What are the most important law skills for lawyers of the future?

Traditionally the skills for lawyers like attention to detail, organisation and time management may now be of less importance with legal tech fulfilling these tasks for you. Thus, the question has changed, no longer being what skills are needed in law but what skills are needed to fill the gaps left by technology.  How do…

Solicitor’s Invaluable Secrets to Client Interviewing

At the University of Sussex students have been given the opportunity to take part in a client interviewing competition which is sponsored by the award winning law firm DMH Stallard LLP. Neil Farrow (a solicitor) and Hannah Joad (a trainee solicitor) from DMH came to Sussex to provide students with top tips for interviewing clients….

Why I chose to come to Sussex Law School as a Canadian

by Nathan Morris, LLB Law, Graduate Entry In 2020 I faced a supremely important Family Law case that would determine the parenting time schedule and primary caregiver status of my 6-month-old son Beowulf. This will be a story about how I could not find the legal help I needed and what actions I am taking…

Paying it Forward- Top Tips for Law Students

by Tinks Wilson, Final year Law, currently on a study year abroad in the Netherlands For students looking to break into Commercial law, Commercial Awareness is absolutely crucial. There is a lot of money to be made in Commercial Law, making it a popular and competitive choice for law students. The best candidates have a…

University of Sussex Client Interviewing Competition 2021.22

After winning a close internal competition, judged by practitioners from our sponsor DMH Stallard LLP, winners George Grammer-Taylor (Final year Law LLB) and Samantha Smith (Final year Law LLB/Laurier), represented Sussex in the regional heat of the national Client Interviewing competition The Client Interviewing Competition in February 2022. Prior to the internal competition, students took…

Life, Law & Crossing Borders: podcast

Our names are Cynthia and Guneet and we are currently final year law students at the University of Sussex. We are both Canadian students; one from Vancouver and the other from Toronto respectively.​  Towards the end of our first year in Brighton, we found ourselves quite overwhelmed by the influx of information and the lack…