Exeter Law School Cornwall Newsletter - November Part 4 No Images? Click here Welcome to the ninth edition of the Exeter Law School Cornwall Newsletter. LAW SCHOOL NEWSDear all, This week has been filled with events and assessments. We hope that you are settling down for the upcoming busy weeks before finishing your first term at university. Please remember that Monday marks the beginning of the UCU strikes. If you have not received an email informing you a lecturer is striking then you must attend all lectures, seminars and tutorials. Tuesday is the last day to register to vote, please make sure that you register and exercise your right to vote! Next week includes the Flamank Law Society Hustings, please make sure you attend this to help shape your decision when it comes to voting. You can access the full list of candidates and their manifestos here. Best wishes, The Law & Business Programmes Team Law Lab In Law Lab this week we will host an impromptu round of 'speed debating'. You will draw a piece of paper out of a hat which will have a statement on it. You will then have one minute to either argue for or against this statement in an elevator pitch style. An example of this would be: 'This house believes that the Monarchy should be abolished'. You would then have a minute to argue for or against this. This session will be a fun way to practice debating. Debating is an integral part of life as a lawyer and is a fantastic transferable skill that you will utilise for life as it teaches and hones the art of communicative skills and persuasive technique. Guest Speaker in Criminal Law In the 10am Monday Criminal Law Lecture, Professor Philip Drew will be giving a talk on his experience with the law from a medical and clinical perspective. Philip qualified at St Mary’s Hospital, part of Imperial College, London, in 1990. In addition to the basic MBBS degrees he holds two higher medical degrees with both a Master of Surgery and Doctor of Medicine with Honours. He has published several books and over 100 scientific articles with his main interests being in the molecular biology of breast cancer, reconstructive breast surgery, aesthetic breast surgery, transgender breast surgery and gynaecomastia. In addition to being a member of the RCS Invited Review Panel he also provides advice to the Crown Prosecution Service, the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the GMC on disciplinary and medicolegal matters. Philip will be discussing how he gets consent from patients, the difficulties and working definitions of consent in the medical field, how his job involves him providing advice as an expert witness in trial cases and his role in the Patterson case. Strike Action Unless you receive a direct email from your tutor or lecturer during the strike period, your contact hours will go ahead. Please check your emails for an email sent out by the Vice-Chancellor on the 6th November for further information. If you have any further concerns about the strikes please read the dedicated FAQ site, check the SU Strike information page or email industrialaction@exeter.ac.uk. There will also be informal drop-in sessions with senior staff every day during the strike period. Therefore, if you do have any queries please do attend the following sessions which will be held in the Undergraduate Learning Lounge in Peter Lanyon:
Upcoming News and Events Flamank Law Society Hustings The Law Society Hustings will take place on the 29th November from 16:00-17:30 in PL Lecture 4. Please attend this event to find out more information about the candidates running for committee roles and to help influence your decision when voting. This event will also be recorded for recap recordings. Pupillage Podcast ‘Analysis: Commercial Dispute Resolution and Life at the Bar’. 4 New Square have recently launched a podcast called ‘Analysis: Commercial Dispute Resolution and Life at the Bar’. There are two arms to the podcast – recent developments in commercial law and life at the Bar. The first instalment of ‘life at the Bar’ went live in October 2019. There are five episodes in total which includes interviewing a number of barristers including silks, recent pupils, and established juniors as well as the CEO, Lizzy Stewart, and head of recruitment, Miles Harris. Applications for Pathways to Law Plus are now open It is an exciting two-year programme that provides university students who are interested in a career in the legal sector with information, advice and experience of commercial law. The programme is run in partnership with, Hogan Lovells and Linklaters with further support from Barclays, BT and Shell. Click here to find out more. Application close on Sunday the 22nd of December. Call for Submissions : Trinity College Law Review The TCLR is now accepting submissions for Volume XXII. Trinity College Law Review represents the culmination of valuable legal research and writing. To be included in a publication of TCLR is widely recognised as a significant achievement. They accept articles and case notes from undergraduates, postgraduates and graduates, on all areas of law. Numerous prizes are available for successful authors. The submission deadline for Volume XXIII is 17th January 2020 at 17:00. Submissions for publication in the TCLR Online will be accepted throughout the year. Click here to submit.
Insight Weeks Explained Click on the following link to find out about why you should be applying to insight days and weeks as a first year; the link takes you to a blog written by someone who went on an insight week and then gained a graduate role with KPMG. The article stresses the importance of attending these events and how it is never too early to start thinking about your future. Register to Vote You have until the 26th November to register to vote for the upcoming general election which is on the 12th December. You can have a dual registration which means that you are registered both here and at your home address, this means that once you leave university you will not need to re-register at your home address. You also have until the 26th November to register to vote by proxy and through a postal vote. For most of you this will be your first vote in how the country is governed, make sure that you have your say and that you register today! Please get in touch if you have any information or good news you’d like to share: Kind regards, Exeter Law School Cornwall |