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The Law Reform Committee Essay Competition 2010 is again generously sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarship Trust. The competition is open to pupils, qualifying law degree students, CPE/GDL students and BPTC students. Entrants are asked (in no more than 3,000 words) to identify and make the case for a law reform which is desirable, practical and useful.
The prizes are:
£4,000 for the Winner
£2,500 for the Runner Up
£1,500 for the best CPE/GDL entry
£1,000 for the runner up CPE/GDL entry
The closing date for entries is 5pm on 15 October 2010.
Prizes will be presented at the Law Reform Lecture on 23 November 2010.
For entry form and full details of the competition and eligibility, please see the Bar Council website
(www.barcouncil.org.uk – see the Events page) or by contacting:
Wendy McLaughlin
The General Council of the Bar
289-293 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7HZ
E-mail: Wendym@barcouncil.org.uk
The prizes are:
£4,000 for the Winner
£2,500 for the Runner Up
£1,500 for the best CPE/GDL entry
£1,000 for the runner up CPE/GDL entry
The closing date for entries is 5pm on 15 October 2010.
Prizes will be presented at the Law Reform Lecture on 23 November 2010.
For entry form and full details of the competition and eligibility, please see the Bar Council website
(www.barcouncil.org.uk – see the Events page) or by contacting:
Wendy McLaughlin
The General Council of the Bar
289-293 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7HZ
E-mail: Wendym@barcouncil.org.uk
The Law Reform Committee Essay Competition 2010 is again generously sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarship Trust. The competition is open to pupils, qualifying law degree students, CPE/GDL students and BPTC students. Entrants are asked (in no more than 3,000 words) to identify and make the case for a law reform which is desirable, practical and useful.
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