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Postgraduate Prizes

Awards may be withdrawn from the funder with little or no prior notice for reasons beyond the control of the Law School. Where possible, any changes to prizes will be communicated accordingly to students. Furthermore, this page is still being updated. Please note that students can only be awarded one prize maximum. For the Simmons and Simmons Prize in International Dispute Resolution LLM, where there is more than one prize winner, prizes may be split accordingly.

There are 12 prizes available for Postgraduate students. Click through the slideshow below to find out more about the prizes.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND COMMERCIAL LAW PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

EUROPEAN TRADE AND COMMERCIAL LAW PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

CORPORATE LAW PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GOVERNANCE PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

GENERAL LLM PRIZE

£300 will be awarded to the student with the highest AMW on the programme (must be awarded a distinction overall)

DISSERTATION PRIZE

£500 will be awarded to student with the highest dissertation mark on the programme

TOP 3 STUDENTS

£300 (each) will be awarded to three students with highest AMW and distinction overall across all LLM streams that have not been awarded another prize

THE SIMMONS & SIMMONS PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION  LLM

£750 will be distributed to the top dissertation mark on the programme