The Alexander Maxwell Law Scholarship Trust exists to promote legal writing and legal research by awarding a series of grants. The Trust prides itself on offering practitioners – often young practitioners – a rare forum for 'practice-focused' legal writing.

For expected timing of the selection process please see timetable.

2010 Winners

Dr Duncan Curley has been awarded a Scholarship to support his work on a new publication titled Supplementary Protection Certificates – Law and Practice.
There have been many cases on Supplementary Protection Certificates since their inception in 1993 and this book will aim to provide a practical, unifying guide to the law as it now stands. Dr Duncan Curley is a solicitor with Innovate Legal.

Mr Charles Mynors has been awarded a Scholarship to support his work on a new publication titled Changing Churches and Churchyards: a Guide to Law and Procedure.This book will seek to de-mystify the relevant law and procedure, and provide a practical guide to assist all those involved in caring for and making changes to churches and those who regulate the system. Mr Charles Mynors is a Barrister of the Middle Temple and of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland.

Lucy Reed has been awarded a Scholarship to support her work on a new publication titled Family Courts Without a Lawyer.
This will be a non-lawyer’s handbook to the Family Courts in England & Wales, primarily aimed at Litigants in Person. Lucy Reed is a barrister at St John’s Chambers, Bristol.