Law School Bulletin - Graduation 2023

Graduation 2023

Students gathered on the Piazza on Streatham campus, University of Exeterr

It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Graduation ceremonies held on 18th July. We are very proud of your achievements and we hope that you had a great day celebrating with your loved ones!

We have collated a few pictures and videos from the day for you to watch and share. You can also catch up with the ceremonies on the University website here..

From all of us here at the Law School, we wish you an enjoyable summer and look forward to connecting with you again in the future, either as a student on our LLM programmes or on a return visit. Please keep in touch.

Clair

Professor Clair Gammage, Head of Law School

Inside the 1145 ceremony

Video montage of students inside The Great Hall awaiting graduation. Scenes of students sitting in rows with their gowns and caps. University of exeter Choir, and then graduants crossing the stage to shake hands with the Vice Chancellor. Procession then leaves and academics applaud the graduates onto the Piazza.

Lovely sunshine greeted the graduates as they stepped out for the big photo after the first of our two ceremonies held on 18 July.

3pm ceremony assembling on The Piazza

Students who have just graduated assembly on the Piazza for a group photograph

Here are the graduates from the second ceremony held at 3pm as they assemble on the Piazza - the sunshine just held on long enough for the photo.

Rows of students in seats awaiting graduation, wearing their caps and gowns

Postgraduate students in The Great Hall awaiting the start of the ceremony

in the grounds of Reed Hall, a couple of stone balustrades, green trees and bushes and two graduates in the distance.

Prize recipients

In addition to the Graduation ceremonies, certificates were presented to the finalists who had been awarded one of the Law School prestigious Prizes. They were presented at a special gathering held in the Xfi building by Head of Law School, Professor Clair Gammage and Dr. Louise Loder who also graduated after completing her PhD thesis on human rights culture, communication and education.

One of the new prizes awarded this year was in memory of Exeter alumnus Alex Lofgren who sadly passed away in 2022. The Alexander Lofgren Prize, kindly donated by Druces LLP, was awarded to three students: Home/UK recipient: Eloise Faggi, Runner Up: Raina Singh(pictured below), International recipient: Zainab Zafar.

Photo of Dr. Louise Loder, Professor Clair Gammage and prize recipient Zoe Bushby - all dressed in graduation gowns.

Prize winners pictured:

Ashurst Prize: Zoe Bushby

Alexander Lofgren Pro Bono Memorial Prize: Runner Up: Raina Singh

Baker Prize for Company Law: Harry Spice

Prize winners pictured:

Final Year Graduate LLB Prize: Mae Dimaano

Franco-British Lawyers Society Prize: Fleur Saillard

IPAN Prize: Hannah Wilson-Autzen

Prize winners pictured:

Malcolm Mead Prize: Charlotte Jones

Peter English Dissertation Prize: Taha Ragheb

Pro Bono Prize: Hannah Peasland

Ways to stay in touch

Keep in touch with the Law School via our Linktree and Instagram

Use our Law School Linktree to quickly find links to social media. Our LinkedIn is a great way to connect with fellow alumni and legal professionals.

Keep in touch with us, and tell us about your progress and achievements. The Law School door is always open.

You can also tag us in your Tweets, Instagram posts or email us with your news,

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Opportunities and Events

Through the summer we will continue to post any new employability and career development suggestions on our Opportunities page - find it via our Linktree.

The Career Zone is here to support you throughout the summer holidays. Their services move online, and are available 10am - 3pm, Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays. They’ll be running appointments with the careers team via Handshake. Staff are there to talk to you via live chat, phone and email, so wherever you are in the world you can get your career sorted and enjoy the summer. Find all their contact info here. And if you're looking for a podcast try the Career Zone one.

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