Nominations for the 2013 award are now open.

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The Law Teacher of the Year Award - sponsored by Oxford University Press - is a national award aimed at recognizing the vital role that teachers play in the education of tomorrow's lawyers, and rewarding achievement in teaching. Since its launch in 2004, the success of the award has relied on those that know the candidates best - teachers and students - to send in their nominations.

All nominations are scrutinized by the judging panel, and only once the difficult task of shortlisting is complete are the candidates' identities revealed to the judges.

Each shortlisted candidate is then visited on campus, where they are observed and filmed giving a lecture or holding a seminar. As well as interviewing the candidate, the judges speak to students, heads of departments and colleagues - all part of a rigorous judging process that aims to build up as full a picture as possible of the candidate.

The winning teacher takes home a cheque for £3,000 to spend in any way they see fit.

Read more about the 2012 Law Teacher of the Year Award here.