2023-24 Year in Review: Celebrating the Accomplishments of our Law Student Societies

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Over the last year, our law student societies have hosted a wide range of enriching events and activities. From insightful guest lectures and moot competitions to networking events, social mixers and fundraising initiatives, our students have been at the heart of a multitude of amazing experiences.

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Law Clinic wins Best Contribution by a Law School Award

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The University of Bristol Law Clinic has been awarded the ‘Best Contribution by a Law School Award’ in the prestigious LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2024. The Awards celebrate the best pro bono activities undertaken by law students and law schools from across the UK, and the positive impact on those assisted.

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My experience participating in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

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International Commercial Law LLM student Elene Kalandiia recently took part in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna – a competition for law students to develop and practise advocacy skills in international commercial law and arbitration. She shared her experience of preparing for the competition, and how it sharpened her advocacy, networking, and employability skills.

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I secured my Training Contract with Burges Salmon through their Diversity Mentoring Scheme

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Offered in partnership with the Law School, the Burges Salmon Diversity Mentoring Scheme aims to bridge the gap in offering legal work experience and networking to underrepresented groups. Final-year LLB Law student, Nafisa El-Turke was one of the first mentees on the scheme which ran during 2023 and she shares her experience from application to being mentored and finally receiving a training contract with the firm.

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My Experience protecting a Redfield cinema’s Asset of Community Value status

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To celebrate Student Volunteering Week 2024, we caught up with final-year LLB student Lydia Jones to ask her about her work, together with fellow Law Clinic student Maryam Alsuwaidi (final-year LLB), to provide pro bono support to preserve a potential community space of great value in Bristol.

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My experience of the Cross Examination Exercise with the Avon and Somerset Police

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Earlier this month, law students were given the opportunity to take part in a cross-examination exercise with Avon and Somerset Police. Final year LLB student Sophia Manley shares her insight into the exercise – including what a cross-examination is, the role she and other law students played, and her highlight of the event.

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My experience working at the Law School’s Human Rights Law Clinic

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To celebrate Pro Bono Week 2023, University of Bristol Law graduate, Raeesa Rajmohamed (LLB 2018, LLM 2019) shares her first-hand experience of working at the Law School’s Human Rights Law Clinic, and provides her insight into what she found most inspiring, how the experience has helped to shape her future, and what advice she would give to students starting out in the Clinic.

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My journey from law student to pro bono solicitor

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To celebrate Pro Bono Week 2023, University of Bristol Law Clinic solicitor, Teaching Associate and alumna, Alex Walker gives an insight into her role working at the University’s pro bono legal service, supporting students improve access to justice and public legal education.

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My experience on the Black Student Internship with Leigh Day

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To celebrate Pro Bono Week 2023, University of Bristol Law graduate, Oladayo Ige gives her first hand experience of working in the Law School’s pro bono legal service, the Law Clinic and being an intern as part of the Black Student Internship offered in partnership with law firm, Leigh Day.

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