Family Law Essay Competition: Win a prize of £2,000 ===================================================== This competition has now closed. Follow us on LinkedIn to be the first to know when the competition reopens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We invite all university students to take part in our law essay competition aimed at uncovering exceptional young minds. All entries meeting our submission criteria (see below) and of a high quality will be published on our website, with each author credited. You will be able to share and repost this across your social channels, as well as make reference to it on your CV and any future applications to Vardags. Vardags is a top family law firm specialising in high net worth, international, complex cases. Our legal services help our clients through the most challenging of circumstances - led by "Britain's top divorce lawyer", Ayesha Vardag, we take pride in working at the cutting edge of legal practice and seek to hire the brightest talent. £ 0WINNER £ 0SECOND PLACE £ 0THIRD PLACE PRIZES ON OFFER --------------- The winner will receive **£2,000**, in addition to a one-to-one with our Founder and President, Ayesha Vardag. There will additionally be **£1,000** and **£500** prizes for 2*nd* and 3*rd* place respectively. The **top 5 entries will be fast-tracked to interviews for Vardags' Graduate Trainee recruitment**, and the best essays will be published on the Vardags website. Read our T&Cs for full details. submission criteria ------------------- Please write an essay of no longer than *2,000 words*, on a contemporary topic relevant to England & Wales, that relates to one of the following: - Financial proceedings in divorce; - Children and divorce; or - Any other family law topic. We value quality over quantity and the depth and creativity of your arguments will be judged more than the length of your content. To apply, you **must**: - Be currently enrolled in a university. - Make your submission from a university email address. - Submit your essay through the portal below prior to the deadline of *31/01/2025*. - Include a word count at the foot of the essay - The bibliography and any footnotes of fewer than 25 words will not be included in the word count. TIMELINE AND KEY DATES ---------------------- - **1st October 2024:** Competition opens - **Midnight 31st January 2025:** Deadline for entry - **28th February 2025:** Winners announced TERMS AND CONDITIONS -------------------- Submissions must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe on the rights of any other party. We may use various means to identify plagiarism, contract cheating and other forms of fraud. Our determinations in all such matters are final. Submissions must not contain defamatory, obscene, offensive, or any other unsuitable material. Vardags retains the right to publish or reproduce at any time all or part of any work submitted on the Vardags website and elsewhere. Vardags reserve the right to delete or omit from any published article anything that in their absolute discretion should not be published on editorial or legal grounds. Submissions must be made by our online entry system - this competition therefore requires access to the internet. The decision of our judging panel will be final. Please note that entries will not be returned and entrants may therefore wish to keep their own copy of the submitted essay. Vardags does not enter into correspondence about any aspect of the competition or the results thereof. Feedback on the essays submitted is not provided. Candidates fast-tracked to interviews for Vardags' graduate trainee recruitment will be for our intakes from 2026 onward. The organizers of the competition will collect data in line with the law and our privacy policy (accessible here: [Vardags | Privacy Policy](https://vardags.com/privacy-policy)) for the purposes of the Competition, in the ways described in these terms and conditions. The information collected will be used to contact the winners, and to administer the competition and (in the case of successful entrants) to publicise and promote this competition and future such competitions and for any marketing or other purposes you may indicate your consent to. When publishing essays on the Vardags website, Vardags will publish the name and institution of the author alongside this. If you have any further questions, email us at ![](https://vardags.com/images/essay_email.png) The information on this website is intended as a guide and does not constitute legal advice. 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