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Law School Bulletin October 2022
Welcome to the first Law School newsletter of the new academic year. I hope you are all having a good start to the term, and enjoying your modules, programmes and extra-curricular activities.
In this issue, to complement our welcome sessions, we are focusing on the academic support available to you through your programmes. Our first spotlight feature introduces our Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Jeremy Treglown, who is available for additional writing support for students on any law programme.
With best wishes
Professor Joasia Luzak, Head of Law School
Spotlight
Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Jeremy Treglown
Dedicated writing support?
One-to-one? From a real author?
We’ve got it covered!
We are delighted to welcome Jeremy Treglown to the Law School. Jeremy holds a Fellowship of the Royal Literary Fund, offering individual coaching sessions throughout the year to support you in developing good writing practice, tailoring each session to your own needs.
Over to Jeremy: “My role is to help you with your writing. I am a published author and have been a university teacher myself, as well as an editor of The Times Literary Supplement. So whether you feel you are just getting started or are already a confident writer, I’m very happy to help you take the next step forward. Just get in touch and we can talk about how I can best support you. I’ve really enjoyed my first appointments of the year and look forward to meeting more of you as the year progresses.”
For more information, including making an appointment, please visit the Law School ELE Gateway under ‘Your Support’.
Education Matters
Following on from our Spotlight feature, we’d like to highlight some more of the academic support provision available to you throughout your studies.
From your subject tutors to your personal tutors, our Law School colleagues are here to support your learning.
- Use your classes to check and develop your understanding and ask questions. If you’d like to see your tutor for additional support (subject tutors for subject specific guidance; personal tutor for general academic support), you can make an appointment to see them in their office hours. For LLB students the Year Leads can provide further guidance on study support.
- The Study Zone is available to all students, offering resources, workshops and appointments on all kinds of study skills. Click here for the Study Zone.
- Studiosity: online study support 24/7 - offering writing feedback or one-to-one study sessions, with up to 10 interactions per student each year. You can access Studiosity via ELE here.
For more academic support opportunities available to you and how to make best use of them, please visit the Law School ELE Gateway and click on the ‘Your Support’ tile.
Your Voice
We are pleased to welcome new student Departmental Officers, Misturah Sonaite and Edward Barradell to lead the student Academic Representative team this year. We’d love you to engage with your student Academic Representatives to ensure your voice is heard. We’ll be having our first meeting of the Student Staff Liaison Committee later this term and look forward to reporting back to you on discussions there. For more on representation and feedback please see the Law School ELE Gateway, under the ‘Your Voice’ tile.
There are other ways to feed back to us too. For example you can let us know how things are going on your course via your programme directors or (for LLB students) Year Leads. For a full list of programme directors please click here.
If you need to report issues relating to equality, diversity or inclusion issues, please follow the ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ tile.
Community Matters
We are planning some great opportunities to meet your law school community - students and staff - informally during the term to come.
Our first one is for LLB Year 2 and LLB Year 3 students on Wednesday 26 October at 5.30pm in the Amory Building C501. It will be a chance for all students to chat and network with Law School staff, with drinks and snacks provided!
Keep an eye out for further invitations.
We’re also gearing up for a great year of extra-curricular and networking opportunities, whether within the School, including the Law Clinic and our Research Centres, or through the careers team, or law societies.
In this section we also like to celebrate the activities of our vibrant community.
This week Professor Richard Moorhead's research with the Evidence Based Justice Lab has been presented to the ongoing Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry.
He also chaired an expert panel on trust and ethics during the 'Reshaping Legal Services' conference.
For more on the exciting and impactful research within the Law School click here.
And don't forget to follow the Law School on social media to keep in regular touch with your community.
Useful to know
Have you got iExeter on your phone or desktop? As well as your timetable, iExeter is your convenient, pocket-sized portal to your Uni in one handy app.
Simply sign in with your Uni login and you can,
See your personal timetable
Access your email, library and career zone accounts
Book study space on campus
Find the help, support and feedback channels available
Access teaching and learning tools including ELE, Teams, BART submissions, absence reporting and past papers
See what’s happening around campus with events, food, retail and transport information.
See maps of all campuses, and get directions using GPS
Check out your Students' Guild and loads more.
If you’re not already using iExeter, download it now, free from iTunes App Store or Google Play and find out more on the University website.
Do you have an urgent academic/welfare question? The Education Welfare Team has an Instant Chat, live (with a real person, not a bot!) every weekday from 12.30 - 2.00pm - find the link here.
And whilst we're chatting about wellbeing, have you had a chance to take part in the Nurture-U student wellbeing survey? It will take you about 20 minutes, but your input is so valuable for shaping the services now and in the future. And by taking part there is a chance to win cash! Find out more here.
Opportunities and Events
Here are just a few opportunities we're highlighting in the newsletter. Click More opportunities to be taken to further details on other events.
Fancy being part of......
The Law Student Triathlon
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 April 2023
A true test of mental agility and endurance!
Would you fancy representing the University of Exeter Law School in April next year? The triathlon is a truly immersive experience and gives you the opportunity to meet a number of practitioners and get exposed to an array of legal skills. During the event a team of 2 students will be asked to perform a negotiation, a piece of first instance advocacy and then a moot. Watch a video of the first National Law Student Triathlon. To express an interest email Lindsey Connett.
Watch the video to get a flavour of the event.
Want to be a part of an open & welcoming Law School Community with Global Outreach?
Join Exeter Law Global Coffee Club and discuss interesting current socio-political and legal affairs happening around the world over (free) Coffee & Croissant.
Join our our first meeting on Wednesday October 19th from 3-4pm! In Amory Foyer
Register via email R.Pimm-Smith@Exeter.ac.uk
16th November 2022, 1.30pm – 6.30pm, London
'Explore the Law' is a unique event for ambitious students with disabilities and long-term health conditions. It's a chance to find out more about careers, support and how to access it.
The event is open to all undergraduate students who have a disability* or long-term health conditions and want to explore career opportunities.
To find out more, and to apply, visit: www.explorethelaw.com
Blackwell’s Bookshop, Streatham campus
The introductory offer of 15% off all Law books has been extended to 21 October! Visit the campus store to take advantage of this offer.
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER LAW SCHOOL
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