Our lives have been transformed by the digital revolution of the past two decades. But the promise of Utopia has now turned sour in a bleak landscape of trolls, intrusive advertising and Big Brother surveillance. So the question for entrants to this year’sTimes Advocacy Competition sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills is ‘Do we need a new Magna Carta for the Digital Age?’
The competition is open to all students registered with a UK academic institution and there are prizes worth £6,500 – a king’s ransom back in 1215 when an overbearing King John was compelled to acknowledge that his subjects had rights and that he himself must abide by the law.
Entrants must submit a 400 word skeleton argument together with a 90 second YouTube presentation to sum up their case by Monday 20th July, details on how to enter can be found below. A shortlist of four candidates will then be invited to the Grand Final to take place in a prestigious London venue on the 16th September 2015.
Visit http://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/careers/london/graduates/student-advocacy-competition for details