School Prizes

As part of our commitment to rewarding excellence in academic performance, the school awards a series of prizes every year for students who rank first in particular subjects or year groups, and also for students who demonstrate the greatest improvement year on year. Some of these prizes have work experience opportunities attached to them. These opportunities give students invaluable first-hand exposure to legal practice. A full list of prizes and sponsors follows: 

Level 1

  • The Routledge Prize, sponsored by Routledge publishers, for the student with best overall performance in level 1 of Law. Prize consists of books or book vouchers.

Level 2

  • The Michael Whincup Prize, in honour of former Professor of Law Michael Whincup, for the student with the best overall performance in Level 2 Law. Prize is £50.
  • The Dugdale Prize for Contract, in honour of former Professor Tony Dugdale, for the student with the best performance in Contract 1 and 2. Prize is £100.
  • The Andrew McMurtrie Memorial Prize, sponsored by Waterstones and the Law School, for the mature student with the most improved grades from Level 1 to Level 2. Prize is £100 worth of book vouchers.
  • The Harold Benjamin Solicitors Prize, sponsored by Harold Benjamin Solicitors, for the top two performing students in Land Law 1 and 2. Prize is one week's work experience at Harold Benjamin's.
  • The Berrymans Lace Mawer Prize, sponsored by Berrymans Lace Mawer, for the student with the most improved grades from Level 1 to Level 2. Prize is one week's work experience at Berrymans Lace Mawer.

Level 3

  • The Michael Akehurst Memorial Prize, in memory of Professor Michael Akehurst (1940-1989), for the student with the best performance in International Law. Prize is £50.
  • The Maxwell Law Prize for the best Law Finalist. Prize is £150 worth of books or book vouchers.
  • The Oxford University Press Law Prize, sponsored by Oxford University Press, for the student with the best UG law dissertation. Prize is £100 worth of books or book vouchers.
  • The Knights Solicitors Prize, sponsored by Knights Solicitors, for the student with the best performance in Commercial Law. Prize is one week's work experience with Knights Solicitors.

Postgraduate Prizes

  • The Patrick Thornberry Prize, in honour of Professor Emeritus Patrick Thornberry, for the best dissertation in Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice.
  • The Browne Jacobson Solicitors Prizes (2 Prizes), sponsored by Browne Jacobson Solicitors, for the students with the best dissertations in the Safeguarding Adults MA and the Childcare Law and Practice MA. Prize is 2 x £100.