The Routledge Prize for Best Performance in First Year
Routledge provides an annual prize of £75 worth of books to the student who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, gives the best performance in the First Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
Oxford University Press Law Prize
Oxford University Press provides an annual prize of £150.00 worth of OUP books to the student who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, gives the best performance in one of the following: LIM, Constitutional Law, Contract or Land Law in the First Examination for the Degrees of Bachelor of Laws.
In the event of multiple students achieving the same highest mark the prize may not be shared and the Board has discretion in deciding which student should receive the award.
Michael Duffel Partners Prize
Michael Duffel provides an annual cash prize to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law has achieved the best overall performance in the current academic year, and who has come through the PARTNERS programme to study Law, is starting their second year of study, is from the North East and is living away from home.
Northern Dispute Resolution provides an annual cash prize to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, gives the best performance in the subject Legal Institutions and Method.
Womble Bond Dickinson provides an annual cash prize to the student who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, gives the best performance in the subject Public Law.
DLA Piper Solicitors, provide an annual cash prize to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, gives the best performance in the subject Contract Law.
Womble Bond Dickinson provides an annual cash prize to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, gives the best performance in the subject Land Law.
Sweet and Maxwell provides an annual prize of £150 worth of Sweet and Maxwell books to the student who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, gives the best performance in the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws.
Michael Duffel Partners Prize Stage 2
Michael Duffel provides a cash prize to the student who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law has achieved the best overall performance in the current academic year, and has come through the PARTNERS programme to study Law, is starting their third year of study, is from the North East and is living away from home.
DWF Group plc provides an annual cash prize and a 1 week work placement, to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law gives the best performance in the subject of Tort.
Trinity Chambers of Newcastle upon Tyne, provides an annual cash prize to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law gives the best performance in the subject of Evidence.
The Medico-Legal Society provides an annual cash prize to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law gives the best performance in Medicine and the Law.
The prize is presented at the Society’s AGM which is held in October each year.
Newcastle upon Tyne Law Society awards three prizes each year to the students who, in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law, give the best performance in the subjects of
Company Law
Equity or Trusts
Criminal Law
The value of each prize is determined by The Society annually and will be presented in person at the Annual Law Dinner.
This endowed prize provides a cash prize to the student who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners in Law produces either an outstanding performance in the Research Topic, or Dissertation in the field of pensions law. If in any particular year there is no such Research Topic or Dissertation in pension law, the prize is awarded for an outstanding performance in the research topic or dissertation in the field of Equity.
Pippa Darlington Memorial Prize
Newcastle Law School provides an annual cash prize in memory of Pippa Darlington to the best-performing student on a Law degree that includes a year abroad.
DRS Ltd provide an annual cash prize to be awarded to the candidate who in the opinion of the Board of Examiners gives the best performance in the LLM in International Business law.
Newcastle Law School LLM Prize
Awarded to the student with the highest overall grade following completion of both the taught components and dissertation of any of the LLM programmes.