 The only other competition to adopt the same format is the All-Ireland Schools' Debating Competition.Many winners have had successful careers in law.Former winners in the legal field include Supreme Court judges Adrian Hardiman and Donal O'Donnell; Circuit Court judges Esmond Smyth, Kevin O'Higgins, and Brian Curtin; Senior Counsels Dermot Gleeson, Aidan Browne, and Gregory Murphy;, professor Conor Gearty and Charles Lysaght.