A post earlier in term from the BIUCAC Ambassadors highlighted this competition to you all, but the deadline is now looming so we thought a refresher would be helpful.

The British & Irish University Commercial Awareness Competition (BIUCAC) 2026 is the largest student-led commercial awareness competition exclusively for law students from non-Russell Group and Irish universities. The competition is an excellent opportunity for law students to enhance their commercial awareness skills, gain valuable experience and compete for some fantastic prizes and career opportunities with leading law firms, chambers and companies.

BIUCAC 2026 is free to enter and offers a fantastic range of prizes, including vacation schemes, work experience, mini-pupillage, insight and open days, mentoring programmes, application and interview coaching, and much more.

The 2026 sponsors include Travers Smith, Fieldfisher, White & Case, Ashurst Perkins Coie, Trowers & Hamlins, Bevan Brittan, Simmons & Simmons, 3 Verulam Buildings, Sidley Austin, Mayer Brown, Jones Day, RPC and many more leading law firms, chambers and companies.

For full details of the prizes check out the BUICAC website.