Available Prizes for Law | Prizes | The University of Aberdeen

Cloch Intellectual Property Prize (Cloch Quaich)

Awarded to the student accorded the highest mark each year in an Honours dissertation on an intellectual property law related topic. A Quaich donated by Cloch Solicitors will be displayed permanently in the Taylor Library and will be engraved annually with the prize winner name at the cost of Cloch Solicitors

Value of Prize: Quaich Engraving
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 169

Cruickshank Law Prize - Best Honours Graduate

Awarded annually to the best student completing requirements for the degree of LLB with first class Honours.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10171-11
Student Record Code: 208

David Lessels Prize - Family Law

Awarded to the student with the best overall performance in Level 2 Family Law

Value of Prize: £125
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 215

David Lessels Prize - Individual Contribution

Awarded to the undergraduate student who, in the opinion of the Head of the Law School, has made a significant contribution to the Law School's activities through his/her role as class representative on any of the School's committees

Value of Prize: £125
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 222

David Lessels Prize - Legal System

Awarded to the student with the best overall performance in Level 1 Legal System

Value of Prize: £125
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 207

David Lessels Prize - MA Legal Studies

Awarded to the student on the MA Legal Studies programme with the best overall performance in the combined first year classes of Contract; Criminal Law; Legal Method and Legal System

Value of Prize: £125
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 220

David M Sutherland Memorial Prize in Forensic Medicine

The prize is awarded annually for the best performance by an LLB student in the Level 2 courses in Forensic Medicine.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10217-11
Student Record Code: 788

Davidson Chalmers Prize

The prize is open to LLB students in their second year of study, taking account of their degree examination results in Commercial Commercial Organisations and Insolvency and Law of Property. Candidates for the prize will be invited to attend an interview and also required to deliver a presentation.

Value of Prize: £250 and a summer placement
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 216

Edmond Prize in Law

Awarded annually to the student who in the judgement of the Professors of Scots Law and Conveyancing has the best record in the classes of Criminal Law, Contract, Delict, Property & Family Law. The record will be judged by the classwork and by the marks obtained in the degree examination.

Value of Prize: £20
Budget Code: (EN) EP10040-11
Student Record Code: 282

Family Law Association Postgraduate Diploma Prize

The Prize is awarded to the best student in the Family Law Elective Course in the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 1011

Family Law Association Prize

Founded in 2006, the Prize is awarded to the best overall performance in essay and examination in Honours Family Law

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 310

Franco-British Lawyers Society Prize

Awarded to the best 2nd year LLB student in French and French Law.

Value of Prize: £500
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 325

Fullerton Prize for Legal Skills

Awarded annually to the best student in Level 1 Legal Method

Value of Prize: £125
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 1012

George & Alexander Greig Prize in Scots Law

Awarded to the most distinguished student in Property and Family Law.

Value of Prize: £20
Budget Code: (EN) EP10054-11
Student Record Code: 348

Green Prize in Law

Awarded annually to a student who in their first degree of study in the LLB degree, has shown distinction in subjects from the first year. Such distinction will be determined by the results of examinations in all of Foundations of Private Law, Legal System, Criminal Law, UK Constitutional Law, Contract and Delict, and, in the event of equality of application, it will be decided by the Head of School.

Value of Prize: Letter to W Green & Son Ltd and prizewinner
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 340

Hunter Medal in Roman Law

Awarded to the student accorded the highest mark in an Honours dissertation in a subject connected with Civil Law. and Roman Law. Where two or more dissertations have been awarded the same mark, the Professor of Civil Law will decide to which student the prize should be awarded after consultation with the examiners who marked the dissertations, and taking into account the closeness between the dissertation and Civil Law.

Value of Prize: £75
Budget Code: (EN) EP10064-11
Student Record Code: 404

James Craig Howie Memorial Prize - 1st Year

Awarded annually to the best overall student in the combined first year classes of Criminal Law, Contracts and Legal System.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN)EP10206-11
Student Record Code: 394

James Craig Howie Memorial Prize - 2nd Year

Awarded annually to the best overall student in the combined second year classes of Property; Commercial Organisations and Insolvency, Succession and Trusts

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN)EP10206-11
Student Record Code: 395

Jonathan Fitchen Private International Law Dissertation Prize

Awarded to the student who produces the best LLB dissertation on a PrIL topic

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 466

Jonathan Fitchen Prize in Private International Law

Awarded to the student with the best overall performance in the Level 2 Private International Law course

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 465

Law Society of Scotland & Society of Advocates in Aberdeen (Williamson Fund) Prizes for Diploma in Legal Practice Students.

Awarded by the Law Society of Scotland and shared by the five students who successfully complete the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice with the greatest distinction.

Value of Prize: £250
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 486

Lord President Cooper Prize in Comparative Law and Scottish History

Awarded annually in alternate years to the best student in Honours Comparative Law and to the best student in Honours Scottish Legal History.

Value of Prize: £40
Budget Code: (EN)EP10171-11
Student Record Code: 186

Miller & Bryce Conveyancing Prize

Awarded to the student who successfully completes the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice and with the greatest distinction in Conveyancing.

Value of Prize: £250
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 580

Ransom Prize

Awarded for best LLM Dissertation

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 697

Robertson Prize

Awarded annually to the student accorded the highest mark in an honours dissertation on a subject connected with Scots Law. Where two or more dissertations have been awarded the same mark,the Professor of Scots Law will decide to which student the prize should be awarded after consultation with the examiners who marked the dissertation and taking into account the closeness of the connection between the dissertation and Scots Law.

Value of Prize: £75
Budget Code: (EN) EP10110-11
Student Record Code: 670

Shepherd & Wedderburn Prize in Private Property

Awarded annually the best student in the Private Property and the Common Good course

Value of Prize: £125
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 731

Shepherd & Wedderburn Prize in Property Law

Founded in 2001, a cash Prize is offered by Shepherd & Wedderburn for the best student in Property Law.

Value of Prize: £250
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 726

Sir Thomas Broun Smith Memorial

The prize is awarded from time to time by the trustee of the Sir Thomas Broun Smith Memorial Trust to the writer of the essay, which is adjudged to be the best submitted in accordance with the rules of the competition. The prize was last awarded in 1995 and the subject of the essay was "the extent to which prior statements of witness and accused persons should be admissible in criminal trials in Scotland ". It is anticipated that the prize will be offered triennially. Those eligible to compete are (i) those who are currently students in the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen and (ii) those who have graduated in Law from the University of Aberdeen since 1 January 1990.

Value of Prize: £1,000
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 754

Slaughter and May Prize in English Law

Awarded annually to the student with the highest aggregate mark in LS3030; Equity and LS3526: The Law of Property of England and Wales

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Donor
Student Record Code: 746

Storie, Cruden & Simpson Prize

The Prize is awarded to the best student in the Business Environment & Ethics course in the Professional Legal Practice programme.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10191-11
Student Record Code: 776

Stronachs Prize in Rural Law

Awarded annually to the student with the highest mark in LS4045 Rural Law. Where two or more students jointly receive the highest mark, the mark awarded in the assessed essay will be decisive. If there is still a tie, the prize will be shared.

Value of Prize: A book on the relevant subject matter or the equivalent value in book vouchers or ca
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 783

The Captain Michael G MacFarland Commander B S (Rattan-Takht) Ranjit Memorial Scholarship

Awarded to an LLB (Hons) student in their final year who has been able to demonstrate excellent grades throughout their courses attaining a First Class Honours degree, and has also demonstrated a commitment to Law through extra-curricular interests and activities such as Mooting, Negotiation and Advocacy.

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 177

The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen Williamson Prize

Awarded to final year LLB (Honours) students for exceptional academic achievement assessed on the Honours dissertation.

Value of Prize: 1st Prize £500 - 2nd Prize (x2) £250
Budget Code: Awarded directly by Society
Student Record Code: 855

Theresa Hunt Excellence Prize in Public Law

The Prize will be awarded to the student with the best
undergraduate dissertation in public law as decided at the Examination Boards in May/June each year.

Value of Prize: £1,000
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 797