How to… win £100
The competition
Students are invited to write a short essay on any aspect of
law and popular culture.
The prize
There’s a prize fund of £100 in Amazon vouchers for the
winner/s – winning will also look great on your CV!
The judging criteria
Your essay should be based on any aspect of law and popular
culture, for example you may wish to write about the legal themes explored in
one of the films shown in the ‘Law & Film’ sessions, how female lawyers are
depicted on TV, what impact popular music has on attitudes towards sexual
violence, or the legal impact of Nordic crime novels. In fact you can write about pretty much
anything that interests you, and you will be rewarded for originality. Essays will be judged on how well they
demonstrate the skills you’ve been taught in the ‘How to…’ sessions so you
should demonstrate that you can conduct research, construct an argument, be
critical in your analysis, and reference it all properly.
The rules
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Entrants must be undergraduate or post-graduate
students enrolled at the University of Northampton
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Essays must be your own, original work –
plagiarism or academic misconduct will result in disqualification and may
affect future references
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Essays must be between 1,000 and 1,500 words,
excluding footnotes and bibliography – the word count should be included in
your essay
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Essays should be referenced following the OSCOLA
system
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The closing date for entries is midnight on
Friday 18th December 2015
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Essays will be anonymised for the judging
process to ensure fairness, but please include your full name and student
number in your email
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Essays will be judged by a panel of law
lecturers - their decision will be final
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Winners will be announced no later than Friday
15th January 2016 on the Law NILE site
