Prizes

The University of Exeter Law School is pleased to announce our Prize List for the 2024-2025 academic year, with the generous support of leading chambers and organisations including Slaughter & May, Tozers, Ashurst, Druces, Stowe Family Law, KBG Chambers, the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA), Advocates for International Development (A4ID), Edward Elgar, Oxford University Press, Hart Publishing and the Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN).

The Law School has a thriving culture of prizes and scholarships which involves collaboration with, and taking inspiration from, influential global partners, donors, and Exeter alumni. At the University of Exeter, our culture of prizes and scholarships is based upon two core guiding principles: ‘beyond marks’ and ‘beyond money’. The first relates to the criteria upon which student winners are selected which often includes extracurricular activities, community engagement, pro bono commitments and evidence of leadership and initiative. The ‘beyond money’ principle encourages our students to undertake exciting developmental opportunities offered by prize partners, with several prizes including work experience components.

The diverse portfolio of prizes on offer at the Law School has been developed in close partnership with our donors, Law School leadership, our academic staff, Exeter alumni, and our students with a view to cultivating long term relationships that will lead to improved careers and professional development opportunities for Exeter Law School graduates.

The Law School extends its warmest thanks and appreciation to all our prize partners for supporting our efforts to promote, recognise and celebrate our students. We also take this opportunity to remember our alumni Alexander Lofgren and Manan Shah, in whose memory two prizes were recently established to recognise students who can evidence the strongest contribution to pro bono culture, community volunteering and charity work within or outside of the Law School. The Alexander Lofgren Prize is funded by the law firm Druces, where Alex was in the early stages of his training contract when he sadly passed away. The Manan Shah Prize is funded by Manan’s family in his memory.

Please see below the current list of our prizes. For any queries related to prizes at the Law School, or to sponsor a new prize, please contact Dr Louise Loder, Director of Skills, Prizes and Scholarships.

You can see pictures of 2024 prize winners here.

Name of Prize	Requirements
The HRLA Constitutional and Administrative Law Prize	£75 awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall mark in the Constitutional and Administrative Law module (LAW1035) – Sponsored by the Human Rights Lawyers Association
The Slaughter and May Contract Law Prize	£150 awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall mark in the Contract Law module (LAW1004). Sponsored by Slaughter & May
The KBG Chambers Criminal Law Prize	£75 awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall mark in the Criminal Law module (LAW1003) - Sponsored by KBG Chambers
The A4ID Legal Foundations Prize	£75 awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall mark in the Legal Foundations module (LAW1036) – Sponsored by Advocates for International Development
Edward Elgar Year One Achievement Prize	£120 in book vouchers awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall average in the first year of the LLB degree programme – Sponsored by Edward Elgar Publishing
Stowe Family Law Prize	£100 or 2 days work experience at a Stowe in Exeter for the student with the highest average mark in the Family Law module
Equity and Trusts Prize	£75 awarded to the second-year undergraduate student with the best performance in Equity and Trusts (LAW2041)
EU Law Prize	£75 awarded to the second-year undergraduate student with the best performance in EU Law (LAW2103)
Land Law Prize	£75 awarded annually to the second-year undergraduate student with the best performance in Land Law (LAW2017)
Peter English Dissertation Prize	£200 awarded to two students LLB students with the highest marks in the dissertation module
Tozers Prize for Tort	£100 and a week of work experience at Tozers awarded to the undergraduate second year student for exceptional performance in Tort (LAW2015); minimum achievement of 65% plus extracurricular activities – Sponsored by Tozers
Oxford University Press Victoria Williams Memorial Prize	£100 in book vouchers awarded to the most promising first year female of potential – Sponsored by OUP
Oxford University Press Law Prize - Year Two Achievement Prize	£100 value in books published by Oxford University Press awarded yearly to the student with the highest overall average in the second year of the LLB degree programme – Sponsored by OUP
Malcolm Mead Employment Law Prize	£125 awarded annually to the undergraduate student who achieves the best performance in Employment Law (LAW3026)
Hart Publishing Prize - Year 1 Grad LLB Achievement Prize	£100 Voucher awarded to the Graduate LLB student with the highest overall average in the first year of the Graduate LLB degree programme – Sponsored by Hart Publishing
PGT Dissertation Prize	£200 awarded to the PGT student with the highest mark in the PGT Dissertation (LAWM640)
Baker Prize for Company Law	£75 awarded to a UG student with the highest overall mark in LAW3083 (Term 1) and LAW3217 (Term 2) - students must have taken both Company Law modules to be eligible
Ashurst Prize	£250 awarded to the best overall LLB student, minimum achievement of 65% combined with excellent extracurricular non-academic achievements - Sponsored by Ashurst
The Manan Shah Memorial Prize (International)	£500 awarded to international student who can evidence strong contribution to community volunteering / pro bono / charity work. This prize is funded by the Shah family in memory of Manan Shah, an alumnus of the University of Exeter Law School.
The IPAN Prize for Intellectual Property	£100 plus the opportunity for the winning student to meet the Board of IPAN. Awarded annually to the third year LLB student with the highest overall average in LAW3028 - Sponsored by IPAN
Alexander Lofgren Pro Bono Memorial Prize	£600 / £600 / £300 - Three prizes awarded to individual LLB students (one home, one international and a runner up who can be either a home or international student) who can evidence the strongest contribution to pro bono culture. Students should complete an application form to self-nominate and a panel of Exeter Law School and Druces representatives will shortlist entries to decide on the winning applications. This prize is sponsored by Druces in memory of Alexander Lofgren, an alumnus of the University of Exeter Law School