Law essay writing competition

Posted by The Law School

31 January 2025

One Essex Court along with The Times have just launched this year’s annual Times Law Awards 2025 Essay Competition. It is an essay writing competition open to all students registered with UK higher education institutes, pupil barristers and trainee solicitors.

More than £10,000 of prizes are on offer to the six finalists, plus the prospect of having their entry read by senior members of the judiciary, as well as a senior editor of The Times. In addition, the winning essay will be published in The Times. This year’s essay question is:

Assisted Dying: MPs have given it the provisional go-ahead, but how might the creation of what the justice secretary criticised as the state offering death as “a service” change society’s and the law’s approach to death?

Further details and how to apply can be found on their website. Essays should be no more than 1,000 words and must be received by midday on Monday 17 February 2025.