Alexander Wood During the induction week and the first week of teaching the Student Skills Masterclasses Team delivered our first session to the Foundation, First and Second year Law Students. This talk consisted of the team (Alexander Wood, Barrie Archer,…
Category: Student Success
Gianluca Baldissone: Derby Internship
A big part of development at university, I believe now, is to take advantage of extra-curricular opportunities that are offered. One of the vocational offers at the university that I took advantage of was the Employment Engagement Intern role. This…
Demos Georgiades: European Parliament Internship
My name is Demos Georgiades and I am a final year law student at University of Derby. Recently, I have been successful in my application for an internship in the European Parliament in Brussels. My passion in law combined with…
Lorraine Obomanu: The Legal Skills Triathlon
The Legal Skills Triathlon is an annual competition hosted by Derby Law School in conjunction with Derby and District Law Society. It consisted of eight teams of legal professionals partnered together with LLB students. Each team participated in three activities:…
Lucy Schofield: My Week at Astle Paterson Solicitors
To be able to spend a week placement at Astle Paterson Solicitors in Burton is truly an experience I will never forget. My week began on Monday 26th March. I do have to admit, I was feeling extremely nervous. Being…
Leah Cooper: Peer Assisted Learning Scheme
“I would describe the Pal Scheme as a student led skills based teaching scheme. Basically we were selected because of our grades last year and have been put together to deliver 4 one hour sessions to the first years. After…
Annual Legal Skills Triathlon
Every year Derby Law School work in partnership with Derby and District Law Society to host the hugely popular Annual Legal Skills Triathlon. The Triathlon sees 8 paralegals/ trainee/newly qualified solicitors from local firms partnered up with a LL.B student…
Congratulations…
A few congratulations to do this week. Congratulations to Tanya Kirman for successfully being appointed to the role of Paralegal at Nelsons Solicitors. Congratulations to Gemma Wood for her unconditional offer for BPP Birmingham to do the BPTC next year.…
Magistrate; Moot Master; Marshal and Mini-Pupil: Enhancing Employability
By: Philip Cowburn – 3rd Year In January 2017, in my second year and at age 19, I was appointed by the Lord Chief Justice on behalf and in the name of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as a Justice…
Matthew Bettany on Blackstone’s National Criminal Advocacy Competition
When I heard that the “Blackstone’s National Criminal Advocacy Competition” was a thing in my first year, I immediately decided I wanted to do it. I love competitions and it’s the competitive nature of law that draws me to it.…