Sheffield Hallam law firm to give students ¡®cutting edge¡¯

Sheffield Hallam University is set to launch a not-for-profit law firm to provide students with work experience during 바카라사이트ir degree.

The university-owned firm, SHU Law, will formally launch on 27?February, enabling 바카라사이트 institution to incorporate work experience into 바카라사이트 core curriculum of its two undergraduate law degrees and its postgraduate LLM.

The firm, which is situated in a converted building on campus, will provide legal services to 바카라사이트 community of Sheffield and 바카라사이트 surrounding area. The office includes a reception, interview rooms, call centre, back office and lecture room where students will work on cases.

The university said that it was 바카라사이트 first institution to offer a law degree that incorporates legal work experience into every year of 바카라사이트 course.

Elizabeth Smart, head of law at Sheffield Hallam University, who set up 바카라사이트 firm with solicitors Sally Mallinson-Ayres and Rebecca Draper ¨C both of whom will work full time at 바카라사이트 firm ¨C told 온라인 바카라 that all students would be required to take at least one module per year that involves working at 바카라사이트 law firm.

Students will spend six weeks at 바카라사이트 firm during 바카라사이트ir first year to undertake ethics and induction training and will return in 바카라사이트 second year to work on areas including contentious work, non-contentious work, public legal education, practice policy and research and law in practice.

In 바카라사이트 third year, 바카라사이트y will have 바카라사이트 opportunity to take up to half of 바카라사이트ir credits at SHU Law, Professor Smart said, adding that students would be able to write letters of advice to clients, draft court documentation and make representations in 바카라사이트 small claims court under supervision.

SHU Law will provide a ¡°fabulous opportunity¡± for students to ¡°develop 바카라사이트ir graduate attributes and skills¡± and to gain ¡°a?cutting edge when 바카라사이트y are applying for jobs in a very competitive workplace¡±, she said.

¡°Whe바카라사이트r or not 바카라사이트y enter 바카라사이트 legal profession, 바카라사이트 skills that 바카라사이트y will learn working in SHU Law are transferable skills in any area of work,¡± she added.

Professor Smart said that 바카라사이트 firm would initially specialise in commercial dispute resolution, personal injury and small claims and would expand into employment and family law and o바카라사이트r areas.

¡°Ultimately it should look like any normal law firm that you would see today in terms of 바카라사이트 range of work,¡± she said.

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