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Join us as we talk to our students, tutors and alumni about a variety of topics, including Law, Business, Policing, Criminology, careers, advice and tips.
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Join us in listening to the latest in our alumni speaker series, 'An Evening With William Clegg QC’. He has fought more than 100 murder cases,more than any English barrister currently practising law. He has worked on high profile cases such as the shooting of Jill Dando and the Hillsborough disaster. Listen to his talk here.
Join us in listening to the latest in our alumni speaker series, 'An Evening With Nazir Afzal OBE’. ULaw alumnus Nazir Afzal OBE is a solicitor, former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England and most recently was the Chief Executive of the country's Police and Crime Commissioners. Listen to his talk here.
Join us in listening to the latest in our alumni speaker series, 'An Evening With Julia Salasky’. Alumna Julia Salasky is a legal-tech entrepreneur and CEO of CrowdJustice, a crowdfunding platform for projects aimed at improving access to the legal system. In a recent 'Evening With' alumni event, Julia spoke about her career progression from her training contract with Linklaters to where she is now. Listen to her talk here.
Join us in listening to the latest in our alumni speaker series, 'An Evening With Diana Wilson’. ULaw alumna Diana Wilson is a barrister, international rule of law expert and prosecutor, specialising in criminal law. She has defended and prosecuted criminal cases on organised crime, terrorism and high level corruption. Diana spoke at one of our alumni 'Evening With' events - listen to her talk here.
Telephone interviews are an important part of many recruitment journeys, often used to sift out "bad" candidates... but we can all look bad if we don't plan correctly. Here are our top tips to succeed at telephone interviews.
In this episode, we hear from Joanne Russell (ULaw Pro-Bono Co-Ordinator and practicing criminal solicitor) about how she started out as a lawyer and her steps along the way.
In this episode we catch-up with Jenn, former Police Constable and current Policing Lecturer at The University of Law, as she helps us navigate the new routes into the police service.
In this episode we get the chance to catch-up with Jo Lozinska (Business School Careers Advisor) about video interviews which are being used more and more by businesses.
In this episode we get speak with a great barrister and friend of ULaw about her career... which is soaring. Joanne is a newly qualified Barrister in the very competitive area of civil law.
Dana Denis-Smith founded Obelisk Support in 2010 as a way to keep ex-City lawyers working flexibly, around their family or other personal commitments. She has been an entrepreneur at heart since she was a child selling apples. At our recent 'The Pioneers' TED style talk, Dana Denis-Smith gave an enthusiastic lecture on 'How To Make Something From Nothing'. Listen to her talk here.
At our recent 'The Pioneers' TED style talk, Wynne Lawrence talked about her experiences as a Climate Risk lawyer and the need for change in how we manage our relationships with the environment. Listen to her talk here.
Jonathan Andrews was diagnosed with autism at the age of 9, but never saw this as a barrier to achieving his dreams. Throughout his life and his career, he has been a champion for autism education and social mobility. At our recent 'The Pioneers' TED-style talk, he gave a fascinating lecture entitled 'Thinking About Disability In New Ways '. Listen to his talk here.
At our recent 'The Pioneers' TED style talk, Eloise Skinner talked about how she has made space for wellbeing in her busy life as a corporate lawyer - and how we all need to do the same. Listen to her talk here.
Join us in listening to the latest in our alumni speaker series, 'An Evening With Joshua Rozenberg’. ULaw alumnus Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon) is Britain’s best-known commentator on the law and the only full-time journalist to have been appointed as Queen's Counsel honoris causa. In 2012, he was included in The Times independently-judged list of the UK's 100 most influential lawyers, the only journalist to feature in the Times Law 100. Listen to his talk here.
In honour of National Entrepreneurship Week, we sat down with Jonathan Lea, founder of The Jonathan Lea Network, to learn more about how he started his business and the support he offers other entrepreneurs. Jonathan studied the GDL and LPC with us, graduating in 2004, and went on to start his own business providing legal content and business law services for entrepreneurs, technology startups and dynamic private companies in the UK.
The University of Law hosted the fourth Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation (MBDLF) Annual Lecture at our Moorgate campus in October 2019. The MBDLF is a non-profit charity, founded by ULaw alumna Miranda Brawn in January 2016. The award-winning programme works to increase diversity across professional sectors in the UK and to close the diversity gap through award-giving, annual lectures and mentorship. The theme of this year's lecture was "How To Use Your Voice for Inclusion".
Eran Cutliffe OBE, Specialist Prosecutor for the CPS discusses her inspiring work life and her most career-defining cases so far.
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