Your personal and professional development
Our multi-award-winning Legal Advice Centre provides students with outstanding pro bono opportunities, giving you the chance to gain practical experience and help the local community. We provide you with the chance to develop your legal skills in a practical context, while fostering the ethos and spirit of pro bono.
Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre Our Legal Advice Centre is a “teaching law firm” regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and has won national awards for its commitment to providing access to justice. We provide free legal advice to members of the community. If selected for the centre, you could work with real clients under the supervision of Legal Advice Centre staff, offering advice on a range of areas, including: • employment rights • business law • housing, property and environmental law • debt and welfare rights • tribunal and court representation. Overseas placements, internships and international pro bono opportunities will also be facilitated by the centre. This work helps to develop new international links in countries with developing economies. There are plenty of other projects for you to get involved with, including our miscarriage of justice and legal literacy schemes. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/probono to find out more.
Free Representation Unit (FRU) and Environmental Law Service We are home to the only Free Representation Unit (FRU) outside of London. The Legal Advice Centre runs in conjunction with the London-based charity FRU, meaning that our students have the opportunity to become ratified FRU volunteers, and represent clients at employment and social security tribunals. We also provide an Environmental Law Service, in conjunction with the Environmental Law Foundation and local law firms. This enables us to assist individuals and community groups in environmental law cases. LEX Student Law Society Many of our students join the hugely popular Law Society, LEX, which organises a host of exciting activities. LEX has been around for as long as the Law School itself, and with over 350 active members, is the most popular society at the University. Mooting We are proud of our strong mooting tradition, and take part in many national and international competitions – these include the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, created to help student lawyers meet the dispute resolution needs of today’s cross-cultural market. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/mooting for more information. The School has both GDL and LPC mooting societies, enabling our students to develop their mooting skills. As you would expect, our Bar students are also actively involved in mooting competitions.
Our senior supervising solicitor Faye Deverell was named Solicitor of the Year 2017 by Nottinghamshire Law Society, and has helped students to recover over £800,000 for clients.
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