I started Indulged By Her in August 2020 and it has been such an amazing experience already. I broke even with my investment within the first 3 weeks of when I started, and I was happy with that. what inspired you to start the business My dad has always been an inspiration to me, and…
The Black Liberation Movement: Progressing the Uncodified Constitution
The Black Lives Matter movement has gained a legal identity in the UK, registering as a community benefit society Black Liberation Movement UK Limited (BLM). The society intends to fundraise through donations, direct political action and educate the public. Revolutionary in nature, the movement may have caused a wave of constitutional changes in the UK….
Pinsent Masons mentoring scheme: experience of 19.20 mentee
The Pinsent Masons Mentoring Programme has helped me to better understand what a solicitor does on a day to day basis. Through personal contact with my mentor, I was able to ask specific questions about the career which I felt needed further clarity, this ranged from enquiring about the contents of my mentor’s daily workload,…
Applicant blog competition runner-up: What can be changed within the legal system to support the #BlackLivesMatter movement?
The Black Lives Matter movement in the UK fights for social justice and equality for black people. In the past few weeks, there have been many protests taking place all over the country after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in the US. This…
Applicant blog competition winner: Starting A Law Degree The Other Side of 35
Blog co-authors, Sarah Tohill and Victoria Phillips, are joining the University of Sussex’s Law LLB in September 2020 as (very) mature students. In a slightly overgrown corner of Ovingdean’s disarmingly pretty St Wulfran’s churchyard, a sun-mottled headstone gives nothing away about the near-seismic importance of one of its tenants: Britain’s first practising female barrister, Helena…
BPP Workshops – discover the types of transferable skills to succeed in the legal profession
In the Autumn term, BPP University Law School came down to Sussex to host a range of workshops open to everyone – LLB, LLM, GDL and non-law Sussex students. These workshops are a great opportunity to discover the types of transferable skills you must learn in order to succeed in the legal profession. In our…
Intervarsity Mooting Finals and why every Law student should moot
The University of Sussex hosted the annual Intervarsity Mooting Finals. Our Sussex Junior Mooting Competition 2019 winners competed against two fellow Brighton students judged by an all-female panel – notably for the first time in the history of the Intervarsity Moot (HHJ Shani Barnes, HHJ Janet Waddicor, and barrister Kate Richmond).
London Law Conference 2019
At the end of November, a select few attended the London Law Conference, Europe’s largest student-run conference that is jam-packed with 300 carefully selected delegates. The LLC was a day filled with a variety of senior keynote speakers including: Dan Sarooshi QC (Barrister at Essex Court Chambers), Claire Wills (Managing Partner at Freshfields), Gideon Moore…
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…
Top Tips for a Career at the (Criminal) Bar
Start extra-curricular work as early as possible If you think you want to be a barrister, great grades alone will not cut it. What gets people pupillage is demonstrating a commitment to the profession and to your area of law. Practically, I appreciate that mini-pupillages and unpaid internships are expensive and time consuming, so don’t…
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