Yorke Prize

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.^[1][2]

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 Yorke^[3] (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.^[4]

Yorke Prize Winners

Winners of the Yorke Prize have included:

• Courtney Stanhope Kenny, 1877, 1878, 1879
• Perceval Maitland Laurence, 1878
• Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, 1898
• Norman Bentwich
• John Guy
• John H. Langbein
• Sir John Baker, 1975
• Paul McHugh, 1988
• Neil Jones

References

1. ^ Cambridge University Faculty of Law Funding Opportunities
2. ^ Cambridge University Reporter 11 November 2005
3. ^ Cambridge University Faculty of Law: A Tradition of Benefaction
4. ^ Alumni of the University of Cambridge