FSLA arranges a number of training courses
and social events for junior lawyers.

FSLA Workshops

FSLA Workshops – which take place once a year – are designed for junior lawyers to get up to speed with new areas of law and practise. Workshops have a relaxed atmosphere and all speakers are experts on their subjects.

FSLA Junior Lawyers Group

The FSLA Junior Lawyers Group is run by members of the executive committee who are themselves junior lawyers. All law students, trainees and pupils, as well as junior solicitors and barristers with an interest in financial services law are encouraged to attend the group’s social events around the City.

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Winners of the FSLA Essay Competition 2026

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We are delighted to announce the winners of the FSLA Essay Competition 2026. 

The title for this year’s competition was: “Streamlining regulation for international growth and innovation: a legal perspective.”

Congratulations to:

First placed essayist and Winner of the Chris Stallard Memorial Prize: Ali Kaissy

Second-placed essayist: Noah Koncar

Third-place essayist: Esther Lafitte-Ibarra

We are grateful to our esteemed judging panel, (Professor Eva Lomnicka KC (hon), Travers Smith partner Phil Bartram, and Tracey McDermott, CBE (former Group Head of Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance at Standard Chartered)), who were impressed with the standard of entries across the board. 

FSLA is grateful to all of the entrants who entered their work.

The top three essays are available to read below, with thanks to our winners who allowed us to share them.

First place: https://fsla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/First-Place-Ali-Kaissy-.pdf

Second place: https://fsla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Second-Place-Noah-Koncar-.pdf

Third place: https://fsla.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Third-Place-Esther-Lafitte-Ibarra-.pdf

“On both the prudential and conduct side, we thought that simple rules and principles would suffice to deliver good results…We now know the limits of those assumptions and we need to design new approaches.”

(Adair Turner)