Hard work of students recognised at LawCareers.Net fifth annual Student Law Society Awards

On Thursday 14 March 2019, the annual LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards, sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright, brought together students, recruiters, partners and trainees with the LawCareers.Net team at Painters’ Hall in London.

The event recognises the dedication of student committees across the country offering their members innovative careers events and comprehensive pro bono and mooting activities, alongside more traditional opportunities to socialise with their peers. Nominated societies were selected from the submissions of student law society committees, alongside over 2,700 votes from their members.

Bethany Wren, content and events coordinator at LawCareers.Net, commented: “Student law societies are really crucial places for members to develop their knowledge and skills, and support one another to make progress on their legal career paths. In each and every category this year we were blown away by the wealth of passion, ingenuity and focus that goes into what the nominated societies do.”

The winners were:

• Best at student engagement (sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis International LLP): University of Lincoln Law Society
• Best careers event (sponsored by Kennedys): University of Winchester Law Society
• Best social media (sponsored by Shoosmiths): Lancaster University Law Society
• Best mooting activities (sponsored by Blake Morgan LLP): Reading University Law Society
• Best society for first-year students (sponsored by Slaughter and May): UCL Student Law Society
• Best law society president (sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright): Maaya Sachdev – Warwick Law Society
• Most committed to increasing diversity (sponsored by Baker McKenzie): University of Nottingham Law Society
• Best society for aspiring barristers (sponsored by the Crown Prosecution Service): King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society
• Best social event (sponsored by Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP): Plymouth University Law Society
• Best society for non-law students (sponsored by Osborne Clarke LLP): York University Law Society
• Best pro bono activities (sponsored by DLA Piper UK LLP): UEA Law Society
• Best law society overall (sponsored by DWF LLP): University of Nottingham Law Society

Congratulations to all winners and nominated societies.

For more information on the Student Law Society Awards, head to https://awards.lawcareers.net/sls/.

LCN will be formally launching next year’s awards at the annual LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Networking Event which will be held at the start of the autumn term.