{"id":6043,"date":"2025-12-22T12:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?p=6043"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:56:22","slug":"animal-rights-law-essay-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2025\/12\/22\/animal-rights-law-essay-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Rights Law Essay Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.animalrightslaw.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Clawcomms%40exeter.ac.uk%7C1885643636974c7b184408de3e271154%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C639016534669349146%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rL0hRn2wLOAtx7z%2B4ZtL9EMoEuga0q4LqNb%2BWJ7w2%2BI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law<\/a>\u00a0is an academic centre of competence dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals and is based in Cambridge, UK. They have sent the details for their <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fanimalrightslaw.org%2Fessaycompetition&amp;data=05%7C02%7Clawcomms%40exeter.ac.uk%7C1885643636974c7b184408de3e271154%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C639016534678770888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fc4pPe%2FpShqOlBSeHbxBg8ThUN9Z%2BG8CtzRs94nX674%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">annual Animal Rights Law Essay Competition<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition aims to encourage students to explore new ideas, consider fascinating possible futures, and discuss thought-provoking questions in an original piece of writing that may inspire them to engage further with the topic in the future.<br><br>This year, they are inviting essays addressing the following title:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong><em>Martha Nussbaum argues that animals need certain rights so that they can flourish. How far should human interests be&nbsp;limited in order to enable animals&nbsp;to flourish?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The university student category is for anyone who has started or completed an undergraduate degree programme but who has not completed a doctoral degree. Students and graduates can submit their essay (and a summary up to 200 words of their biographical\/educational details)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScFNLcMCAfYMby2lUyxvOJjTvuE0_NSzvLBLmqBRsznWn0UUg%2Fviewform&amp;data=05%7C02%7Clawcomms%40exeter.ac.uk%7C1885643636974c7b184408de3e271154%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C639016534678785450%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3dKPKjiKF8BknKvKz1vatisOiC1X6q3KfwjDoeqfyhU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few quick things to note:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Only one entry is permitted per person.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We welcome essays that are not longer than 3,000 words (including footnotes but excluding bibliography).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The deadline for all submissions is 13th February 2026 and the winner will be announced mid-March 2026.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entrants must directly address the essay title.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three prizes will be awarded in this section &#8211; The winning essay will be awarded \u00a3750, \u00a3500 will go to the second place and \u00a3250 to the third-place winner.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/animalrightslaw.org\/essaycompetition\">Full entry details here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for submissions is Friday 13 February 2026 <\/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 - 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