Prizes
The University of Exeter Law School is delighted to announce several new prizes to the Prize List for the 2023-2024 academic year, which has been strengthened this year by the support of leading chambers and organisations including Slaughter & May, DLA Piper, Tozers, Ashurst, Druces, Stowe Family Law, KBG Chambers, the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA), Advocates for International Development (A4ID), Edward Elgar, Oxford University Press, Bloomsbury Publishing, the Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN), and the Franco-British Lawyers Society.
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, who recently passed away and 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.
Please see below the current list of our prizes and how they align with our culture of prizes and scholarships. 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 2023 prize winners here.
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Name of Prize |
Requirements |
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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) |
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The Slaughter and May Contract Law Prize |
£150 awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall mark in the Contract Law module (LAW1004) |
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The KBG Chambers Criminal Law Prize |
£75 awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall mark in the Criminal Law module (LAW1003) |
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The A4ID Legal Foundations Prize |
£75 awarded to the LLB student with the highest overall mark in the Legal Foundations module (LAW1036) |
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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 |
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Stowe Family Law Prize |
£100 or 5 days work experience at a Stowe firm (any location) for the student with the highest average mark in the Family Law module |
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Equity and Trusts Prize |
£75 awarded to the second-year undergraduate student with the best performance in Equity and Trusts (LAW2041) |
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EU Law Prize |
£75 awarded to the second-year undergraduate student with the best performance in EU Law (LAW2103) |
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Land Law Prize |
£75 awarded annually to the second-year undergraduate student with the best performance in Land Law (LAW2017) |
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Peter English Dissertation Prize |
£200 awarded to two students LLB students with the highest marks in the dissertation module |
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Tozers Prize for Tort |
£100 and a week's work experience at Tozers awarded to the undergraduate second year student for exceptional performance in Tort (LAW2015); minimum achievement of 65% plus extracurricular activities |
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Oxford University Press Law Prize |
£150 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 |
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Bloomsbury Publishing Prize |
£100 Voucher awarded to the Graduate LLB student with the highest overall average in the first year of the Graduate LLB degree programme |
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Malcolm Mead Employment Law Prize |
£125 awarded annually to the undergraduate student who achieves the best performance in Employment Law (LAW3026) |
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DLA Piper European Law Prize |
£50 awarded annually to the first year LLB Law with European Study student with the highest average mark over the course of their first year of study |
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Oxford University Press Victoria Williams Memorial Prize |
£150 in book vouchers awarded to the most promising first year female of potential |
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PGT Dissertation Prize |
£200 awarded to the PGT student with the highest mark in the PGT Dissertation (LAWM640) |
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Baker Prize for Company Law |
£75 awarded to a UG student with the best performance in the Company Law module (LAW3043) |
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Franco-British Lawyers Society Prize |
£200 awarded to the final year LLB student with the highest overall average in the LLB English Law and French Law/ Master 1 degree programme |
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Ashurst Prize |
£250 awarded to the best overall LLB student, minimum achievement of 65% combined with excellent extracurricular non-academic achievements |
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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 Schoo |
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IPAN Intellectual Property Award |
£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 |
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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 |
