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Northumbria University scoops top prize at Law Society Awards
Northumbria University School of Law beat off stiff competition from Magic Circle law firms to win a prestigious award at the Law Society Excellence Awards held in London on October 18.
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Northumbria’s Student Law Office was the overall winner in the category of ‘Excellence in Community Investment’, which recognises best practice and innovation in community investment including fundraising and charitable giving, pro-bono and non-legal volunteering.
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The nomination was based on the huge amount of staff and student time devoted to offering a free legal service for the community as part of its Student Law Office clinical legal education programmes. Students under close supervision of qualified lawyers advise and represent hundreds of clients each year across a wide range of legal issues including: housing, employment, family, welfare, crime, civil litigation, environment and business.
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Northumbria University wins top National Training Award
Northumbria University School of Law has been awarded with the coveted National Training Awards 2010 'Winner of the Year' accolade in the Providing Education and Training category, the only law school to have been honoured with this prestigious award.
The Law School received its award for developing a clinical legal education scheme as part of its Law degree where students are given hands-on opportunity to practise law, handling real cases and real clients, through the School's Student Law Office. Designed to operate like a real solicitors' office, under the supervision of experienced lawyers, the innovative scheme enables students to provide free legal services to the general public.
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Student Law Office Highly Commended at Law Society Excellence Awards
The Student Law Office is delighted to have been Highly Commended in the Education and Development Category of the prestigious Law Society Excellence Awards. The School beat of stiff competition from two big hitting international law firms, Eversheds LLP and Linklaters LLP.
The award recognises the excellence of the clinical legal education programme provided by the Student Law Office.
Northumbria Student Law Office celebrates its second National Teaching Fellow
Kevin Kerrigan was awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy at an awards ceremony at Middle Temple Hall in London on Wednesday 30th September 2010. The fellowship is awarded for outstanding contribution to teaching and learning in England and Wales and is recognition of Kevin’s longstanding commitment to clinical legal education. Kevin is the second Fellow to emerge from the Student Law Office, the first being Professor Philip Plowden who became a fellow in 2005. The Student Law Office is the only clinical legal education project in the country to boast two National Teaching Fellows.
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Student Law Office Highly Commended at the Law Society Excellence Awards
Northumbria School of Law wins National Training Award
