Deadline to win free place at BPP nears

Now in its seventh year the competition, which closes on Friday 10 February, asks students to write about a subject that is fundamental to the legal profession: integrity.

Lawyer 2B is looking for a feature that expresses your views on whether the City can act ethically, and whether or how it can be effectively regulated.

It is a topical issue with the Occupy LSX and Occupy Wall Street movements, and there’s plenty of scope for investigation as well as argument. To enter the competition you need to prepare a 1,500 word article to appear in the summer 2012 issue of Lawyer 2B magazine. 

The winners of the 2010/11 competition were Portia Durand-Henry and Chantal Percival. Durand-Henry, who won the GDL prize, was volunteering for the Nationwide Citizens Advice Service and juggling a part-time job. She is still deciding on whether to pursue the LPC or Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). Meanwhile Percival, the LPC winner, was working as a paralegal and is now completing her LPC at BPP’s London arm.

Durand-Henry said in a previous interview with Lawyer 2B: “I’m so very grateful for winning the award, and it definitely has made me feel that I want to try even harder to do the best I can now I have been given this opportunity.”

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