The Yorke Prize is awarded annually by the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge for an essay of between 30,000 and 100,000 words on a legal subject, including the history, analysis, administration and reform of law,Cambridge University Faculty of Law Funding Opportunities Cambridge University Reporter 11 November 2005 "of exceptional quality, which makes a substantial contribution to its relevant field of legal knowledge."
The prize, awarded from the Yorke Fund, is open to any graduate of, or any person who is or has been registered as a graduate student of, the university.
Endowment The Yorke Fund was endowed in 1873 by the will of Edmund YorkeCambridge University Faculty of Law: A Tradition of Benefaction (b. 8 February 1787, d.29 November 1871), alumnus of Rugby School, scholar and later Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge and barrister of Lincoln's Inn, London.Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Yorke Prize winners Winners of the Yorke Prize include:
Courtney Stanhope Kenny, 1877, 1878, 1879 Perceval Maitland Laurence, 1878 Thomas Edward Scrutton 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886"Scrutton, Thomas Edward (SCRN876TE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, 1898 Richard Turner, 1923 C. J. Hamson, 1932 J. W. Brunyate, 1929 Norman Bentwich S. F. C. Milsom, 1948 Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, 1955‘The Times’ 29 April 1955, p.14. Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, 1957 Brian Coote John Guy John H. Langbein Sir John Baker, 1975 Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, 1977 Francis Gurry, 1980 Paul McHugh, 1988 Neil Jones Mark Elliott Ralph Wilde Andrew Lang Kate Purcell Jason Varuhas Alex Mills, 2007 Kimberly Trapp, 2008 Marko Milanovic Sarah Nouwen Philip Murray Brian Sloan, 2014 Tobias Schaffner, 2015 Federica Paddeu, 2015 Brendan Plant, 2015 Naomi Hart Fernando Lusa Bordin Joe Sampson, 2017 Visa A.J. Kurki, 2018 Christopher Jenkins, 2018 Zoe Adams, 2019 Liron Shmilovits, 2019 Raffael N. Fasel, 2020 Will Bateman, 2020 Michael Foran, 2021 Stevie Martin, 2021 Orfeas Chasapis Tassinis, 2021 Alex Waghorn, 2022 Maayan Menashe, 2022 Francesca Farrington, 2023 Narine Lalafaryan, 2023 Giordana Campagna, 2024 Fotis Vergis, 2024 Maxence Rivoire, 2025 Guy Baldwin, 2025 Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, 2025 Jeanne-Rose Arn, 2026 Bhumika Billa, 2026 Holli Sargeant, 2026
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