{"id":3885,"date":"2024-10-09T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2024-10-09T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T11:19:11","slug":"marion-simmons-qc-essay-prize-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2024\/10\/09\/marion-simmons-qc-essay-prize-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Marion Simmons QC Essay Prize 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Closing date: Friday 31 January 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardl.org.uk\/\">Association Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers<\/a>, ARDL, is delighted to announce that the annual Marion Simmons QC Essay Prize 2025 is now open to entrants.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You are invited to submit an essay or article on a regulatory law or disciplinary law topic of your choice<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first prize is \u00a32,000, the second \u00a31,000, and the third \u00a3500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition was set up in memory of the late Marion Simmons QC, who sadly died on May 2, 2008, aged 59. Marion was a barrister, recorder, arbitrator and, latterly, chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Her areas of practice covered a wide range of financial and commercial law, including competition and regulation. Marion served on ARDL\u2019s Committee for two years and was committed in her support of young lawyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible, an entrant must fall into at least one of the following categories (subject to the discretion of the competition organisers to extend eligibility on a case by case basis as they see fit):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>undergraduates or postgraduates in study at a recognised educational establishment in the UK;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>trainee solicitors, pupils barristers or those undertaking an equivalent approved training programme or qualification course in the UK (e.g. SQE, CILEX);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paralegals or those working in an equivalent level role at a firm or organisation in the UK prior to commencing study at (1) above or a confirmed place at (2) above, or those undertaking qualifying work experience in the UK as part of (2) above;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>those taking a period of up to sixteen months as a sabbatical or gap year within study at (1) above or after such study and before starting a confirmed place at (2) above;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>barristers, solicitors or other equivalent qualified lawyer who were called\/ qualified in the UK fewer than three years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries must be no longer than\u00a01,500 words\u00a0(word count includes footnotes but excludes bibliography) and should be type-written in the English language. The judges\u2019 decision will be final. Please confirm your eligibility to enter in the covering email. <strong>Entries must be submitted so as to be received by 5pm on\u00a0Friday 31 January 2025\u00a0<\/strong>by email to: <a href=\"mailto:ARDL@blakemorgan.co.uk\">ARDL@blakemorgan.co.uk<\/a>. Prize winners will be announced in Spring 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submit an essay or article on a regulatory law or disciplinary law topic of your choice &#8211; by 31 Jan 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marion Simmons QC Essay Prize 2025 - Exeter Law School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2024\/10\/09\/marion-simmons-qc-essay-prize-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marion Simmons QC Essay Prize 2025 - 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