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Mon 4 Nov, '24
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AI for Applications

AI for Applications - With artificial intelligence impacting day to day activities this workshop aims to provide insight into avoiding the pitfalls and utilising the advantages of this fast paced technology. Participants will be able to structure well researched queries, use generative AI enhance CV's and applications whilst ensuring they are humanised and fit for purpose

Mon 4 Nov, '24
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Lexis+ UK Legal Research: law database training and certification
Online

Law and legal skills Lexis+ UK is a leading law database used in both academic and legal practice in the UK. This training session will provide an online demonstration of the Lexis+ UK database, show you how to find primary (legislation and case law) and secondary (books and journals) legal materials, and provide an opportunity to take the Lexis+ UK Legal Research Certification test. Click here to join the online Lexis+ UK training session

Tue 5 Nov, '24
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Using AI for career planning

With artificial intelligence impacting day to day activities this workshop aims to provide insight into avoiding the pitfalls and utilising the advantages of this fast paced technology.

Participants will be able to structure well researched queries, use generative AI to research industries and job roles and to understand humanise output that are created.

Tue 5 Nov, '24
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Westlaw UK: law database training and certification
Online

Law and legal skills Westlaw UK is a leading law database used in both academic and legal practice in the UK. This training session will provide an online demonstration of the Westlaw UK database, show you how to find primary (legislation and case law) and secondary (books & journals) legal materials, and provide an opportunity to take the Westlaw UK Certification test. Click here to join the online Westlaw UK training session

Wed 6 Nov, '24
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Lets discuss CV and cover letter

Members of the Careers team will lead the discussion and students will need to be willing to actively engage with the topic and be ready to ask questions and share experiences of writing applications. By the end of the session, you will have:

  • Recognised different types of applications required by recruiters
  • Explored how to prepare and research effectively in order to write a good application
  • Identified how to approach different types of applications
  • Considered how to create a good impression through the application process
Wed 6 Nov, '24
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OSCOLA: An introduction the law referencing style
Online

Law and legal skills OSCOLA is a referencing style widely used in law schools across the UK including the Warwick Law School. This online workshop will introduce the new 5th edition of OSCOLA and show you how to reference key primary (legislation and case law) and secondary (books and journals) legal materials, and how to create your bibliography. This session is ideal for new law students and those writing law essays, dissertations or theses. Click here to join the online OSCOLA training session

Thu 7 Nov, '24
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Lets discuss CV and cover letter

Members of the Careers team will lead the discussion and students will need to be willing to actively engage with the topic and be ready to ask questions and share experiences of writing applications. By the end of the session, you will have:

  • Recognised different types of applications required by recruiters
  • Explored how to prepare and research effectively in order to write a good application
  • Identified how to approach different types of applications
  • Considered how to create a good impression through the application process
Thu 7 Nov, '24
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Lexis+ UK Practical Guidance: law database training and certification
Online

Law and legal skills Lexis+ UK is a leading law database used in both academic and legal practice in the UK. This training session will provide an online demonstration of the Lexis+ UK database, show you how to find legal guidance materials including overviews, practice notes and standard forms, and provide an opportunity to take the Lexis+ UK Practical Guidance Certification test. Click here to join the online Lexis+ UK training session

Tue 12 Nov, '24
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Introduction to Mediation Online Workshop
Online

WLS, in conjunction with the Mediation Unit introduced by CLAW and the Bar Society, are delighted to offer this accredited online Introduction to Mediation workshop delivered by the multi-award-winning Mediator and Trainer, Emma McAndry (Fellow of the Civil Mediation Council and founder of Essential Mediation Solutions).

Attendance at this session carries 1 Core Skill Point and EMS accreditation. The workshop is also part of the WLS Skills in Practice Award

The session will involve an outline of Mediation in the UK and the core skills needed to support parties in conflict to resolve their differences. This session usually costs £70+VAT per participant but is offered free to Warwick students.

Sign up here by 10 November 2024: Those signed up will receive a link to the session no later than 11 November 2024.

Thu 14 Nov, '24
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Panel: The Challenge of International Investment Law and Energy Transition
Law Student Hub

Speakers: Dr Anil Yilmaz Vastardis (Essex Law School) and Dr Oliver Hailes (LSE Law School)

This panel will feature presentations from two international investment law scholars investigating the impact of laws protecting foreign investment on national and international climate action and on the financing of global energy transition.

  • Climate Action, Foreign Investment Protection and the Many Faces of De-Risking by Dr Anil Yilmaz-Vastardis, Essex Law School
  • Environmental Clauses in Investment Arbitration and the Authority of Advisory Opinions on Climate Change by Dr Oliver Hailes, LSE Law School
Tue 19 Nov, '24
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Preparing lawyers for the changing landscape of litigation
B3.03

The move away from reliance upon adversarial litigation is gathering pace with the growing importance of alternative forms of dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation.

Warwick Law School is delighted to welcome Dr Aman Hingorani, Arbitrator, Senior Advocate and Mediator, Supreme Court of India, and WLS alumnus to share insights drawn from their own experiences in India and elsewhere about the changing nature of access to justice, and the mindset change that the legal professional will need to make in order to handle adversarial and non-adversarial mechanisms for resolution of conflict.

Aman is an alumnus of the Law School and senior advocate in Delhi. He also teaches at Delhi University Law School. He also leads the The Kapila & Nirmal Hingorani Foundation which aims to work for the realization of human rights and freedoms, equality and dignity of the individual, particularly of women, children, the aged, the poor and other weaker sections of society.

All UG and PG Law students are welcome.

Register to attend.

Wed 20 Nov, '24
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Judging and Constitutionalism in Contemporary Africa
S2.12

Hon Justice Prof Joel Ngugi (a Kenyan Court of appeal judge) and Justice Dorothy DeGabriele (a Malawian High Court judge) will be participating in a roundtable discussion on "Judging and Constitutionalism in contemporary Africa" at Warwick. The event will be held in S2.12 (Social Sciences Building) at 4.15pm and will be followed by a drinks reception. The event is hosted by the African Judiciaries Research Network, Comparative Politics Cluster, Centre for Studies in Democratization, and Warwick Law School.

 

Justice Prof. Joel Ngugi is a Judge of Appeal in Kenya. He also presently serves as the Chair of the National Steering Committee for the Implementation of the Alternative Justice Systems Policy. Justice (Prof.) Ngugi is a former High Court Judge and Head of Judiciary Transformation Secretariat and former Director of the Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA). As a judge, he has won a number of prestigious awards including the Jurist of the Year Award (JOYA) in 2022, National Integrity Award (by Transparency International) in 2023 and Legal Tech Judge of the Year in 2021 and 2022. He is presently serving as the Leverhulme Distinguished Visiting Professor in residence at Cardiff University in the Wales, UK.

 

Lady Justice Dorothy A DeGabriele is a Judge of the High Court in Malawi and Advisor on the SADC Electoral Advisory Council. She has been a judicial officer since 2000 and has served as a Chairperson for the Industrial Relations Court, Chairperson for the Prison Service Commission, National Coordinator for the National Juvenile Justice Forum which spearheaded alternative punishment for children in conflict with the law, an Advisor of the Paralegal Advisory Service and as a member of the Judicial Service Commission. She also worked as a Justice Advisor, and later Governance Advisor for the Safety, Security and Access to Justice programme, under the then Department for International Development (DfID) She has previously researched the areas of children in conflict with the law, HIV/AIDS in Malawi Prisons, and Primary Justice which provides an interface between formal and informal justice systems. Her areas of research interest include criminal law, child justice, electoral justice, human rights, courts and politics, labour law, constitutional law and law and development. Lady Justice DeGabriele holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Malawi) and an LLM from the University of London. She is currently a PhD scholar at the University of Warwick.

Wed 20 Nov, '24
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Virtual Prospective Pupillage Evening - Serle Court

The evening will provide information about what to expect during the application process, life as a pupil at Serle Court and insights into careers at the Commercial Chancery Bar. You will be able to meet barristers of different seniorities over refreshments and hear talks from members of chambers.

Thu 21 Nov, '24
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Prospective Pupillage Evening - Serle Court
Serle Court Chambers, 6 New Square Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3QS

The evening will provide information about what to expect during the application process, life as a pupil at Serle Court and insights into careers at the Commercial Chancery Bar. You will be able to meet barristers of different seniorities over refreshments and hear talks from members of chambers.

Mon 9 Dec, '24
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Women @ the Chancery Bar
Gray's Inn, London

The event is an opportunity for women to consider whether a career at the Chancery Bar may be for them. Admission is free and open to all students. It will consist of a panel event, comprising women at the Chancery Bar, and will be followed by drinks.

Thu 9 Jan, '25
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Pupillage Information Evening
St Philips Chambers, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5LS

A free pupillage information evening aimed at anyone looking to join the 2025 application process to become a pupil barrister or for anyone who isn’t quite at that point yet but is seriously considering a career at the Bar. This informal evening, hosted by Chair of the Pupillage Committee, will see a range of barristers in attendance including current pupils and those who have recently started their practice.

Wed 15 Jan, '25
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Fame & Orbis: Finding company information
Online
Resource of the Month - January Fame and Orbis are company information databases from Moodys (formerly Bureau van Dijk). Fame covers UK and Irish companies and Orbis covers global companies. This training session will provide an online demonstration of the Fame and Orbis company information databases, show you how to find information about individual companies, and create customised reports on companies meeting your research criteria. Click here to join the online Fame and Orbis training session
Mon 10 Feb, '25
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Westlaw UK: law database training and certification
Online
Law and legal skills Westlaw UK is a leading law database used in both academic and legal practice in the UK. This training session will provide an online demonstration of the Westlaw UK database, show you how to find primary (legislation and case law) and secondary (books & journals) legal materials, and provide an opportunity to take the Westlaw UK Certification test. Click here to join the online Westlaw UK training session
Tue 11 Feb, '25
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Lexis+ UK Legal Research: law database training and certification
Online
Law and legal skills Lexis+ UK is a leading law database used in both academic and legal practice in the UK. This training session will provide an online demonstration of the Lexis+ UK database, show you how to find primary (legislation and case law) and secondary (books and journals) legal materials, and provide an opportunity to take the Lexis+ UK Legal Research Certification test. Click here to join the online Lexis+ UK training session
Thu 13 Feb, '25
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OSCOLA: An introduction the law referencing style
Online
Law and legal skills OSCOLA is a referencing style widely used in law schools across the UK including the Warwick Law School. This online workshop will introduce the new 5th edition of OSCOLA and show you how to reference key primary (legislation and case law) and secondary (books and journals) legal materials, and how to create your bibliography. This session is ideal for new law students and those writing law essays, dissertations or theses. Click here to join the online OSCOLA training session
Fri 14 Feb, '25
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Lexis+ UK Practical Guidance: law database training and certification
Online
Law and legal skills Lexis+ UK is a leading law database used in both academic and legal practice in the UK. This training session will provide an online demonstration of the Lexis+ UK database, show you how to find legal guidance materials including overviews, practice notes and standard forms, and provide an opportunity to take the Lexis+ UK Practical Guidance Certification test. Click here to join the online Lexis+ UK training session

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