Chance for students to win law work placement

And 18-year-old Kavina Lowry emerged from the battle victorious after impressing judges with her “outstanding presentations”.

This year's challenge saw second year BTEC and A2 law students asked to produce a newspaper report on the law relating to murder and voluntary manslaughter, an evaluation of the law relating to non-fatal offences, or the “right to die” debate.                

Judging the students’ efforts were Mark Allen, an associate director in the workplace illness team, Sinead Hayes, a solicitor and former student at Thomas Rotherham College, and Marie Clare, a tutor who specialises in law at Thomas Rotherham College.  

Kavina Lowry was named the winner after demonstrating “exceptional research skills and attention to detail”.

She has now been invited to complete a week-long work placement at Irwin Mitchell.

Runner-up, Luke Gray, also impressed the judges and received £50 in vouchers.

Kavina said: “The task for the competition was daunting because it isn’t something that we’ve covered in our course so far.

“I’m not used to writing about legal matters in a news style and it was a real challenge to keep such an extensive and complicated topic concise and within the word limit.

“Having to work outside our comfort zones was challenging but I learned a lot from the process and it confirmed even more that a career in law is what I want in life.”