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…
Katie Goldstraw – Bygott Biggs & Derby Junior Lawyers Event
On the evening of 22nd March 2018, Bygott Biggs, a specialist legal recruitment agency held a both valuable, and thought-provoking ‘NQ Careers Talk 2018’ at Revolution in association with Derby Junior Lawyers. Bygott Biggs, as an agency are known for…
Hannah Read: The Law Triathlon
On 21 March 2018, the legal skills triathlon took place at the law school. 8 teams of professionals and students paired up together to battle it out to see who would win the competition! It was an extremely intense day,…
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…
Hannah Plush: My Experience of the National Client Interview Competition
The Client Interviewing Competition for England and Wales is a great opportunity for law students to develop their client interviewing techniques whilst getting advice from some of the best academics and practitioners in the country. When I was first approached…
Darlingtons: The Modern Day Lawyer
by Iulian Baijko Craig Sharpe, marketing manager at Darlingtons Solicitors LLP, has recently delivered a careers event entitled “The Modern Day Lawyer”. I can honestly say that this was not your usual “talk” which many law firms tend to organise…
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.…
Barrie Archer: Perspectives from a Mature Student…
I returned to education in 2016 after a while, ok quite a while ago! I left school in 1987 and yes I am older than most of the cases you are currently learning. Now education back in my day was…