Law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and junior lawyers (current, prospective or inbetween stages) are invited to enter the England & Wales Law Society's annual Graham Turnbull essay competition. This year's essay title is: In the light of the growing prison population should we look for alternatives to imprisonment?
The deadline for entries is Friday 23 March 2012.
Prizes
The winner will receive £500 from the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund. The runner-up receives book tokens to the value of £250. We will also publish both essays. The prize-giving event will take place at the Law Society in late June 2012, where the winner may give a short speech.
The winners will be announced and copies of their essays will be handed out on the night.
About the Graham Turnbull Competition
The competition is named after English solicitor Graham Turnbull who did much to promote respect for human rights. Graham was killed in February 1997, aged 37, while working as a human rights monitor on the United Nations Human Rights Mission in Rwanda. The Society is proud to honour Graham's commitment to human rights through this competition, which aims to encourage awareness and knowledge of international human rights issues and remedies among young lawyers.
Entering the competition
Send your essay to:
Sarah Smith: sarah.j.smith@lawsociety.org.uk
Read examples of previous winning entries from 2003/4; 2008/9, 2009/2010.