PL&B's Student Essay Competition Results
I am delighted to announce the results of the Privacy Laws & Business Student Essay Competition 2026.
We were very impressed by the high standard of entries, 58 essays from every continent.
Winner - Sanjana Shikhar, a graduate of the Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University, India currently studying for an LL.M. in Information Technology and Data Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
She will receive:
- A free ticket with all expenses paid to attend in-person the Privacy Laws and Business 39th International Conference, at St. John’s College, Cambridge, 6-8 July 2026
- Free 1 year subscription to PL&B International & UK Reports
Runners Up -
- Jane Awuor Ombiro, AI and the Law LLM Student at Queen Mary University of London
- Samuel Hertz, Economics with Law BCom Student at University of Cape Town
They will receive:
- Free online access to Privacy Laws and Business 39th International Conference
- Free 1 year subscription to PL&B International & UK Reports
All entrants will receive a copy of the April PL&B International Report and the May PL&B UK Report.
The winning essays are available to read on our website.
I greatly appreciate and thank:
Our competition partner - the Law & Tech Research Centre, School of Law, University of Nottingham
Our assessment panel
- Dr Oliver Butler, Assistant Professor, Co-Director, Law and Tech Research Centre, School of Law, University of Nottingham
- Dr Jennifer Cobbe, Assistant Professor in Law and Technology, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
- Dr Adam Harkens, Lecturer in Public Law, The University of Strathclyde
- The Privacy Laws & Business editorial team
All the essays were anonymised before submitting them to the panel.
Our sponsors - Latham & Watkins and G+P Partners
PL&B Student Essay Competition 2027
If you are interested in sponsoring the competition next year, or registering for it, please contact us. The competition will be run on similar lines to this year.
This Privacy Laws & Business Student Essay Competition underlines our commitment to encouraging and working with young talented researchers and writers. I will explain more in my April blog.
Our congratulations again to this year's winners!
Stewart Dresner
Founder and Chief Executive, Privacy Laws & Business