LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards 2010
For information on the 2011 awards, click here.
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The winners of the 2010 Awards were announced on Tuesday, 30 March at the House of Lords. The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland QC, presented the awards to the winners and runners up and spoke once more about her support for student involvement in pro bono work.
Photos of the event are now available here - please get in touch if you would like us to send you high resolution copies of any of them.
The panel of judges was as follows:
Husnara Begum - Editor, Lawyer 2B
Hugh Brayne - Tribunal Judge, former academic and pro bono activist
Tom Laidlaw - Head of Academic Development, LexisNexis
Linda Lee - Vice President of the Law Society for England & Wales
Please note that each winner and short listed nominee is hyperlinked to more information about their nomination.
The Winners
Best Contribution by an Individual Student - Natasha Latiff, University of Warwick
Runner-up - Liam Maclean, University of Strathclyde
Best Contribution by a Law School - Northumbria University
Runner-up - University of the West of England
Best New Pro Bono Activity - University of Durham - IPSEA project
Runner-up - Queen Mary, University of London - Market Law
Best Contribution by a Team of Students - Queen Mary, University of London - Pink Law Team
Runner-up - University of Kent, Immigration and Asylum Team at Kent Law Clinic
The Rest of the Short List
Best Individual
- Rebecca Campbell (The College of Law, Moorgate)
- Philip Kaisary (Oxford Brookes)
- Richard Kwan (BPP Law School)
- Judith Onley (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Best Team of Students
- University of Strathclyde – Law Clinic Committee
- Toynbee Hall - Student Advisors at the Free Legal Advice Centre
Best Law School
Best New Pro Bono Activity
- University of Exeter – Debt Literacy Project
- University of Warwick - YOU*th Inspire
If you have any queries please e-mail Martin Curtis or Sarah Cox.
You can download a press release of the event here.
The Access to Justice Foundation Student Prize
In addition to this year's pro bono awards, LawWorks supported an additional competition for law students.
The winner was George Gordon of BPP Law School. He received £300 worth of LexisNexis book vouchers and will see his winning article printed in the New Law Journal! You can download and read the article here.
Two other students were joint runners-up. Gillian Clissold of Cardiff Law School and Emma Boffey of University of Strathclyde. All the articles will hopefully be available to read in due course on the Foundation's website.