Student Awards & Prizes

Womble Bond Dickinson Honour Roll

The Honour Roll, which is generously sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson, is recognition of a student’s achievement on a year of a course within the Law School. Students will be awarded a certificate which they may use to support their C.V. and other forms of job application.

The top 10% (subject to achieving additional criteria) of all law students (excluding final year students) form the Honour Roll for that year.

Successful students are usually also invited to attend a celebration event at Womble Bond Dickinson's offices.

Ward Hadaway Prize

Ward Hadaway offer a generous prize opportunity. The Year 1 Honour Roll students are invited to apply in the autumn of Year 2 for this prize.

Following a selection process up to two students are awarded £1000 and 2 weeks work experience in the penultimate year of the student's law degree course.

Contribution Roll

This is an annual award to recognise outstanding student contributions to life of the Law School. Each year the School will make awards to reflect dedication and commitment by students to the Law School community. All Law school full time, part time, open/distance learning and research students are eligible.

Students can be nominated by any Law School student, support staff or academic staff member. Self-nomination is also permitted.

This award is currently sponsored by Ben Hoare Bell.

Woon Brothers Foundation

1. The Norman Brown Memorial Prize

This prize of £500 is awarded to the best performing first year M LAW student on the English and European Legal Systems module.

2. Woon Brothers Foundation Prizes

The following prizes are awarded:

• 1st Year Woon Tai Jee Memorial Prize

• 2nd Year Lim Ai Fang Memorial Prize

• 3rd Year Cheong Kam Hee Memorial Prize

• 4th Year Woon Brothers Foundation Prize

Each student receives £1000 in recognition of academic performance and financial need.

Stowe Family Law

Northumbria University is excited to announce a new collaboration with Stowe Family Law LLP – the UK’s largest specialist family law practice.

They serve clients from 40+ locations across the country and have just recently opened an office in Newcastle. As experts on relationship breakdown matters, Stowe’s involvement is to help students understand client work in this niche first-hand. The firm will be doing this by offering the Stowe Family Law Prize, which awards work experience to the highest achieving law student at the end of the academic year.

“We are excited to offer this Prize for the current academic year. We look forward to meeting this year’s highest achieving law student and inviting them to the office for hands-on work experience.”
- The Stowe Family Law Newcastle team.

Prizes

There are numerous prizes awarded as a part of the academic board each year. Prizes vary and include monetary awards, placements, mini pupillages, vouchers and trophies.

List of Prizes

Prize Name	Programme	Achievement
The Alan Davenport Memorial Prize for the best performance in Civil Liberties	LLB (Hons) - Any UG student	Best performance in Civil Liberties
The Ben Hoare Bell Prize for the best performance in Civil Rights in Practice	M Law Exempting - Year 2	Best performance in Civil Rights in Practice
The Bond Dickinson Prize for the best performance in Employment Law	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best performance in Employment Law Dissertation
The Bond Dickinson Prize for the best performance in Environmental Law	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best overall performance in the Environmental Law module
The Bond Dickinson Prize for the best performance on the Graduate Diploma in Law	Graduate Diploma in Law	Most outstanding student performance
The Collingwood Legal Prize for the best performance in Employment Law	Legal Practice Course	Best performance in Employment Law
The David Auld Prize for the best performance in Mental Health Law	Legal Practice Course	Best performance in Mental Health Law
The David Gray Solicitors Prize for the best performance in Housing Law	Legal Practice Course	Best performance in Housing Law
The David Gray Solicitors Prize for the best performance in Law and the Elderly Client	Legal Practice Course	Best performance in Law and the Elderly Client
The David Gray Solicitors Prize for the best performance in the Student Law Office	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best performance in SLO Live Client work
The Ede & Ravenscroft Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	M Law Exempting - Year 3	Best performance by an LLB (Hons)/M Law student
The Hay & Kilner Prize for the best performance in Advanced Advocacy	Legal Practice Course	Best overall performance in Advanced Advocacy
The Linda Sykes Memorial Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	M Law Barristers Exempting - Year 4	Best graduating student
The London College of Legal Studies (South) Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	LLB (Hons) Open Learning	Best graduating student
The Michael Short Prize for the best performance in Employment Law Dissertation	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best performance in Employment Law Dissertation
Newcastle Law Society Prize	LLB (Hons) Part-time	Best final year student
Newcastle Law Society Prize	Graduate Diploma in Law	Best self funded student
The North of England Medico-Legal Society Prize for the best performance in Medical Law	LLB (Hons) Part-time and Open Learning	Best performance in Medical Law
The Northumbria Law Press Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	LLB (Hons) - Any UG student	Best project
The Northumbrian Water Property Solutions Prize for the best performance in Property Issues and the Business Client	M Law Exempting Year 2	Best performance in Property Issues and the Business Client
The Oxford University Press Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	M Law Exempting	Best overall performance
The Park Lane Plowden Chambers Prize for the best Advocate	BPTC and M Law BPTC Exempting	Best Advocate
The Philip Plowden Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best performing Undergraduate Student
The Resolution Family Law Prize for the best performance in Family Law	Legal Practice Course	Best performance in Family Law
The Sage Prize for the best performance in Law of Business Associations	M Law Exempting - Year 3	Best performance in Law of Business Associations
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	LLB (Hons) Open Learning - Year 1	Best overall LLB (Hons) Open Learning student on year 1
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	LLB (Hons) Part-time	Best overall LLB (Hons) Part-time student
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best performance by a final year student	LLB (Hons) Full-time	Best overall performance by a Final Year Student
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best overall performance by an international student	LLB (Hons) Full-time	Best performance by a final year international student
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best overall performance by a 4th year student
The Trinity Chambers Prize for the best performance on the Bar Professional Training Course	Bar Professional Training Course	Best overall student
The Ward Hadaway Prize for the best performance on the Graduate Diploma in Law	Graduate Diploma in Law Distance Learning	Best 1st year student
The Sue Watts Memorial Prize for the best performance in Intellectual Property Law	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best performance in Intellectual Property Law
The Watson Burton Prize for the best undergraduate performance in Law	M Law Exempting - Year 2	Best overall performing student
The Winn Solicitors Prize for the best performance in Civil Litigation	Legal Practice Course	Best performing Civil Litigation student
The Winn Solicitors Prize for the best performance in Civil Litigation	M Law Exempting - Year 4	Best performing Civil Litigation student
Palgrave Prize	Sports Law student	Best performance in Sports Law
The Northumbria Law School Prize for best performance in Criminal Litigation, Evidence and Sentencing	M Law Exempting BPTC (Year 3)	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for best performance in Civil Litigation, Evidence and Remedies	M Law Exempting BPTC (Year 3)	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for best performance by a BPTC Exempting student in Advocacy (Examination in Chief)	M Law Exempting BPTC (Year 4)	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for best performance by a BPTC Exempting student in Advocacy (Cross Examination)	M Law Exempting BPTC (Year 4)	Best overall student perfomance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for best performance in "Further Area of Law"	GDL Full Time	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for best performance in "Further Area of Law"	GDL Distance Learning	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for best performance by a final year student	Law Plus Environmental	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize	Law Plus Business/Int Business	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best overall performance	LLM FT Commercial	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best overall performance	LLM FT International Commercial	Best overall student performance
The Northumbria Law School Prize for the best overall student performance	LLM FT international Trade	Best overall student performance
The 7 Harrington Street Prize for Excellence in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Practice	BPTC and MLaw BPTC Exempting	Best performance in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Practice
The New Park Court Chambers Prize for Excellence in Criminal Practice	BPTC and MLaw BPTC Exempting	Best performance in Criminal Practice
The Cathedral Chambers Prize for Excellence in Family Practice	BPTC and MLaw BPTC Exempting	Best performance in Family Practice
The Zenith Chambers Prize in Opinion Writing	BPTC and MLaw BPTC Exempting	Best performance in Opinion Writing
The Northumbria Law School Prize Mlaw Year 1 for best performance by a first year student	M Law Year 1	Best overall student performance

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