Gary Bugden Essay Prize Application Form | Australian College of Strata Lawyers

Please complete all the fields in the form to submit your entry.

Entries must be submitted in WORD format and received by 4.00pm Sydney time on Friday, 30 October 2026, by online submission only.

More details on guidelines and how to enter here.

Please direct any queries to:
Allison Benson, Chair of the Judging Panel
via E: generalmanager@acsl.net.au

Essay Title *

Author's Name *

Author's Email *

Mobile Phone *

Postal Address *

City

State

Post code

Country

Prize Division entry *Are you submitting your essay in the Junior Lawyer or Student Division? Entrants in the Student Division must be currently enrolled students and provide the name of their institution and student number; the same entry may be entered in both divisions, but only one prize or commendation may be awarded per entry.Junior LawyerStudentI would like my entry to be considered in both divisions

If JUNIOR LAWYER: Please indicate number of years post-admissionLegal practitioners who have up to five years’ post-admission experience in their home jurisdiction in the law and practice associated with Common Interest Subdivisions (“Junior Lawyers”)

If STUDENT: Please provide name of Institution & Student NumberStudents at a recognised Australian or New Zealand University including students enrolled in a Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, Masters of Law or a PhD relevant to Common Interest Subdivisions or the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice at the College of Law or equivalent (“Student”)

UPLOAD YOUR ESSAY HERE - Entries must be submitted in WORD format *Essay should be no more than 3,000 words in total (including all footnotes, headings and other references). The word count must be stated at the end of the paper. Identifiable by essay title only: It is important that the author’s name, company name or any other identifier does not appear anywhere on the paper itself!

Please complete all the fields in the form to submit your entry.

Entries must be submitted in WORD format and received by 4.00pm Sydney time on Friday, 30 October 2026, by online submission only.

More details on guidelines and how to enter here.

Please direct any queries to: Allison Benson, Chair of the Judging Panel via E: generalmanager@acsl.net.au

Please direct any queries to:
Allison Benson, Chair of the Judging Panel
via E: generalmanager@acsl.net.au