Search is on for 2021’s Future Legal Mind
A search for the most
promising legal talent of 2021 is now underway.
The Future
Legal Mind Award is run annually by National Accident Helpline to find the
UK’s brightest legal prospect.
Now in its seventh year, the
competition is open to law students and to legal trainees who are within the
first two years of their careers.
This year’s winner will
receive a £2,000 prize fund to support their career development and will take
part in mentoring with experienced lawyers from the National Accident Helpline
team.
Jonathan White, Legal Director
of National Accident Helpline, said: “Running this competition shows us, year
after year, that there are so many talented people across the UK pursuing
careers in law, which is great news for the sector.
“Each year, we look forward to
finding and championing that standout individual who shows us they’ve got what
it takes to go far in the legal world.
“We’re always pleased and
proud to see our past winners and finalists going on to make their mark in
different areas of the law – and we look forward to finding this year’s most
talented and promising lawyer-to-be.”
The winner of Future Legal
Mind 2020 was Joseph Kelen, then a University of Cambridge student, who is now
studying the Bar Vocational Course at The City Law School in London.
Joseph said: “Entering Future
Legal Mind is great advocacy experience and great fun.
“It presents exactly the sort
of challenge - advocating for a change in the law and for yourself, in a short
amount of time and in plain, simple terms – that I definitely hadn’t had many
opportunities to do before.”
To enter Future Legal Mind
2021, students and trainees are invited to write an essay response to a
question about their legal passions and which area of the law they would like
to see reformed.
The full essay question can be
found at https://www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk/news/future-legal-mind
Essays must be submitted by
midnight on Friday 26th February 2021 and will be reviewed by a
panel, who will whittle the entries down to a shortlist of 10 people.
The shortlist of 10 will each
be asked to submit a smartphone video to support their written entry, and the
competition judges will review the essays and videos to decide who will be
named Future Legal Mind 2021.
