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).

Non-legal competitions

 

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