Students’ excellence is recognised with prestigious award and scholarship

updated on 09 May 2014

Two students have proven they’ve got what it takes in recent competitions; one impressing with an essay on what determines appropriate humanitarian intervention and the other securing a scholarship to embark on the BPTC.

Rebecca Hadgett, a master’s student at Harvard Law School who is due to start at City University Law School in September, won the Law Society’s annual Graham Turnbull essay competition. In her submission, she explored the "consideration of the intention behind forcible measures in humanitarian interventions", among other things. The winners were judged and announced by Lord Dyson, master of the rolls, last week.

Hadgett said: "I am delighted to have won this year’s essay competition and I would like to thank the Law Society for writing such an engaging question. It allowed me to really reflect on my own perspectives of humanitarian intervention, a topic that clearly remains especially pertinent in discussing many of today’s modern conflicts - Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and the Côte d’Ivoire, to name just a few."

In other good news, final year law student Ellis Isherwood has been presented with a full Lord Denning Scholarship worth £15,500 by Lincoln’s Inn. She is a student at Birmingham City University and is able to use the scholarship to study the BPTC at any provider she chooses.

Facing competition from hundreds of other applicants, Isherwood demonstrated intellectual strength, integrity, excellence at university and commitment to the Bar. She said: "Obtaining a scholarship from an Inn of Court helps you financially and also does wonders for your CV, as scholarships are highly prestigious; they act as a means of demonstrating your abilities as a prospective barrister."