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19May

Winning essay from Sean Xue at the University of York

Many congratulations again to our law undergraduate essay competition 2025 winner, Sean Xue at the University of York. We are delighted to publish Sean’s winning essay. Sean will be undertaking work experience with our competition sponsors, Brown Rudnick LLP, in London this summer. This is a brilliant opportunity and we wish Sean every success. The […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in Competition

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19May

Trust on Trial: The Eroding Legitimacy of Law in a Polarised Age—Sean Xue

At the heart of any functioning democracy lies a tacit promise: that those who wield power will do so within legal and moral bounds, and that those bounds will be fairly enforced, even against the powerful. This is what distinguishes rule of law from the mere rule by law. As Justice Neil Gorsuch of the […]

Posted by Barbora Kozusnikova in Competition

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16May

ILBF law undergraduate essay competition 2025: winner announcement

After two rounds of judging by our panel of academic and legal experts, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill CVO and Yasmin Batliwala MBE, Chief Executive of Advocates for International Development (A4ID) selected the winner of the ILBF’s law undergraduate essay competition for 2025. The Rt. Hon the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, […]

Posted by Mikaela Kritikou in 20 Anniversary, Competition, Rule of Law

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08May

ILBF law undergraduate essay competition 2025: finalists announcement

Huge thanks to all the entrants to the ILBF’s law undergraduate essay competition 2025 for engaging with the question we posed and sending in your entries. The question we posed ‘What will be the challenges to the rule of law in the next 20 years?’ prompted a record response. We were delighted to receive essays […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in 20 Anniversary, Competition, Rule of Law

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22Apr

Essay competition now closed

The ILBF’s 2025 law undergraduate essay competition is now closed. Thank you to all the students who have taken part – we are delighted to receive your essays and we are looking forward to hearing what the next generation of lawyers has to say on the challenges facing the rule of law in the next […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in 20 Anniversary, Competition, Rule of Law

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15Apr

1 week to go!

Just one week to the deadline for our law undergraduate essay competition 2025! Looking for some words of inspiration and encouragement? Yasmin Batliwala MBE, Chief Executive of Advocates for International Development (A4ID) and one of our final round judges, gives her thoughts on why entering the essay competition is a challenge worth taking up and […]

Posted by Holly Nankivell in 20 Anniversary, Competition, Films, Rule of Law

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