- The Future Legal Minds Award (the ‘Competition') is open to those aged 18 or over only.
- The competition is open to UK residents and to international residents residing full-time in the UK for the duration of the competition (May 2023 - October 2023).
- The competition is open to those studying for a legal qualification at educational institutions in the UK.
- We welcome entries from undergraduate and postgraduate law students only.
- Postgraduates are eligible to enter if they are taking a Postgraduate Diploma in Law or other conversion courses, such as a Legal Practice Course, Common Professional Examination or Bar Professional Training course.
- Competition entry closes at 23:59 on 31st July 2023.
- One entry per person - multiple individual entries will be void.
- The initial written entry should be no more than 1200 words in length.
- Essay footnotes and bibliography should be formatted using the OSCOLA referencing style - and are not included within the 1200 word count limit.
- The initial written entry cannot be returned so please remember to retain a copy.
- All written entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party.
- Entries must not contain defamatory, obscene, offensive, or any other unsuitable material; National Accident Helpline reserves the right to disqualify entries containing such matter.
- Entries not submitted in accordance with these terms and all other rules and directions given by National Accident Helpline, or entries that are incomplete or illegible (as determined at our sole discretion) will not be eligible.
- National Accident Helpline will not be held responsible for entries not received for any reason.
- Winners agree to the use of their name and image on any advertising materials produced by National Accident Helpline.
- A judging panel will be responsible for shortlisting the best entries.
- Shortlisted written entrants will be contacted from the 1st of September with the opportunity to provide video content to support their original entry.
- The shortlists will be publicly announced in the week commencing 4th September 2023.
- Video entries for the shortlist should be no longer than 120 seconds.
- National Accident Helpline will make all reasonable efforts to contact the shortlisted entrants. If they cannot be contacted or are no longer available within 10 days of the shortlist announcement date, National Accident Helpline reserves the right to offer the place to the next eligible entrant selected from the correct written entries that were received before the closing date (31st July 2023).
- The panel will then choose the winners from the shortlists, taking into consideration both the written and video entries.
- The decision of the judging panel will be final.
- The shortlists will then be contacted on Friday 29th September 2023 to be informed if they have been named as the winner or not, prior to the winner being announced publicly.
- Any personal information relating to the winners or other participants will be used solely in accordance with current data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to third parties without the prior permission of the participant.
- The winners will be notified (by email, post or phone, using contact details provided at the point of entry).
- We will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winners. If they cannot be contacted or are not available or have not claimed their prize within 15 days of the announcement date, National Accident Helpline reserves the right to offer the prizes to the next eligible entrants selected from the correct entries that were received before the closing date.
- The winners will be publicly announced in the week commencing 9th October 2023.
- We may ask you to provide documentary proof of your identity and/or address before awarding the prize. The use of a false name or address will disqualify participants from receiving any prize.
- If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, please contact us by email at futurelegalmind@nahl.co.uk