 

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2017 Human Rights Essay Competition

The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy and seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. Participants have the flexibility to choose any subject related to the assigned topic. The essay has to be a legal article.

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. H ousing at the university dorms P er diem for living expenses

The best articles may be published in the American University International Law Review.

Winners will be announced on April 1, 2017 through our Web site.

Eligibility

• Candidates must hold a law degree and have demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law.
• Each participant must also include a curriculum vitae of no more than three pages in length explaining the experience or interest of the author in human rights issues. Please submit the CV as a separate file from your paper.
• The deadline to submit articles is February 1, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T. NO ESSAYS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS TIME.
• Essays must be submitted using the online submission page , no emailed entries will be accepted.
• Past Winners cannot submit essays in future competitions.

Essay Requirements

• Articles must not exceed 35 pages in length, including footnotes** .
• Essays must use Times New Roman font, 12-point double-spaced for the body of the essay and 10-point single-spaced for footnotes.
• All essays must be on letter size paper (8.5 x 11 inches/21.59 x 27.94 cm) with 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins all around.
• Character spacing must be set to normal.
• Authors should not put their name or any identifying information in their essays.
• Essays will only be accepted in Word format
• Any essay that does not follow the guidelines will be reformatted and 5 points will be taken off. If the essay is longer than 35 pages, it will be automatically disqualified.
• The essay has to be a legal article; therefore, it will include foot pages and citations. The absence of those will cause that the essay will be disqualified.

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Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition

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2024 Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition

2024 topic: , protection and guarantee of human rights in digital environment, about the competition.

The Competition is a unique trilingual (English, Portuguese, and Spanish) event established to train law students on how to use the Inter-American human rights legal system as a legitimate forum for redressing human rights violations. Since its inception in 1995, it has trained over 4900 students and faculty participants from over 365 universities from the Americas and beyond. Written on a cutting-edge topic currently debated within the Inter-American system, the hypothetical case operates as the basis of the competition, and students argue the merits of this case by writing legal memoranda and preparing oral arguments for presentation in front of human rights experts acting as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

aBOUT 2024 registration: 

Registration for the 2024 #IAMOOT is open. Please be advised that in order to complete your registration, you must have a Google Account. Click on the upper right button on this screen to access the registration forms. The button says: "Registration and other forms". You are required to be logged in to your Google Account to provide all the requested information successfully. Furthermore, be advised that besides IAMOOT regular Google Forms, you must also fill out mandatory American University forms. This is especially important for those teams that pay via credit card. If any problem or question arises during your registration process, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at  [email protected]  

aBOUT 2024 topic: 

We are thrilled to announce the topic for the 2024 Inter-American Moot Court Competition will be: " Protection and Guarantees of Human Rights in Digital Environments .". We have decided to collaborate with Pedro Vaca Villareal, the current Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (RELE, by its acronym in Spanish), to write the 2024 hypothetical case. Pedro is a Colombian lawyer with over 12 years of professional experience, specializing in litigating on behalf of victims of free speech violations.

The collaboration is part of our Cooperation Agreement with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , which seeks to strengthen Human Rights education throughout the Americas region and worldwide. You can learn more about the RELE's work here: https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/expression/index.asp

Pedro will be joined by two co-authors: Vanessa Lopez Ochoa and Giovanny Padovam Ferreira . Vanessa is a Colombian lawyer with expertise in litigation and advocacy for free speech before Colombian high courts and international forums. Currently, she is a researcher in the Technology, Transparency, and Human Rights field at the non-profit organization Dejusticia. Giovanny has been a human rights specialist at the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression of the IACHR since 2022. He was previously selected as the 2021-2022 Orlando Sierra Fellow (OFSROE/IACHR). Giovanny, a former IAMOOT participant, is also a member of the Staff Committee of IAMOOT 2024 and one of our hybrid LL.M. students.

The Academy chose this theme for our 29th Competition because now it occupies a central role in the human rights debate. However, it is at a very early stage compared with other areas of Human Rights Law. What we cannot negate is the fact we live in a digital context where vast amounts of information can significantly impact the lives of citizens. Thus, it is essential to safeguard human rights, which can often be limited in this new context, which is not equally accessible to everyone. Discussions about privacy, access to information, journalism, and censorship are a few of the critical topics to consider. While we dived more into it for the 2024 edition, we invite all our community to join us for another successful #IAMOOT edition.

2024 Registration is open!

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Applications Open for AUWCL Human Rights Essay Award 2023

The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy that seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law.

Winning essays -in English and in Spanish- will published in The American University International Law Review (AUILR). The AUILR is an important journal with relevant academic material, which receives approximately 1,500 submissions annually and publishes a wide range of legal scholarship from professors, judges, practicing lawyers, and renowned legal thinkers.

The Academy will award six awards, three for each language as follows:

• Award for Best Essay in English and Spanish
• Honorable Mention for Second Best Essay in English and Spanish
• Honorable Mention for Third Best Essay in English and Spanish

The winners will receive a certificate that accredits them as such and that can be presented to any organization or educational institution if the recipient considers it important. The Award will be the publication of the essays in The American University International Law Review (AUILR) if publishing standards are met.

Eligibility

• Open to all lawyers around the world regardless of their nationality.
• Only participants with a law degree Juris Doctor, (J.D.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent by the submission due date are eligible to enter the competition.
• Shall have a demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law.
• Have the flexibility to choose any subject related to the Topic 2023: “Equality and Human Rights: Confronting Racial Discrimination”.
• Shall remember the essay must be an academic article with proper citations.

Essay Requirements

• No longer than 35 pages
• Essay text is size 12, Times New Roman font, double-spaced
• Footnotes are size 10, Times New Roman font, single-spaced
• 1 inch (2.54cm) margins all around
• Page is size letter (8.5 x 11 inches/21.59 x 27.94 cm)
• There is no information identifying the author in the essay

How To Apply

Each applicant must include a curriculum vitae (CV)/resume of no more than three pages in length explaining their experience or interest in human rights issues. Submit the CV as a separate file from your essay.

The deadline to submit all essays is January 31, 2023 at 11:59 PM (EST).

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For more information, visit  Human Rights Essay Award

Application Deadline: January 31, 2023

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NALSAR-UNFPA Human Rights Blog Writing Competition [Cash Prizes of Rs. 1L]: Submit by Jan 10

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Submissions are invited for NALSAR-UNFPA Human Rights Blog Writing Competition for the year 2023. The last date of submission is January 10.

About the Competition

To honor and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), we are thrilled to announce that as part of the UNFPA project at NALSAR, submissions are invited for a Blog competition revolving around the theme of “Making the Invisible Visible in Law Practice and Legal Education.”

The blog competition encourages participants to go beyond the conventional understanding of human rights and allied subjects, shedding light on and critically evaluating the pressing human rights issues hitherto silenced by the mainstream human rights jurisprudence or conveniently evaded to serve various political ends.

Therefore, celebrating the spirit and achievements of the UDHR is incomplete without acknowledging and addressing the voice of the voiceless and making their presence visible in legal discourse and practice toward renewing our collective resolve and re-energizing efforts for meaningful change and furthering justice.

Eligibility

Students/research scholars enrolled in any UG/PG/Ph.D. course from any university are eligible to participate in the competition.

• Access to safe abortion – recent socio-legal developments
• Sex Education in school curriculums
• Period poverty
• Legal recognition for same-sex relationships
• Sexual violence in conflict zones
• The wage gap in the informal sectors
• Right for transgender people to self-identify – theory and practice
• Public patriarchy – legislations that embed gender discrimination
• Unpaid care work
• Intersectional barriers in accessing legal remedies against gender discrimination
• Human-rights-based approaches to tackling Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TGBV)
• When Bodies become Data-How Biometrics curtail Human Rights

Submission Guidelines

• Word Limit: The article must not exceed 1500 words. The Editorial Board may be flexible with the word limit according to individual articles.
• Submissions should adhere to academic standards, demonstrating clarity, coherence, and analytical rigor.
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2024 Human Rights Essay Contest

ISHR is pleased to announce the 2024 Human Rights Essay Contest. The contest aims to encourage and acknowledge students who have written exceptional academic papers that address issues related to human rights. Cash prizes will be awarded to two graduate students and to two undergraduate students. Contest winners, along with other selected participants, may be invited to present their essay at an ISHR event.

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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.

Deadline for the 4th annual essay competition is July 14th. For inspiration 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 .

Justice for Kopeysk prisoners

In 2012 hundreds of prisoners from the penitentiary colony No 6 of Kopeysk, in Russia, Oblast of Chelyabinsk, have protested against systematic practices of torture and racketeering. In april 2018 after a trial that lasted two years and ten months, the Chelyabinsk Regional Court sentenced seventeen of them to sentences ranging between 4 and 5 years. While the events of 2012 sparked at the time a broad debate in society about the use of torture in Russian prisons, the verdict against the 17 prisoners has been an alarming signal of impunity for perpetrators of torture practices in prison.

Building on the monitoring work of Chelyabinsk human rights defenders, who in 2012 made broadly public the protest of Kopeysk prisoners and the system of torture and extortion of money organised by the prison administration in the colony, EPLN set up in 2015 an international monitoring mission and observed between 2016 and 2018 the trial at first instance.

The monitoring mission found serious violations of the defendants’ human rights. According to the report, these are due first of all to the conviction of the defendants ignoring the state of necessity of the persons concerned, given the systematic torture practices. The detainees had no other option to complain about the ill-treatment than to take collective action in protest. In these circumstances, their action have to be considered as part of the protection of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

>> Read the monitoring report

You may read more on the Kopeysk case, its context, the structural causes of the protest as well as the reprisal against the protesting prisoners in the form of a trial for “mass riots” on our dedicated website site

>> www.kopeyskjustice.info

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