This was the 7th 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, 2018 for was:
In The Context Of The Commonwealth Principles, How Can The Law Achieve A Balance Between The Freedom Of The Media To Report And Criticise The Government And/Or Judiciary, And The Need For Respect, Responsibility And Regulation In Reporting?
The theme was drawn from the work undertaken by the Commonwealth Working Group on Media Governance on freedom of expression and the role of media in good governance.
Essay Winners
Cash prizes were awarded to the winners of first, second and third places as follows:
The winning entry was also be published in the Newsletter of the Commonwealth Legal Education and in the Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education.
The winners were as follows: