Win a place on NCLT's LPC – worth £5,900!
1 March 2010
If you are determined to become a lawyer, but have only sawdust to line your pockets, Young Lawyer is here to help.
Young Lawyer has teamed up with leading legal training provider NCLT to give you the opportunity to win a free place on NCLT’s part-time, flexible LPC, worth £5,900. So, what do you have to do to be in with the chance of walking away with this fabulous prize? We want you to write a 1,200-word feature for Young Lawyer on the following topic:
Should assisted dying be lawful?
The winner will be offered a free place at any of NCLT’s regional centres – the University of the West of England (Bristol), Coventry University, the University of Westminster (London), Manchester Metropolitan University or Southampton Solent University, to start in September 2010, or September 2011.
The prize includes all tuition fees, course materials, examinations and certification. The winning essay will also be published in Young Lawyer.
For more information on the course, visit http://www.clt.co.uk/Legal-Practice-Course-LPC
The closing date for entries is 11 July 2010. The winner will be notified by 31 July, and announced in the September issue of Young Lawyer.
So get your thinking caps on, and get writing.
GOOD LUCK!
How to enter
Simply email your essay to editorial@younglawyer.co.uk, no later than midnight on 11 July 2010.
Tips on writing style
- Read articles published elsewhere in the legal press, including in Young Lawyer’s parent publication, Solicitors Journal to get an idea of tone and style. Think about what makes the articles you read interesting.
- Write in the third person
- Make sure you include an introduction that is informative and enticing and that will tease readers into reading on
- Get permission from anyone you intend to interview/quote directly in your feature. Make sure you put direct quotes in speech marks. Allow interviewees to check their quotes for accuracy, but do not show them the finished article
- Stick to the word count
Checklist
Make sure your article includes a covering page giving the following details:
- Headline for the article
- Total word count including headline
- Your contact details (full name, address, email address and telephone)
- University and course/degree
Judging criteria
Essay should be a minimum of 1,100 words and no more than 1,300 words.
Essays will be judged on:
- Enticing headline
- Structure
- Clarity and coherence of argument
- Style of writing
- Accuracy (when quoting previous case law etc)
- Spelling, grammar and punctuation
- Engagement with audience
Terms and conditions
1. NCLT is offering one prize, a free place on the NCLT Flexible LPC.
2. The prize can be taken at any of NCLT’s regional centres – the University of the West of England (Bristol) Coventry University, University of Westminster (London), Manchester Metropolitan University, and Southampton Solent University.
3. Prize applies for the September 2010 or September 2011 intake only.
4. There is no cash alternative.
5. Only one entry per person is permitted.
6. Submissions must be made by email no later than midnight on 11 July 2010. Late submissions will not be considered.
7. Entries should be sent to editorial@younglawyer.co.uk. Anything sent to an incorrect email address will not be counted. No other form of entry will be accepted.
8. A panel of markers will read all submissions. A shortlist of 10 will be submitted to the Young Lawyer editor and the Director of NCLT for final review and to determine the winning entry. The decision of the judging panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into concerning the outcome of the competition.
9. The winner will be notified on 31 July 2010. NCLT will then contact the winner to check for eligibility and supply details of enrolment onto the course.
10. NCLT and Young Lawyer reserve the right to edit, publish and / or make available to the public all information included in any of the competition entries received, in print, online or via other media, either in part or in their entirety for the purposes of publicity.
11. NCLT and Young Lawyer reserve the right to change the competition closing date and/or winners’ notification date. Readers will be notified of any such changes in the May issue of Young Lawyer.
12. The winner must be willing to take part in any publicity NCLT and Young Lawyer may require. The winner must be available to take part in publicity or attend events as requested. If competition winners are unable to attend, the free place will pass to the runner-up.
13. Articles must be original work that has not been submitted elsewhere, and any form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification.
14. Full consent must be obtained from all persons who are quoted in the essay. The full name, job title and organisation/charity of everyone who has been interviewed / quoted for the purpose of the essay must be provided. NCLT and Young Lawyer reserve the right contact such persons to fact-check quotes where appropriate.
15. The minimum number of words is 1,100 and the maximum of words is 1,300 (including headline). Articles below or above this limit will automatically be disqualified.
16. The competition is only open to those entrants whose LPC is not being sponsored by any other source. An entrant who obtains sponsorship during the competition will be disqualified from the competition.
17. To accept the prize, the winner must meet NCLT’s admission criteria (including residency).
18. Employees of NCLT and Young Lawyer and their immediate families and anyone connected with members of the judging panel are not eligible to enter the competition.
