2023
qLegal hosts first in-house panel event, as part of the Externships programme
qLegal recently hosted its first in-house panel event, exclusive to qLegal extern students. The panel included experienced and established in-house lawyers from a variety of companies. We welcomed Janet Nikova (Benevolent AI), Sophie Cole (Hargreaves Lansdown), Julia Bonder-Le Berre (Iron Mountain), Benil Salgin (Bloomberg LP) and Anthony Kenny (GSK).
Date added: Monday, January 30, 2023
qLegal celebrates women in pro bono this International Women’s Day
qLegal continues to thrive thanks to the individuals who volunteer their time to help support the next generation of lawyers and start-ups. International Women’s Day is a chance to celebrate the specific contribution of the women who volunteer and collaborate with qLegal.
Date added: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
qLegal is proud to support sustainable start-ups
qLegal is delighted to be able to work with some of the start-ups prioritising social responsibility and environmental protection. Eco-friendly, energy-efficient and recyclable products and services are being increasingly developed by sustainability start-ups. “Tech for good” start-ups are focusing on inventing tools, devices, software, and apps to reduce plastic waste, promote vegan diets, analyse and report carbon footprint.
Date added: Monday, April 3, 2023
qLegal and the TMT Institute celebrates Yours Lawfully podcast success and rebranding
The Yours Lawfully podcast is a multi-disciplinary project produced by postgraduate law and tech students of Queen Mary University of London, a collaboration between qLegal and the . This project was a part of (Student Knowledge Exchange Through Community Hubs). Episodes feature legal experts, industry trailblazers and leading academics. This year the podcast students introduced exciting changes whilst producing 14 episodes on a variety of topics including tech, media and intellectual property Law.
Date added: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
qLegal supports Elevating Founders Pitch competition event
On the 24 April, qLegal team members attended Elevating Founders’ semi-final pitch competition. Clemence Tanzi, Janan Foster and Szabina Horvath from qLegal attended the event, networking and discussing qLegal’s services with founders and attendees.
Date added: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
qLegal shares experience teaching students an entrepreneurial mindset
Their findings were published in Thinking Like Entrepreneurs: qLegal’s Experience of Teaching Law Students to have an Entrepreneurial Mindset for the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education.
Date added: Thursday, July 6, 2023
qLegal Wraps Up the 2022-23 Academic Year with a Graduation, a Legal Walk and Summer Party Celebrations
qLegal has had a busy and rewarding past two months; catching up with the people who make qLegal a success and celebrating the graduation of the 2022-23 qLegal students.
Date added: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
qLegal students explore the ownership of copyright in photos of performance art
As part of their qLegal experience, a group of our volunteer students collaborated with internationally renowned photographer and performance artist, Manuel Vason to address a copyright ownership issue faced by performance artists.
Date added: Monday, August 21, 2023
Recent Alumna Experience on qLegal Programme
As qLegal community celebrated their 9th Anniversary Annual Summer Party on 22nd June, our recent alumna, Rasika Gupta, reflected on her experience with qLegal.
Date added: Tuesday, August 1, 2023
qLegal Introduces the "Future of Law Programme”
Training the next generation of lawyers to design law for the people.
Date added: Friday, September 29, 2023
qLegal Celebrates the Opening of Ada National College of Digital Skills' State-of-the-Art Campus
One of qLegal’s longest running partners is Ada National College of Digital Skills, a sixth-form college and apprenticeship programme with a mission “to educate and empower the next generation of diverse digital talent.” Every year, qLegal students present four legal education workshops to Ada sixth-form students on topics such as “Computer Games and the Law”, “Social Media and the Law” and “Cybersecurity and the Law”.
Date added: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
qLegal Celebrates Pro Bono Week: Pro Bono Panel, Legal Bake and Global Day of Action
November marks Pro Bono Week, and for the second consecutive year, qLegal hosted a series of engaging events to celebrate.
Date added: Thursday, November 23, 2023
qLegal’s First Term of the 2023-24 Academic Year at a Glance
158 eager postgraduate law students, PhD students and Intellectual Property MSc students joined qLegal’s programmes for its 10th year of activity.
Date added: Wednesday, December 20, 2023