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News 25/07/2010 Apply to become a Student Advisor of the University of Bristol Law Clinic! The application process to join the Law Clinic for the 2010/11 academic year is now open! For an application form, please visit the Members section and click on the ‘Application Form’ link on the left-hand side of the page. The deadline for applications is Monday 25th October 2010 at 5pm. Please return your form either by post or email to the addresses below. Alternatively, you may submit your form in person to the School of Law Undergraduate Office, Room 2.14 of the Wills Memorial Building after the start of term.
Email: bristol-lawclinic@bristol.ac.uk To find out more about life as a Student Advisor at the Law Clinic please see our information leaflet: Student_Advisor_Information_Leaflet.pdf If successful, prospective Law Clinic members must be available to attend the following training sessions: · Introductory session: Wednesday 3rd November 2010, 1-2pm · All day training event at Burges Salmon LLP: Saturday 6th November · Evening session: Late November or early December _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19/04/2010 The new Law Clinic Executive Committee for 2010/11 has been appointed: Student Director: Beth Evans Vice-Director: Emily Page Treasurer: Steve Burke Training Manager: Nick Long Recruitment Manager: Adam Bradley Publicity Manager: Elliott Westhoff General Secretary: Alex Brown Social Secretary: Emily Naylor Firm 1 Manager: Esther Wong Firm 2 Manager: Danielle Pereira Firm 3 Manager: Sam Wager Firm 4 Manager: Edward Murchie The Academic Director for 2010/11 is Nina Boeger _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24/03/2009 CLARS (Community Legal Advice and Representation Service) was shortlisted for the Attorney-General’s Award for the Best New Pro Bono activity. Unfortunately CLARS lost out to an exciting new project developed by the University of Birmingham, designed to enhance the provision of free legal advice to small businesses. Nevertheless, the team enjoyed a very pleasant tea on the terrace at the House of Lords in the company of Baroness Scotland QC and Lord Hope, amongst others.
Lexis Nexis, who sponsored the event, took the opportunity to announce the launch of a brand new free service. All LawWorks member clinics will receive free access to its Professional Legal Services systems, a full year before the programme is rolled out to paying firms! _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24/03/2009
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13/03/2009 The new Law Clinic Executive Committee has been appointed: Student Director: Jennifer Buckby Vice Director: Jennifer Nowecki Firm 1 Manager: Emily Egerton Firm 2 Manager: Ben-Jacob Diewitz Firm 3 Manager: Naomi Coe Firm 4 Manager: Nicholas Charalambu Social Secretary; Matthew Brace Recruitment: Kartikeya Agarwal; Mark Cusack Publicity: Victoria Heasman; Nia Gowman Training: Rob Thomas; Bethan Evans General Secretary: Kara Godsen _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06/03/2009 Applications to join the Law Clinic Executive Committee are now closed. Applicants will be interviewed over the coming fortnight and successful applicants will be notified by Monday 16th March 2009. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01/03/2009 The Community Legal Advice and Representation Service (CLARS) has been shortlisted for the Attorney-General’s award for the best new pro bono activity in the UK (click here for more details). The winner of the award will be announced at a reception at the House of Lords on the 31st March 2009. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23/02/2009 Applications to join the Executive Committee 2009/10 are now being accepted. All members of the Law Clinic are eligible to apply and are invited to email bristol-lawclinic@bris.ac.uk indicating the position(s) applied for. All positions save Director and Vice-Director are vacant as from Easter 2009. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15/11/2008
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01/11/2008 After an extremely successful recruitment drive the Law Clinic has taken on over 70 new Student Advisers this year. All new members will undergo basic training on the 15th November 2008 and will become eligible to take on casework. The Law Clinic will be accepting new cases from the 17th November 2008. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01/10/2008 The Law Clinic has recently formed a new collaboration with the University of the West of England, Bristol Citizen’s Advice Bureau and the Western Circuit of the Bar. The aim of the arrangement is to better facilitate access to free representation for clients facing the prospect of court or tribunal hearings. Student Advisors from the Law Clinic will work together with postgraduate students of the BVC or LPC courses offered at UWE to provide a more complete service. Where necessary, the cross-institutional team will also brief and work with local barristers on a pro bono basis. All parties are especially keen to open up this facility as soon as possible and will be formally launching the scheme at the Bristol Royal Marriott, College Green on the evening of 13th November 2008. The event is anticipated to attract members of the local Bar and judiciary as well as several appellate judges and esteemed members of the Universities involved. Members of the Law Clinic keen to become involved should express such interest to their Firm Manager at the earliest opportunity. Members of the public who feel the service may be of benefit to them should contact the Law Clinic either by email, post or telephone. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01/05/2008 New Executive Committee appointed: Student Director - Nicholas Pointon Vice-Director - Holly Gaw Firm 1 Manager - Rowan Turner Firm 2 Manager - Sasha Wilmott Firm 3 Manager - Matt O'Grady Firm 4 Manager - Stephanie Kay Training Officer - Jennifer Buckby Publicity Officer - Nils Solheim Publicity Officer - Michael Preston Social Secretary - Jennifer Nowecki Recruitment Manager - Sahar Farooqi General Secretary - Emily Page |
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