Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a law student? We asked some of our students to put together their advice and opinions on studying law, being a student at Queen Mary, negotiating London and engaging with current affairs.
In March 2021, the School of Law launched a “Students’ Jury”—a pilot project in which a representative group of 12 law students will be selected by democratic lottery.
We catch up with Tejal Shah, Queen Mary Global Law LLB Student and Turing Scheme Grant Recipient, on her year abroad in Hong Kong!
Date added: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Date added: Monday, July 25, 2022
Date added: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Queen Mary Global Law LLB Student and Turing Scheme Grant Recipient Tejal Shah reflects on life as a study abroad exchange student at the University of Hong Kong during these strange and ever-changing times mid-pandemic…
Date added: Thursday, January 20, 2022
Thinking about applying for a training contract? Tia Sara Demirbas, Third Year LLB Student at Queen Mary School of Law, tells us their top tips for securing a training contract.
Date added: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Hadika tells us about their experiences as a first year LLB Student at Queen Mary during the Coronavirus pandemic and the services and resources they found useful.
Date added: Monday, May 10, 2021
Thasrina Hussain shares her experiences of the Pathways to Law programme.
Date added: Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Second Year Law and Politics Student Uswah Naseem talks about some common anxieties, and offeres some ways to cope and overcome them.
Date added: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Second Year Law Student Tommaso Salvatore reflects on studying during lockdown and offers some tips for first year students
Date added: Monday, October 12, 2020
Tejal Shah, a Gianni Sonvico scholarship recipient, explains how winning the scholarship impacted her experience as a student.
Date added: Monday, January 28, 2019
Saeed Mahmood (VP of the Law Society) offers some helpful advice for first year law students.
Date added: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Humerah Al-Hadad's new blog series offers an insider view of what it's like to be a law student at QMUL!
Date added: Thursday, August 16, 2018
In this blog, Clara Steel Miguelez gives some advice on writing successful mini-pupillage applications.
Date added: Friday, September 8, 2017
Ruby Kennerley, Second Year Law Student: In the following blog piece, I plan to outline some of the trivial things that often go unlooked but are crucial steps to ensuring you deliver an overall good job
Date added: Friday, July 14, 2017
Nora Sandvik Ling, Senior Status Student: For many UK students doing the two-year senior status LLB after finishing a first bachelor sounds crazy, especially since there is the option of doing the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). However, I have found that there are many benefits to doing the senior status LLB program.
Kajal Kandeth, Third Year Law Student studying in Spain: I have been given the fantastic opportunity to go abroad and study law in Spanish!
Date added: Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Michaela Mária Hanzelová, First Year Law Student and Bursary Winner The Legal Advice Centre The Legal Advice Centre (LAC) is a fantastic opportunity to gather a wide range of skills that will increase your employability.
Date added: Thursday, July 21, 2016
Daphne McRae, LLB English and Law Student If I were to ask you to guess how many law-related societies there were at Queen Mary, how many would you say? Two maybe? Three? Definitely no more than four. Well my friend, there are NINE.
Date added: Monday, June 6, 2016
Daphne McRae, LLB English and Law Student Making a memorably good impression with law firms is difficult, especially considering the number of law students far outstrips the number of training contract places available.
Daphne McRae, LLB English and Law Student Commercial awareness is the single biggest buzzword currently being used by law firms. Also known under various other guises such as commercial acumen and business sense, it’s possibly the most important quality firms look for in their prospective hires.