Essay Competition 2016

Commonwealth Law Students’ Essay Competition 2016

This was the 6th Commonwealth Law Student Essay Competition. The competition was open to all students registered in an undergraduate law degree course within a Higher Education Institution in a Commonwealth Nations.

The title for the Essay Competition, 2016 for was:

To What Extent Is It True To Claim That The Fundamental Principles Embodied In The Magna Carta Are Just As Significant Today As They Were In 1215, Since They Are The Foundation Of Constitutional Provisions Relating To The Rule Of Law And Democracy In Most Parts Of The World, Especially The Commonwealth?

Essay Winners

Cash prizes were awarded to the winners of first, second and third places as follows:

• 1st Prize: £250;
• 2nd Prize: £100;
• 3rd Prize: £50

The winning essays can be found in the CLEA Newsletter/Journal.  

The winners were as follows:

• First place: Josiah Wamwere-Njoroge, Riara Law School, Nairobi, Kenya.
• Second place: Lee Min Lun Lee, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.
• Third place: Pavani Nagaraja Bhat, National Law University, Odisha, India.