The second edition of our #INNBalance Photography Competition is open for submissions!

The competition invites members, students and alumni of the King’s Inns community to capture a key moment or highlight during Long Vacation (August to September), the traditional break period for barristers in Ireland. This can be across a wide range of areas: life moments, experiences, locations visited, people*, connections with nature, etc. Bonus points for anything with a legal theme!
Winning photos will be featured on social media and in an end-of-year publication.

How to take part?
To participate, please send your entries by email to members@kingsinns.ie including details on your course studied, and year.
The results will be revealed this autumn.

Prizes

• First Prize: 2 tickets to Suzie Miller’s multi award-winning play, Prima Facie, coming to Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre in January 2026.

• Second Prize: 1 hour corporate portrait session (value - €300 ex vat) courtesy of acclaimed photographer Conor McCabe. Conor’s works with many high-profile clients, regularly landing on national front pages.

• Third Prize: Bottle of Champagne & Dinner for 2 – courtesy of Claire Hanley. Claire Hanley, our food and events partner, coordinates and organises all special occasions at King’s Inns. Claire and her team are highly regarded specialists in the area of hosting and coordinating vital elements to ensure the perfect occasion.
  
  
  Competition T&Cs

• All photographs submitted must be your own work.

• *Entrants must ensure that photographs of people are not identifiable and have been taken with the permission of the subject and that the subject is aware that the photograph may be used in print and online in connection with the competition.

• Basic photo enhancements are allowed, e.g., brightness, contrast, cropping, etc. No advanced photo elements are permitted, e.g., cloning, AI. 

• Please submit photos of high resolution, free from watermarks, signatures, date stamps, and social media filters or lenses.

• Please submit photos in JPEG format (.jpg). Please include a caption to explain your picture, e.g., “Finding Balance on the Dingle Peninsula”.

• The photographer will always retain full copyright to their image. All material published is protected by copyright, and no one is allowed to copy or reproduce anything without consent. Competition is independently adjudicated; the judge’s decision is final.

• You may enter as many photographs as you like. Photos must have been taken between August 1 and October 16, 2025, the traditional barrister break period in Ireland. 

The deadline to send your images is midnight (Irish time) at 12pm on Thursday,  October 16, 2025.  

It is assumed that by entering the competition, you have read and accepted the above rules.

We look forward to seeing your entries; this is your chance to have your photos recognised and win a prize in the process!