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ANNUAL WRITING AWARDS FOR 2011

The Legal Research Foundation awards four prizes annually for legal writing: the JF Northey Memorial Book Award, the Sir Ian Barker Published Article Award, the Unpublished Undergraduate Student Paper Award and the Unpublished Postgraduate Student Paper Award. The Foundation is pleased to invite the submission of entries for consideration for the 2011 awards. The awards will be announced at the Foundation’s Annual General Meeting in May 2012. 

THE JF NORTHEY MEMORIAL BOOK AWARD

This award is given for the best book published in 2011 by a New Zealand-based author (or authors of any number).  It carries a prize of $2,000.00.  Last year the winner was Matt Sumpter, partner, Chapman Tripp, New Zealand Competition Law and Policy (CCH, Auckland)

THE SIR IAN BARKER PUBLISHED ARTICLE AWARD

This award is given for the best article, essay or discrete book chapter published by a New Zealand-based author in 2011.  It carries a prize of $1,500.00.  Last year’s winner was Jessica Palmer, Otago University, Theories of the trust and what they might mean for beneficiary rights to information (New Zealand Law Review).

THE UNPUBLISHED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD

This is open to unpublished undergraduate student papers between a minimum of 10,000 and a maximum of 18,000 words.  The paper must have been written for course credit at a New Zealand university.  The writing of the paper must have been completed by the end of 2011, however, a paper completed during the summer period over 2011-2012 is also eligible provided the paper is submitted to the Foundation by the closing date of 9 March 2012.  The award carries a prize of $1,000.00, and there were two winners for 2010. They were Stephen Rivers-McCombs of Victoria, Planning in Wonderland: The RMA, Local Democracy and the Rule of Law, and Rachel Laing of Otago University, Down to Business: Patent Protection for Business Methods in New Zealand.

UNPUBLISHED POST GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD

This is open to unpublished postgraduate student papers between a minimum of 8,000 and a maximum of 18,000 words. For Masters students, the paper must have been written in 2011 as part of the course requirements for a post-graduate degree at a New Zealand university. For PhD students there is no requirement that the paper must be written as part of the course requirements for the degree (the PhD student must be enrolled at a New Zealand university). This is a new award.

HOW TO ENTER

Entries for the Sir Ian Barker Published Article Award and the Unpublished Student Paper Awards must be emailed in PDF form to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by 9 March 2012.

Entries for the JF Northey Memorial Book Award should be posted to:

Writing Awards

LEGAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

PO Box 741 Shortland Street

Auckland 1140

Entries received after 9 March 2012 are not eligible for the Awards.

Please include full contact details with each entry. When a shortlist for the JF Northey Book Award has been decided upon, authors will be requested to provide two additional copies of their entry. We will return all books after the AGM.