Calling all School of Law students! Take part in our 'New School of Law Building' Student Essay Competition

1 Feb 2023

The School of Law invites its students to submit essays on the following topic:

What should a building for the UCC School of Law, ranked in the top 100 law schools globally, look like in 10 years-time?

The School of Law at UCC is exploring improving its facilities commensurate with its top 100 global ranking.

New facilities could involve refurbishment of the Áras na Laoi building, a new building adjacent to it, or a combination of both. The progress of this project is subject to securing funding and necessary approvals. While the project is likely to take at least 10 years to come to fruition, the school established a ‘New Building Working Group’ in 2021 and has conducted a benchmarking exercise with a number of highly ranked law schools as well as an initial consultation with school staff in 2022.  

The School is committed to consulting students on what they think the School should look like and what facilities it should have. This essay competition is one aspect of that consultation.  We will also formally consult through the Student Council and the Law Society at a later stage once the project is more advanced.

The Task:

Please submit an essay of no more than 2,000 words on the following topic:

What should a building for the UCC School of Law, ranked in the top 100 law schools globally, look like in 10 years-time?

Any student registered for a law programme is eligible to participate. 

The deadline is Tuesday 28^th February at 23:59 hours.  Essays will be reviewed by the School’s New Building Working Group.

Prizes

To encourage participation an anonymous donor is generously funding 3 prizes of €1,000, €750 and €500 for the top three essays submitted. 

The awarding of the prizes to the winners will be publicised through our media and social media channels”

Click here for full details: School of Law Essay Competition 2023