Law Clinic celebrates 2018-2019 awards night

Press release issued: 19 June 2019

Following their exams, students from the University of Bristol Law Clinic gathered for the annual awards night last week on 10 June, celebrating the successes of the past year with Law Clinic members, staff and representatives from its sponsoring firm, Osborne Clarke. Student Outreach Manager Susannah Burley writes about the event.

_{By Susie Burley, Law Clinic Outreach Manager}

This year we were able to celebrate some of the fantastic achievements of the Law Clinic. Our outgoing student director, Saffron Lim, gave a short speech which detailed some of her proudest moments of this year which included being nominated under the ‘Best Contribution by a Pro Bono Clinic’ category at the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards.

Moreover, we were able to share some of our successes in re-establishing connections with outreach projects including Bristol Drugs Project and Bristol Mind, as well as developing our strong connection with CLIC Sargent.

Students were given encouraging speeches by our Director John Peake and Head of the Law School Ken Oliphant, who both extended their gratitude for the support of Osborne Clarke over the years. We were also fortunate enough to be joined by Osborne Clarke’s Employment Partner Julian Hemming, along with Corporate Partner Sarah Knight and many of their trainee solicitors and graduate recruitment team.

Following the prize giving, students had the fantastic opportunity of networking with the Osborne Clarke team and talking more about the successes of the Clinic as well as what the future may hold for some of our talented members.

The student committee would like to congratulate all of our incredibly deserving prize winners this year. Each of you have shown us that you are truly passionate about your work with the Clinic and have gone above and beyond to ensure that you provide the best service to our clients. We hope you are all as proud of yourselves as we are of you.

Our prize winners are as follows:

Best First Year – Samantha Cheong
Best Second Year – Aaron Graham
Best Third Year – Ffion Morgan
Best Postgraduate – Alicia Ramirez
Best Overall Student (Sponsored by Osborne Clarke) – Emma Bowman

Finally, the annual awards night gave us the opportunity to introduce our new student committee for the next academic year, we are looking forward to taking on new challenges and maintaining and building upon the success of the Law Clinic during our time.

The new student committee are as follows:

Student Director: Malavika Ramanand
Vice Directors: Susannah Burley & Rebecca Slade
General Secretary: Samantha Cheong
Media and Publicity Manager: Song Kai Ying
Training and Recruitment Manager: Ronald Lee
Community Law Manager: Hannah Clegg
Outreach Managers: Ayushi Angresh & Ryan MacMahon
Treasurer and Events Manager: Connor Williams

Further information

The University of Bristol’s Law Clinic provides pro-bono legal advice, supporting those that most need it to get the justice they deserve - whilst students gain the very best clinical legal education through the provision of a valuable social service that has the power to change lives. Find out more about the work of the Clinic on their website.