The Alistair MacQueen Memorial Grant is an annual award of £1,000 given to an institution specifically to provide financial support to a charitable
project or pro bono initiative linked to the law school. All UK universities, higher and further education institutions are welcome to apply for the grant.
The grant was originally awarded in conjunction with the Law Teacher of
the Year Award however it has now been separated so that institutions may apply for the grant irrespective of whether it is involved with a Law Teacher of the Year nomination.
The memorial grant was set up as a tribute to Alistair MacQueen who sadly passed away in 2008. Please click here for more information about the man who inspired this award.
Nomination Process
Nominations should be in the form of a short written proposal. The proposal document need not exceed one side of A4 (approx 500 words), it should set the
project in its wider context, clearly outline how the money will be spent and what difference it will make. Nominations should be sent by email to:
helaw.uk@oup.com Alternatively nominations can be sent by post to:
Alistair MacQueen Memorial Grant
Higher Education, Law
Oxford University Press
Great Clarendon Street
Oxford
OX2 6DP
Judging Process
The nominations will be judged, and a winner choosen, by the same judging panel that resides over the Law Teacher of the Year Award. The award will then
be presented annually at LILAC.
2010 Winner
The grant was awarded to Nick Jackson from the University of Kent to support the ongoing partnership between the Kent Law Clinic and the Canterbury Housing Advice Centre. Nick aims to further enhance the opportunity for students to get involved in pro bono work.
The Kent Law Clinic is attached to the University of Kent Law School. The clinic sees
law students, under careful supervision, get involved in advising and representing
clients across a range of legal areas. For more information please go to the
clinics website.
The Canterbury Housing Advice Clinic is a specialist center dealing with housing
and homelessness. For more information about the work the center does please go to
CHAC's website.
The late Alistair MacQueen had a long and distinguished background in legal publishing, founding Blackstone Press in 1988.
Up until his untimely death in 2008, Alistair believed that giving something back to legal education was hugely important. This is demonstrated clearly
through the various goodwill initiatives he was instrumental in setting up with law schools across the UK.
Many of which Oxford University Press took forward when it acquired Blackstone Press in 2001.
Oxford University Press set up the Alistair MacQueen Memorial Grant as a tribute to his dedication to goodwill initiatives.
It is hoped that institutions across the UK will pitch for the grant of £1,000 as outlined above.
