Course(s) Offered: Essay writing (law)
Course Level: Undergraduate
Provider: CLEA
Country to Study in: Commonwealth countries
Scholarship Description
The Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) invites entries for its fifth Commonwealth Law Student Essay Competition.
The competition is open to all students registered on an undergraduate law degree course within a Higher Education Institution in a Commonwealth Nation.
The CLEA fosters and promotes high standard of legal education in the Commonwealth.
Eligibility
The competition is open to any of the students on undergraduate degree in law at a Faculty/School of Law or equivalent institution in a Commonwealth country.
Eligibility shall be determined by the essay coordinators whose decision shall be final and conclusive.
Students of both full-time and part-time degree programmes are eligible.
Eligible groups
Citizens of ANY commonwealth country
Participating Institutions
Faculties and/or Schools of Law or equivalent institutions (within or without any Higher Education Institution) in any Commonwealth country
Essay Topic
The title for this year (Essay Competition 2014) is:
“Can the Commonwealth (Latimer House) Principles on Three Branches of Government 2003 serve as an effective framework for safeguarding democracy and the rule of law in Commonwealth Countries?”Number of awards
There will be 3 categories of prizes awarded to successful entrants
Scholarship benefits
£1000 of cash prizes will be awarded to the winners of first, second and third places as follows:
- 1st Prize: £500
- 2nd Prize: £300
- 3rd Prize £200.
Method of Application
All entries must address the topic of this year’s competition and not exceed 2,500 words (excluding footnotes and bibliography).
The essay must be an original piece of work free of any plagiarism. No essay should have been previously submitted or shortlisted in any previous essay competition. The essay must not have been previously published either in full or part.
All entries must be in English and must be presented formally acknowledging sources with footnotes and references in one of the accepted styles such as OSCOLA or Harvard for legal essays and a bibliography.
Entries must be in electronic form as a word document. Footnotes should be placed at the foot of the page, not at the end of the text. Please make sure that the essay can easily be opened as a Word document and does not have any restrictions placed on it in terms of access. The text should be in Ariel 12 font, 1.5 line spacing and the footnotes in subscript.
It is important to visit the official website (link to it is below) for complete information on how to apply. Also further details on the essay benefits are available from the Essay Co-ordinators: clea.essaycompetition@gmail.com.
DEADLINES:
The competition closes on 31 October 2014
PLEASE NOTE:
The entry should have a cover page giving:
- The Entrant’s full name
- Postal address and email address
- The course of study and the name and address of the institution
- The word count of the essay ( excluding footnotes and bibliography)
- Originality of ideas
- Feasibility of outcomes
- Depth of research and analysis
- The use of comparative Commonwealth materials
- Logical structure
- Literary merit of materials used
- Good presentation
Application Deadline: 31 October 2014
Open to International Applicants: Yes(ONLY Commonwealth countries)
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