Law School prizes and awards
We are proud of the achievements of our students and delighted to recognise academic excellence. We hold a prize-giving ceremony each year to celebrate our students. Here you can find out more information about the individual prizes awarded, including award criteria and the names of many previous prize winners.
Virtual prize-giving ceremony for 2020
Since we cannot share our applause at our usual event, we would like to congratulate this year's student prize winners virtually. Well done to all our 2020 recipients - a fantastic achievement especially during times of uncertainty.
Sponsoring an award
If you or your firm would like to discuss the possibility of sponsoring one of our existing prizes, or of creating a new prize, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Julia Dawson, Director of Professional Services, for further details.
The Anthony Bradley is awarded to the student(s) with the highest mark in Public Law and Individual Rights.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Hannah Chloe Smethurst |
| 2019 | Gethin Binns |
| 2018 | Jonathan Hodges |
| 2017 | Scott Cormack, Jessica D'alton, Matus Berlansky and Alexander Donald Matheson |
The BCKM prize is awarded for the best performance in the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice course, Criminal Court Practice.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Lewis Devoy |
| 2019 | Muhammad Bilaal Shabbir |
| 2018 | Jordan Rhodes |
The Berriedale Keith Essay Prize is awarded to the student with the highest marks in the essays in the Constitutional Law Honours class (now known as 'The Changing Constitution') and Fundamental Issues in Comparative Constitutional Law Honours class.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Emily Fitton (The Changing Constitution) and Sai Divkanwar Singh (Fundamental Issues in Comparative Constitutional Law) |
| 2019 | Jack Capener (The Changing Constitution) Jack Capener (Fundamental Issues in Comparative Constitutional Law) |
| 2018 | Clare Tuohy, Colleen Morawetz, Darshbir Singh Chahal, Natchaya Suwannasri, Polly Smythe and Sarah McGowan |
| 2017 | Alena Michelle Despre |
| 2016 | Marion MacDonald |
| 2015 | Susan Love |
| 2014 | Marko Supronyuk |
| 2013 | Christopher Nairn (Constitutional) |
| 2012 | Ruth Moffett (Constitutional) |
| 2011 | Christopher Wheble (Constitutional) |
| 2010 | Scott McGeachy (Administrative) |
| 2009 | Matthew MacFarlane (Administrative) Euan Anderson (Constitutional) |
| 2008 | Andrew Hay (Administrative) Joseph Denning (Constitutional) |
| 2007 | Grant McLarty (Administrative) John Clark and Craig Nicholson (Constitutional) |
| 2006 | Afson Barekat (Administrative) Gordon Bartlett and Jane Pendry (Constitutional) |
| 2005 | Kate Laing and James Macdiarmid (Administrative) Karen Orr (Constitutional) |
| 2004 | Richard Singer (Administrative) Craig J. Neilson (Constitutional) |
| 2003 | Alasdair Mackay (Administrative) Lilian M. Moncrieff (Constitutional) |
| 2002 | Not awarded (Administrative) Ewan Regan (Constitutional) |
The Create and Prosper prize is awarded for the best performance in the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice course, Financial Services and Related Skills.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Louise Emma Millar |
| 2019 | Damon Allan |
| 2018 | Christopher Glendinning |
| 2017 | James McMahon |
No longer awarded.
For the best performance in the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice course Criminal Court Practice.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Dan Carolan |
| 2016 | Jamie Gordon |
| 2015 | Eilidh Marnoch |
| 2014 | Patrick Glennie and Mark Webster |
| 2013 | Alison McAteer |
| 2012 | Mark Boni |
| 2011 | Euan Anderson |
| 2010 | Lisa Durrington |
| 2009 | Joanna McPherson |
| 2008 | Lynsey Hutchison and Graeme Jarvie |
The David Edward Prize is awarded annually to the student taking the LLM in European Law who achieves the best dissertation grade.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Cheyenne Bannenberg |
| 2016 | Irina Munoz |
| 2015 | Emiel de Bruijne |
| 2014 | Theodora Castan |
| 2013 | Eleonore De Duve |
| 2012 | Paul Veit |
| 2011 | Arran Wiltshire and Luigi Pedreschi |
| 2010 | Gerda Liik |
| 2009 | Veronica Hagenfeldt |
| 2008 | Viorelia Gasca and Simon Lamb |
| 2007 | Mina Andreeva and Felix von Stackelberg |
Sponsored by Davidson Chalmers LLP, this prize is for the best performance in the Diploma in Professional Legal Studies course, Company and Commercial.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Anna Katie Steen |
| 2019 | Stuart Robert Dickie |
| 2018 | Anna Grace |
| 2017 | James Bailey |
| 2016 | Aimee Mcarthur |
| 2015 | Stephanie Craw |
| 2014 | Kathryn Alexander, Mara Schmueckle and James Thomson |
| 2013 | Rachel Coleman |
| 2012 | Andrew Lee |
| 2011 | John Stephen |
| 2010 | Laura Seath |
| 2009 | David Gifford |
| 2008 | Stuart Greenwood |
| 2007 | Jordon Simpson |
| 2006 | Jaqueline McRae |
Sponsored by Dickson Minto, this prize is awarded to the student with the highest aggregated mark in Commercial Law and Business Entities.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Morag McEwan |
| 2019 | Francis Gill |
| 2018 | Lillie Teden |
| 2017 | Hannah Gaddie |
The Diploma in Professional Legal Practice Prize is awarded for the best overall performance by a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice graduate.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Anna Katie Steen |
| 2019 | Stuart Robert Dickie |
| 2018 | Alexander Fair |
| 2017 | Corin Metcalfe |
| 2016 | Jamie Gordon |
| 2015 | Andrew McAlpine |
| 2014 | Patrick Glennie and Mara Schmueckle |
| 2013 | David Bales |
| 2012 | Sarah Sutherland |
| 2011 | Alisdair MacPherson |
| 2010 | Stephen Allison and Lisa Durrington |
| 2009 | Lisa Jackson |
| 2008 | David A. Clark |
| 2007 | Rhona Keith |
| 2006 | Victoria MacDuff |
No longer awarded.
For the best performance in the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice course, Conveyancing.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Corin Metcalfe |
| 2016 | Luke Tait |
| 2015 | Rosie Smith |
| 2014 | Juliet Barker, Fiona Nairn and Daniela Pallucci |
| 2013 | Peter Lewin |
| 2012 | Sarah Sutherland |
| 2011 | Lucy Robertson |
| 2010 | Stephen Allison and Graeme MacDonald |
| 2009 | Catherine Devine and Victoria Simpson |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Chalmers and Brian Taylor |
| 2007 | Rhona Keith |
Sponsored by the Family Law Association, these prizes are for the best performance in the Honours and Ordinary courses in Family Law.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Catriona Fowlie (Honours) and Finn Mitchell (Ordinary) |
| 2019 | Jessica D'Alton (Honours) Elia Davidson (Ordinary) |
| 2018 | Casey Taylor (Honours) Argyll Reid, Emily Russell and Jenny Purdie (Ordinary) |
| 2017 | Ciara Christina McCartney (Honours) George Geddes (Ordinary) |
| 2016 | Emma O’Rourke (Honours) Anna Steen (Ordinary) |
| 2015 | Thomas Nicol (Honours) Gregor Murphy (Ordinary) |
| 2014 | Stacey Gourley (Honours) Alec Fair (Ordinary) |
| 2013 | Lorna Beveridge (Honours) James Bailey (Ordinary) |
| 2012 | David Nelson (Honours) David Gray (Ordinary) |
| 2011 | Heather Burnett and Rebecca Foster (Honours) Francesca Risino (Ordinary) |
| 2010 | Victoria Smith (Honours) Emma Lochery (Ordinary) |
| 2009 | Laura O'Neill (Honours) Juliette Brelsford (Ordinary) |
| 2008 | Naomei Warner (Honours) Victoria Smith (Ordinary) |
The Forensic Essay Prize is awarded to the student with the highest mark in the essay in the Civil Law (Ordinary) class.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Peter Ward |
| 2019 | Hanna Kit and Alexandra Steele |
| 2018 | Riccardo Pellegrini |
| 2017 | Katherine Ann Becher |
| 2016 | Glauco Longoni |
| 2015 | John Callender and Ellen Smith |
| 2014 | Bethany Dodds |
| 2013 | Chloe Oakshett |
| 2012 | Kirsty McGeough |
| 2011 | Tim Haddow and Agata Starczewska |
| 2010 | Grant Barclay and Ian McClory |
| 2009 | Linzi Penman |
| 2008 | Leslie Thomson |
| 2007 | Peter Webster |
| 2006 | Gemma Roberts |
This prize is awarded to the student with the best performance in the Honours course in International Law.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Alexandra Lloyd |
| 2019 | Eliza Wynne |
| 2018 | Elizabeth Holehouse |
| 2017 | Rhona Louise Goodarzi |
| 2016 | Alec Baillie |
| 2015 | Hannah Furness |
| 2014 | Anna Klaskala |
| 2013 | Lindsay Cumming |
| 2012 | Adam Kosmalski and Eilidh Wood |
| 2011 | Mark Webster |
| 2010 | Stephen Bailey |
| 2009 | Stephen Bailey |
| 2008 | Graeme Stapleton |
| 2007 | Rosalind Cook |
| 2006 | Claire Kennedy |
| 2005 | Gregory Messenger |
| 2004 | Carita Thomas and Andrew Wilson |
| 2003 | Grant McKelvey and Greig Walker |
| 2002 | Elizabeth Smith and Graham Webster |
| 2001 | Roddy Gibb |
| 2000 | Chris D. Guirado |
| 1999 | Euan W. MacDonald |
Sponsored by Gillespie MacAndrew LLP, this prize is for the best performance in a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice course, Professional Skills and Responsibility.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Katrina Margaret Gallacher |
| 2019 | Katherine Ann Becher |
| 2018 | Emma Aitken and Alexander Fair |
| 2017 | James Bailey and Rudi Paton |
| 2016 | Daniel Johnstone |
| 2015 | Amy Pairman |
| 2014 | Patrick Glennie |
| 2013 | Rachel Coleman and Allan Shanks |
| 2012 | Tim MacDonald |
| 2011 | George Peto |
| 2010 | Bryony Lunn ( As Practice Management/Professional Ethics) |
| 2009 | Victoria Mincher (As Practice Management) |
| 2008 | Suzanne Knowles and Ellen MacKay (As Practice Management) |
| 2006 | Ross Anderson (As Practice Management) |
Sponsored by W. Green Publishers, three prizes are awarded annually:
- For the Best Performance in the Ordinary course in Evidence and Criminal Law (previously Criminal Law).
- For the Best Overall Second Year Performance.
- For the Best Overall Performance from the Graduate LLB programme.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | George Bruce (Evidence and Criminal Law), Laura McLay (Second Year Performance) and Deniz Tanyolac (Graduate LLB) |
| 2019 | Holly Richardson (Evidence and Criminal Law) Francis Gill (Second year performance) Anna Mcalpine (Graduate LLB) |
| 2018 | Ross Nixon (Evidence and Criminal Law) Ewa Jacon (Second year performance) Douglas Morton (Graduate LLB) |
| 2017 | Anna Katie Steen (Evidence and Criminal Law) Anna Katie Steen (Second year performance) Kenneth Young (Graduate LLB) |
| 2016 | Laura Mcardle (Evidence and Criminal Law) Ione Edmundson (Second year performance) Isla Burns (Graduate LLB) |
| 2015 | Shannon Russell (Evidence and Criminal Law) Molly Butler (Second year performance) Michael Way of Plean (Graduate LLB) |
| 2014 | Peter Candy (Evidence and Criminal Law) James Bailey (Second year performance) Peter Candy (Graduate LLB) |
| 2013 | Julia Barette (Criminal Law Ordinary) Emily Hunter (Second year performance) Julia Barette (Graduate LLB) |
| 2012 | Amy Pairman (Criminal Law Ordinary) David Haughey (Second year performance) Tim Haddow (Graduate LLB) |
| 2011 | Kate Sharp (Criminal Law Ordinary) Nawin Santikarn (Second year performance) Fiona Simpson (Graduate LLB) |
| 2010 | Devon Brewster, Calum Fox, Xanthe Keeton, Peter Lewin and Catriona MacDonald (Criminal Law Ordinary) Alasdair Peterson (Second year performance) Alisdair Macpherson (Graduate LLB) |
| 2009 | Joanna Mithen (Criminal Law Ordinary) Nicola Shand (Second year performance) Adelle Seaton (Graduate LLB) |
| 2008 | Claire Withers (Criminal Law Ordinary) Daniel Tierney (Second Year Performance) Stewart Bingham (Graduate LLB) |
| 2007 | Bruce McCombie (Criminal Law Ordinary) Adam Machray (Second Year Performance) Claire Jackson (Graduate LLB) |
| 2006 | Greg McEwen (Criminal Law Ordinary) Cathy Donald (Second Year Performance) Rhona Keith and Catriona Stirling (Graduate LLB) |
For the most outstanding performance of a legal argument.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Cambeul Walker |
| 2019 | Andreas Cooke |
| 2018 | Lucy McCracken |
| 2017 | Ewa Jacon |
| 2016 | Siddhanth Prasad |
| 2015 | Hugh Masters |
| 2014 | Natalie Simpson |
| 2013 | David Gray |
| 2012 | Kirsty McGeough |
| 2011 | Catriona Jardine |
| 2010 | Andrew Crawford |
Sponsored by Herbert Smith. The Herbert Smith Freehills Prize is awarded for the best overall second year performance by a student proceeding to an exchange year.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Laura McLay |
| 2019 | Andrew Amos |
| 2018 | Ewa Jacon |
| 2017 | Scott Cormack |
| 2016 | Not awarded |
| 2015 | Not awarded |
| 2014 | Clara Hutchison |
| 2013 | Maria Doyle |
| 2012 | Catriona Reyner |
| 2011 | Lorna Beveridge |
| 2010 | Struan Nisbet |
| 2009 | Nicola Shand |
| 2008 | Daniel Tierney |
| 2007 | Jenny Wilson |
Two prizes are awarded to the students who obtain the highest placing in:
- Scottish Legal System, Critical Legal Thinking, Contract and Unjustified Enrichment and Public Law of the UK and Scotland
- Property, Commercial, Delict and Revenue Law
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Finn Mitchell (1st year LLB private law subjects) and Cameron Drummond (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2019 | Lauren Donaldson(1st year LLB private law subjects) Bailey Bender (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2018 | Francis Gill (1st year LLB private law subjects) Ella Keating (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2017 | Jonathan James Hodges (1st year LLB private law subjects) Anna Katie Steen (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2016 | Eilidh Dickson (1st year LLB private law subjects) Laura Mcardle (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2015 | Laura McArdle (1st year LLB private law subjects) Blair Munro (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2014 | Shona Warwick (1st year LLB private law subjects) Corin Metcalfe (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2013 | Stephanie Barratt (1st year LLB private law subjects) Emily Hunter (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2012 | Patrick Glennie (1st year LLB private law subjects) David Haughey (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2011 | Jack Kerr (1st year LLB private law subjects) Giles Reid (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2010 | Andrew Crawford (1st year LLB private law subjects) Alasdair Peterson (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2009 | Kirsty Miguda (1st year LLB private law subjects) Keiran Wilson (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2008 | Victoria Smith (1st year LLB private law subjects) Daniel Tierney (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2007 | Claire Connelly (1st year LLB private law subjects) Gemma Grant (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
| 2006 | Gemma Grant (1st year LLB private law subjects) Cathy Donald (2nd year LLB private law subjects) |
This prize is awarded annually to the student with the best overall performance graduating with the joint honours Law and French degree.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Kirsty Giulia Sciurba |
| 2019 | Holly Bird |
| 2018 | Lucy McCracken |
| 2017 | Rhona Louise Goodarzi |
| 2016 | Not awarded |
| 2015 | Not awarded |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Davis and Rebecca Jordan |
| 2013 | Not awarded |
| 2012 | Iulia-Alexandra Drugas |
| 2011 | Claire McCorkindale |
| 2010 | Not awarded |
| 2009 | Gemma Grant |
Two scholarships, to the value of £2,000 and £1,000 respectively, are awarded annually to students who in the opinion of the School of Law are the most distinguished graduates of the academic year of award, taking into account the degree exams which they have passed in:
- Legal Reason and Legal System, Delict and Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (ordinary level)
- Property Law and Family law (ordinary level)
- Any two of Public Law of the UK and Scotland, Commercial Law, Evidence and Criminal Law (ordinary level)
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | George Geddes (First) and George Bruce (Second) |
| 2019 | Anna Steen (First) and April Sloan (Second) |
| 2018 | Laura McArdle (First) and Gregor Murphy (Second) |
| 2017 | Alec Fair (First) and Kirsty Mitchell (Second) |
| 2016 | Isla Burns (First) and James Bailey (Second) |
| 2015 | Luke Tait (First) and Courtney Lilly (Second) |
| 2014 | Peter Candy (First) and Amy Pairman (Second) |
| 2013 | Julia Barette (First) and Mara Schmueckle (Second) |
| 2012 | Tim Haddow (First) and Jack Kerr (Second) |
| 2011 | Victoria Smith (First) and Richard Faichney (Second) |
| 2010 | Kirsty Miguda (First) and Alisdair Macpherson (Second) |
| 2009 | Adelle Seaton (First) and Gemma Grant and Joanna Mithen (Second) |
| 2008 | Verity Robson (First) and Gillian Dabbs (Second) |
| 2007 | Adam McKinlay (First) and Lynsey Hutchison (Second) |
| 2006 | Rhona Keith (First) and Catriona Stirling (Second) |
A prize, to the value of £200, will be awarded from 2020 to the student who has achieved the best overall mark in the Corporate Law LLM programme (including all subjects and dissertation).
This prize will be sponsored by Latham & Watkins LLP.
Two prizes are awarded annually to the top student in the Private Client (formerly, Wills, Trusts and Executries) course and the top student in Civil Court Practice course. Both courses form part of the curriculum for the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Civil Court Practice winners: Anna Katie Steen and Rebecca Georgia O’Donnell Private Client winner: Debbie Avril Brown |
| 2019 | Andrew John Manson (Private Client) Damon Allan (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2018 | Niamh Morrison (Private Client) Kirsten Holmes and Alexander Fair (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2017 | Corin Metcalfe (Private Client) James McMahon and Corin Metcalfe (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2016 | Andrew Nicholson (Private Client) Jamie Gordon and Adam Swayne (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2015 | Richard McLaren (Private Client) Sean White (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2014 | Fiona Nairn (Private Client) Mara Schmueckle (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2013 | Peter Lewin and David Bales (Private Client) Sarah-Jayne Findlay, Alison McAteer and Lyndsey Mitchell (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2012 | Fiona Simpson (Private Client) Sarah Sutherland (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2011 | Annette Baillie (Private Client) Lucy Hendry (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2010 | Jacqueline Patterson (Private Client) Samantha Taylor (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2009 | Victoria Simpson (Private Client) Lisa Jackson (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Chalmers (Private Client) Stuart Greenwood (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2007 | Angus Macaskill (Private Client) Rhona Keith (Civil Court Practice) |
| 2006 | Victoria MacDuff (Private Client) Craig Roberts (Civil Court Practice) |
The Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize Scholarship is awarded to an Honours student of outstanding distinction on completion of his or her law degree, and is the most prestigious undergraduate prize awarded by Edinburgh Law School. The Prize Scholarship may be awarded jointly to two students, but is not necessarily awarded every year.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Stuart Coleman |
| 2019 | Iona Bonaventura |
| 2018 | Ione Edmundson |
| 2017 | Caitlin Prasad and Patrick Follan |
| 2016 | Fraser Padmore |
| 2015 | Zachary Korman |
| 2014 | Dominic Aitken |
| 2013 | Lorna Beveridge and Nawin Santikarn |
| 2012 | Alasdair Peterson |
| 2011 | Keiran Wilson |
| 2010 | Megan Dewart and Daniel Tierney |
| 2009 | Susan Clyde, Iona Friedberg and Gemma Grant |
| 2008 | Jill Robbie and Andrew Tickell |
| 2007 | Adam McKinlay |
| 2006 | John MacLeod |
| 2005 | Laura Barrie |
| 2004 | Peter Webster |
| 2003 | James MacLean |
| 2002 | Anna L. Lawrence |
| 2001 | Matthew Hancock and Brendan S. Whitty |
| 2000 | James D. Crawford and Lilian M. Moncrieff |
| 1999 | Thomas P. Walsh |
| 1998 | Lorna C. Barr |
| 1997 | Julie K. Hutchison |
| 1996 | Kevin R. Walton |
| 1995 | Karen F. Taylor |
| 1994 | Andrew J.M. Steven and Scott W. Wortley |
| 1993 | John Finlay |
| 1992 | Craig F. Stevenson |
| 1991 | Nicolas J.S. Lockhart |
| 1990 | Aileen T. McHarg |
| 1989 | Karen I. Hill |
| 1988 | David Bartos |
| 1987 | Fiona M. McKechnie |
| 1986 | Alison P. Brown |
| 1985 | Andrew F. Stewart |
| 1984 | W. James Wolffe |
| 1983 | [Not awarded] |
| 1982 | J. Douglas Brodie |
| 1981 | Jane D. Nairn |
| 1980 | Peter J. Braid |
| 1979 | David H. Small and Peter A. Nicholson |
| 1978 | Grant M. Findley |
| 1977 | Colin J. Tyre |
| 1976 | D. Blyth |
| 1975 | Alistair J.M. Duff |
| 1974 | Robert B. Ferguson |
| 1973 | R. Bruce Wood |
| 1972 | Miss F.M. MacLachlan |
| 1971 | Robert A. McCreadie and Miss I.M. Thompson |
| 1970 | Joseph M. Thomson |
| 1969 | Gordon I. Bennett |
| 1968 | Robert Black |
| 1967 | Peter J.H. Simpson |
| 1966 | John P. Grant |
| 1965 | Robert D.D. Bertram |
A scholarship, to the value of £500, is awarded to students who within the two years immediately before the award is made have successfully completed an examination in one of the following subjects for any degree in the University:
- International Law
- International Organisations Law and Practice
- International Economic Law and Organisations
- International Economic Organisations
- E.U. Law
- European Institutions
- International Private Law
Application forms are available from the Law School reception and applications close at the end of July.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Tzoulianna Leventi |
| 2016 | Deena Smith |
| 2015 | Terence Merck |
| 2014 | Tom Watret |
| 2013 | Not awarded |
| 2012 | Christina Priest |
| 2011 | Not awarded |
| 2010 | Graham Horn |
| 2009 | Not awarded |
| 2008 | Not awarded |
| 2007 | Alexander Kobakhidze |
This prize is awarded to the most distinguished student in the ordinary course Public Law of the UK and Scotland class.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Stav Salpeter |
| 2019 | Hannah Smethurst |
| 2018 | Anna McAlpine, April Sloan and Francis Gill |
| 2017 | Jonathan James Hodges |
| 2016 | Thomas Lattimer |
| 2015 | Ione Edmundson |
| 2014 | Daniel Malone |
| 2013 | Stephanie Barratt |
| 2012 | Christina Priest |
| 2011 | Amy Pairman |
| 2010 | Jane Buncle |
| 2009 | Catriona MacDonald |
| 2008 | Laura Seath |
| 2007 | Claire Connelly |
| 2006 | Andrew Hay |
For the best performance in any of the following courses:
- Criminology (Honours)
- Gender and Justice (Honours)
- Punishment and Society (Honours)
Up until 2010 the prize was awarded for Criminology Honours.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Juliet Beltrami |
| 2019 | Holly Bird |
| 2018 | Samuel Denison |
| 2017 | Joseph Patrick McAulay |
| 2016 | Kayleigh Blair (Gender and Justice) |
| 2015 | Fraser Padmore (Gender and Justice) |
| 2014 | Shannon Turner |
| 2013 | Dominic Aitken |
| 2012 | Ralph Williams (Punishment and Society) |
| 2011 | Hayley Cohen (Criminology) Alistair McConnell (Gender and Justice) Stephanie Phillips (Punishment and Society) |
| 2010 | Luke Buckley |
| 2009 | Kate West |
| 2008 | Suzanne Borrowman |
| 2007 | Hilary Neil and Anna Ross |
| 2006 | Lynsey Hutchison |
Since 2010, two undergraduate prizes are awarded each year:
- For the best overall performance in the Honours course Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence
- For the best overall performance in the Honours course Fundamental Issues in Medical Jurisprudence
- The student with the best overall performance in the Honours course Medical Jurisprudence
- The student with the best performance in the Honours essay in Medical Jurisprudence
- The best overall performance by an Online Learning student on the LLM in Medical Law and Ethics
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Thea Catherine Messina (Contemporary Issues) and Rhona Kate Malcolm (Fundamental Issues) |
| 2019 | Madeleine Greig (Contemporary Issues) Ana Mayne (Fundamental Issues) |
| 2018 | Abigail Paul and Mallory Hornsby (Contemporary Issues) Charise McIntosh (Fundamental Issues) |
| 2017 | Jamila Ruby Archibald and Claire Louise Innes (Contemporary Issues) Kristen Lauren Eadie (Fundamental Issues) |
| 2016 | Alejandra Ruggeri, Calum McRobb, Gregor Hunter, Katie Newlands and Shannon Russell (Contemporary Issues) Katherine Auld (Fundamental Issues) |
| 2015 | Claire Osborne (Contemporary and Fundemental issues) |
| 2014 | Mhairi Cruickshank (Contemporary Issues) Elizabeth Davis (Fundamental Issues) |
| 2013 | Dominic Aitken (Overall Performance) Dominic Aitken (Essay) Mark Davies (Online Learning) |
| 2012 | Oliver Blundell (Overall Performance) Oliver Blundell (Essay) Neil Shorney (Online Learning) |
| 2011 | Darren Lightfoot (Overall Performance) Lisa Zhao (Essay) |
Two prizes are awarded annually to the highest placed student in the Ordinary class of Revenue Law and the highest placed student in the Ordinary class of Commercial Law.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Calum John Henderson and Morag McEwan (jointly for Commercial Law) The prize for Revenue Law wasn't awarded this year |
| 2019 | Anna Mcalpine (Commercial Law) Fiona Mclean and Rebecca Gale (Revenue Law) |
| 2018 | Lilie Teden (Commercial Law) James Dadashzadeh Ahari (Revenue Law) |
| 2017 | Anna Katie Steen (Commercial Law) Anna Katie Steen (Revenue Law) |
| 2016 | Ione Edmundson (Commercial Law) Harry Skinner (Revenue Law) |
| 2015 | Kirsty Mitchell (Commercial Law) Danielle McLean (Revenue Law) |
| 2014 | Corin Metcalfe (Commercial Law) James Bailey (Revenue Law) |
| 2013 | Julia Barette, Emily Hunter and Kirsty McGeough (Commercial Law) Patrick Glennie (Revenue Law) |
| 2012 | Julika Bluethgen, Michael Fitzpatrick, David Haughey and John Thomson (Commercial Law) Francesca Risino (Revenue Law) |
| 2011 | Christopher Whyte (Commercial Law Ordinary) Giles Reid (Revenue Law) |
| 2010 | Alasdair Peterson (Commercial Law Ordinary) Alasdair Peterson (Taxation Ordinary) |
| 2009 | Scott McGeachy (Commercial Law Ordinary) Catharine Dempsey and Richard Faichney (Taxation Ordinary) |
| 2008 | Iona Mitchell (Commercial Law (Ordinary) John Donnelly (Taxation (Ordinary) |
| 2007 | Fiona Rennet (Commercial Law (Ordinary) Claire Jackson (Taxation (Ordinary) |
| 2006 | Catriona Stirling (Commercial Law (Ordinary) Cathy Donald (Taxation (Ordinary) |
This prize is awarded annually to the student who obtains first place in the Civil Law Ordinary class.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Charles James Alexander Perriam |
| 2019 | Joshua Rankl |
| 2018 | Benjamin Cohen-Murison |
| 2017 | Aparajita Arya |
| 2016 | Kenneth Young |
| 2015 | Gregor Murphy |
| 2014 | Shona Warwick |
| 2013 | Peter Candy |
| 2012 | Luke Tait |
| 2011 | Jack Kerr |
| 2010 | Cheryl Laird |
| 2009 | Rebecca Greig |
| 2008 | Heloise Ferrari |
| 2007 | Peter Webster |
| 2006 | Sarah Jane Kissock and Mark McKeown |
This prize is awarded to the best student in the Ordinary course of International Law.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | David Zuther |
| 2019 | Mia Williams |
| 2018 | Bernadette Prinz |
| 2017 | Ewa Monika Jacon and Katherine Claire Riddoch |
| 2016 | Thomas Lattimer |
| 2015 | Jing Xi Lim |
| 2014 | Cecilie Andersen |
| 2013 | Angus Lockhart |
| 2012 | Leila Tai and Sarah Wallace |
| 2011 | Katherine Stodulka |
| 2010 | Graham Horn |
| 2009 | Shu Min Ho |
| 2008 | Peter Webster |
| 2007 | Cuixian Yap |
| 2006 | Stefanie Szabo |
| 2005 | Rhona Keith |
| 2004 | Fiona Scott and Anna Zoebley |
| 2003 | Rosemary Finlayson and David Gifford |
| 2002 | Kati Kaarlehto |
| 2001 | David Walker |
| 2000 | Francesca Hazlett |
| 1999 | Johnson MacIntyre |
| 1998 | John D. Nicholson |
| 1997 | Thomas Bick |
| 1996 | Sebastian von Kielmansegg |
| 1995 | Michael Schenk |
| 1994 | David MacLeod |
| 1993 | Shona Mitchell |
| 1992 | Susan Dawson |
| 1991 | Louise Myles |
| 1990 | Frances Bell |
| 1989 | Catherine Steel |
From 2020: Awarded to the student with the top mark in the Undergraduate Dissertation and, in the event of a tie, with the highest overall Honours average.
In 2019: Awarded to the winner of the Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize Scholarship.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Stuart Coleman |
| 2019 | Iona Bonaventura |
This prize is awarded to the best student in the Ordinary class of Introduction to Criminology (previously Foundations of Criminology).
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Charlotte Benton |
| 2019 | Ella Revitt |
| 2018 | Honor Barber |
| 2017 | Not awarded |
| 2016 | Romance Porrot |
| 2015 | Lily Loeffler |
| 2014 | Jessie Andrews |
| 2013 | Briony Lim |
| 2012 | Nathalie Miskin and Victoria Vardy |
| 2011 | Dominic Aitken |
| 2010 | Parisa Zangeneh |
| 2009 | Luke Buckley |
| 2008 | Stephanie Phillips |
| 2007 | Devon Warnlof |
| 2006 | Claire Jackson and Niall Stewart |
For the winners of the Law School Junior Mooting Competition.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Charles James Alexander Perriam and Ernest Tsui |
| 2019 | George Bruce and Zachary Stewart |
| 2018 | Juris Klavins and Sarah Kroll |
| 2017 | Douglas Morton and Katie Becher |
| 2016 | Dan Dubeau and Kenneth Young |
| 2015 | Claire Brennan and Gillian Couper |
| 2014 | Ewan Hazelton and Jonathan Murphy |
| 2013 | Jonathan Ainslie and Vladimir Stamenkovic |
| 2012 | Shane Dundas and David Ford |
| 2011 | Tim Haddow and Ross Spence |
| 2010 | Eilidh Douglas and Andrew Yule |
| 2009 | James Bulpitt and Sam Johnson |
| 2008 | Tom Blackwood and Quentin Bregg |
| 2007 | Andrew Crosbie and Ian Smith |
| 2006 | Mark McKeown and Andrew McGlynn |
| 2005 | Jill Robbie and Jan Blockx |
| 2004 | Jennifer Martin and Helen Watts |
| 2003 | Graham Middleton and Gabriel Boghossian |
| 2002 | Jayne Brady and Claire Gillan |
| 2001 | Graeme Broom and Peter Webster |
| 2000 | Rachel Anderson and Laura McIntosh |
| 1999 | Sarah Coleman and Matthew Lynch |
| 1998 | Lori Ashton and Nancy M Reville |
| 1997 | Michael Barlow and Marc Flood |
| 1996 | Catherine Burns and Gordon Balfour |
| 1995 | Morag Ross and Julie A. Barr |
| 1994 | Mark Jamieson and Laura Thomson |
| 1993 | Ranald Macpherson and Holly Gunning |
| 1992 | James Hope and Douglas Alexander |
| 1991 | Tamar Tammes and Catriona Maclean |
| 1990 | James Mure and Jenny Gibbs |
A prize, to the value of £100, will be awarded from 2020 to the student with the best dissertation in the LLM in Innovation, Technology and the Law.
This prize will be sponsored by RBS.
This prize is awarded annually to the best student in the Ordinary course Critical Legal Thinking. (Previously Law in Context and Legal Reasoning and Legal System).
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Lindsay Shields |
| 2018 | Anna McAlpine |
| 2017 | Stuart Edward Coleman, Emma Margaret Martin and Paul Abou nader |
| 2016 | Kirstin Bamford |
| 2015 | Laura Dodson |
| 2014 | Fraser Brown and Ewan Hazelton |
| 2013 | Madeleine Barratt |
| 2012 | Shannon Turner |
| 2011 | Jack Kerr |
| 2010 | Katie Wylie |
| 2009 | James Bulpitt |
| 2008 | Victoria Smith |
| 2007 | Andrew Fleming |
| 2006 | Fiona Rennet |
No longer awarded.
This prize was set up to commemorate the passing of Sarah Mills, an employee of Clifford Chance and a graduate of the School.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Ione Edmundson |
| 2017 | Ian William Paul |
| 2016 | James Bailey |
| 2015 | Not awarded |
| 2014 | Martin Smail |
This prize is awarded annually to the student who has in the year of award been recommended for the degree of LLB with Honours, and who in the opinion of the Professor of Scots Law is the most distinguished student to have been examined in two of the following Honours courses:
- Family Law
- Contract
- Delict
- Criminal Law
- Property Law
- History of Legal Ideas
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Blair Alexander Dunbar-Smith |
| 2019 | Jessica Macneilage |
| 2018 | Siddhanth Shanker Prasad |
| 2017 | Fraser McDonald |
| 2016 | James Bailey |
| 2015 | Corin Metcalfe |
| 2014 | David Haughey |
| 2013 | Ellen Crofts |
| 2012 | Alasdair Peterson |
| 2011 | Fiona Hamilton |
| 2010 | Megan Dewart |
| 2009 | Adam Machray |
| 2008 | Louise Crawford |
| 2007 | Adam McKinlay (Best Overall) and Greg McEwen (Best Third Year) |
| 2006 | John MacLeod (Best Overall) |
The Sheriff TP Macdonald QC Memorial Prize and Lexis Nexis Mooting Trophy is awarded to the winning pair in the Law School Senior Mooting Competition.
(Formerly the LexisNexis Butterworths Senior Mooting Competition prize)
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Valentin Pyataev and Fraser Rodger |
| 2019 | Richard Anderson and Rachel Winfield |
| 2018 | Daniel King and Ewa Jacon |
| 2017 | James MacFarlane and Isobel Murray-John |
| 2016 | Johnny Callender and Isla Burns |
| 2015 | Nicholas Dobbs and Hugh Masters |
| 2014 | Fraser McKay and Andrew Travers |
| 2013 | Eilidh Marnoch and Amy Pairman |
| 2012 | Alan Innes and Pierre Pecheux |
| 2011 | Euan McDougall and Tom Watret |
| 2010 | George Peto and Kirsty Tyre |
| 2009 | Thomas Mulhall and Paul Tominey |
| 2008 | Peter Douglas and Bruce McCombie |
| 2007 | Andrew Hay and Douglas Meehan |
| 2006 | Barnabus Ross and David Massaro |
Sponsored by Slaughter and May, this prize is awarded to the student with the top mark in Business Entities.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Mhairi Sinclair |
| 2019 | Francis Gill and Louise (Bo) Lu |
| 2018 | Ewa Jacon |
| 2017 | (Vanessa) Tsz Kwan Cheng |
The T.B. Smith Prize for the Most Distinguished Scholar graduating from the LLM or MSc postgraduate degrees.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Julia Harten |
| 2016 | Cat MacQueen |
| 2015 | Matthew Campbell |
| 2014 | Miranda Geelhoed |
| 2013 | Ewa Kruszewska |
| 2012 | Sven Kurzawe |
| 2011 | David McLean |
| 2010 | Sevin Elekdag |
| 2009 | Rebecca Young |
| 2008 | Fiona Jamieson and Daniel Ziegerer |
| 2007 | Antony Taubman |
| 2006 | Tobias Ott |
| 2005 | Bob Rietjens |
| 2004 | Shawn Harmon |
| 2003 | Sharif Malak and Stephen Roe |
| 2002 | Jurgen Heinzelmann |
| 2001 | Mathias Siems |
| 2000 | Annette Gaertner and Felicity Stewart |
| 1999 | Gavin Tosh |
| 1998 | Susan Kemp and Joerg Mergemeier |
| 1997 | Jutta M. Wimmer |
| 1996 | Alastair N. Craik |
The Thorntons prize is awarded for the best performance in the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice course, Conveyancing.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Rebecca Georgia O’Donnell |
| 2019 | Samantha Lillian Joan Kennedy |
| 2018 | Emma Aitken, Alexander Fair and Jordan Rhodes |
Three scholarships are awarded annually to the most distinguished students respectively in the Ordinary classes of:
- Scottish Legal System
- Contract and Unjustified Enrichment
- Property Law
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Josefine Krog-Pedersen and Finn Mitchell (jointly for Scottish Legal System), Kirsty Hogg (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) and Cameron Drummond (Property Law) |
| 2019 | Lauren Donaldson (Scottish Legal System) Hannah Smethurst (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Francis Gill (Property Law) |
| 2018 | Francis Gill (Scottish Legal System) Michael Gray (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Imogen Rogerson (Property Law) |
| 2017 | Douglas Lawrie Morton (Scottish Legal System) Nicholas Matthew Falconer (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Scott Cormack and Loris MacDonald (Property Law) |
| 2016 | James Macfarlane (Scottish Legal System) Lindsay Burns and James Macfarlane (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Gregor Murphy (Property Law) |
| 2015 | Gregor Murphy (Scottish Legal System) Laura McArdle (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Ewan Hazleton (Property Law) |
| 2014 | Fraser McDonald (Scottish Legal System) Fraser McDonald (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Corin Metcalfe (Property Law) |
| 2013 | Michiel Vanwynsberghe (Scottish Legal System) Louise Bell and Peter Candy (Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Emily Hunter (Property Law) |
| 2012 | Shannon Turner (LRLS) Luke Tait (Delict/Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) David Haughey (Property) |
| 2011 | Jack Kerr (LRLS) Jack Kerr (Delict/Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Mara Schmueckle (Property) |
| 2010 | Katie Wylie (LRLS) Andrew Crawford (Delict/Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Alisdair Macpherson (Property) |
| 2009 | James Bulpitt (LRLS) Kirsty Tyre (Delict/Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) Keiran Wilson (Property) |
| 2008 | Victoria Smith (Legal Reasoning and Legal System) Daniel Tierney (Property Law) Adelle Seaton (Delict/ Contract and Unjustified Enrichment) |
| 2007 | Andrew Fleming (Legal Reasoning and Legal System) Adam Machray (Property Law) Gillian Dabbs, Megan Dewart and David Nixon (Delict; Contract; Unjustified Enrichment) |
| 2006 | Fiona Rennet (Legal Reasoning and Legal System) Rhona Keith (Property Law) Gemma Roberts (Delict; Contract; Unjustified Enrichment) |
A scholarship, to the maximum value of £1,000 , is awarded to a student who has passed within three years immediately prior to the date of the award the last exams necessary for graduation in Law. The holder must pursue a course of advanced study in law approved by the School during his or her tenure.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Alma Dangy |
| 2019 | (No Award) |
| 2018 | Terence Merck |
| 2017 | (No Award) |
| 2016 | Erin Leach |
| 2015 | Charles Fletcher |
| 2012 | Rebecca Foster |
| 2011 | Megan Irwin |
| 2006 | Christian McDermott |
The W.A. Wilson Prize is awarded for the best dissertation submitted by a student graduating with the LL.M. in International Law.
| Year | Prize winner |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Penelope Jacobs |
| 2016 | Thomas Mulder |
| 2015 | Zivile Atminaite |
| 2014 | Nora Uhrig |
| 2013 | Geraldine Bollmann and Joshua Root |
| 2012 | Daniel Kaasik |
| 2011 | Michael Chalmers |
| 2010 | Sevin Elekdag |
| 2009 | Rebecca Young |
| 2008 | Jared Hubbard |
| 2007 | Antony Taubman |
| 2006 | Catherine Layden and Tobias Ott |
| 2005 | Eva Steinberger |
| 2004 | Shawn Harmon and Andrea Steingruber |
| 2003 | Anders Erlman and Pierre Harcourt |
| 2002 | Not Awarded |
| 2001 | Sam McIntosh and Yutaka Tatewaki |
| 2000 | Martin Mennecke and Felicity Stewart |
| 1999 | Hee-Sang Kim |
| 1998 | Paola Magrini |
| 1997 | Susann Wolfgram |
| 1996 | Alastair N. Craik |
