In the CLS Mooting Competition for the part-time BPTC Jennifer Wild and Ben Amunwa were declared joint winners after the judge, HHJ Michael Hopmeier QC could not decide upon an outright winner.

Both winners are entitled to a free copy of Blackstone's Criminal or Civil Practice courtesy of Oxford University Press. The representative who attended from ICLR, Daniel Hoadley (past BVC student) was so impressed that he decided to extend the sponsorship deal to all finalists, who will be given a subscription to the Weekly Law Reports, with an additional subscription to all Law Reports for the winners.

In the competition for full-time students Luke Varley was the winner, with Matthew Astley as runner-up. As ever Robert Englehart QC had a hard job deciding the outcome and commented that only a single mark distinguished three of the participants.

The winner and runner up were presented with a cash prize from Blackstone Chambers and are entitled to a free copy of Blackstone's Criminal or Civil Practice courtesy of Oxford University Press.

The Law Reform Essay Competition for 2012 has just been launched and is again generously sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarship Trust.

The competition, which is open to law students and pupils, invites entrants to submit an essay of not more than 3000 words, which identifies and makes the case for a law reform that is desirable, practical and useful. Prizes are:

£4000 for the winner
£2,500 for the runner up
£1,500 for the best CPE/GDL entry
£1,000 for the runner up CPE/GDL entry
2 x £500 high commended awards

Closing date: 4th October at 17.00.

See the competition poster and the Bar Council website for rules and further info...

First and second prize at this year's Times Law Essay Competition has been won by lawyers with links to City. The competition required essays on the question: Cameras in court: justice's loss or gain?

First prize winner of £3,500 went to James Potts, a City GDL and BPTC alumni, now pupil at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square. James is planning to specialise in public, planning and commercial law at the Bar.

Second prize of £2,500 went to Thomas Coates, current City GDL student and Classics graduate, who is planning to practise commercial law at the Bar. Of the three runners-up (winning £1000) two were current City GDL students: Edward Granger and Jamie Susskind.

Judges of this prestigious competition included Kenneth Clarke, Lord Grabiner QC, James Harding Editor of The Times and Emma Himsworth, of One Essex Court.

The City Law School is running a summer school in collaboration with Universitat Abat Oliba CEU from the 23rd to 27th July 2012.

Participants will gain a detailed insight into issues of current importance in the areas of shipping, land transport and European law.

There are 5 scholarships available for current City students, which means a reduction of 50% in the conference fees. This offers a great opportunity to meet those in the shipping world.

Find out more via the flyer or contact Anthony Rogers, Director of the LLM Maritime Law at The City Law School.