Nominees unveiled for LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards 2023

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The nominees for the ninth annual Student Law Society Awards (SLS) have been revealed, after LawCareers.Net received 29 submissions from presidents and committees and over 2000 submissions from society members.

The 2023 SLS Awards aim to celebrate the amazing work of student law societies from universities all over the UK. There are 13 individual award categories (listed below) which highlight the greatest societies for everything from mooting activities, to supporting first-year and non-law students and increasing diversity.

The awards ceremony will take place at 116 Pall Mall on Wednesday 29 March 2023 and will bring together representatives from the esteemed sponsor firms and nominated student law societies.

The nominees are:

Best at student engagement – sponsored by TLT LLP

• Cardiff University Law Society
• Edward Bramley Law Society
• Manchester University Pro Bono Society
• University of Exeter Law Society

Best careers event– sponsored by AllHires

• Aston Law Society
• Leicester University Law Society
• University of Plymouth Law Society

Best social event

• Aston Law Society
• Queen Mary Law Society
• University of Lincoln Law Society

Best society for non-law students – sponsored by Shoosmiths

• King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society
• King’s College London Law Society
• University of Bristol Law Club

Best society for first-year students

• Edward Bramley Law Society
• King’s College London Law Society
• UCL Law Society
• University of Exeter Law Society

Best society for commercial awareness – sponsored by Lexology

• King’s College London Law Society
• UCL Law Society
• UEA Law Society

Best society for aspiring barristers

• Cardiff University Law Society
• King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society
• University of Bristol Bar Society
• University of Nottingham Bar Society

Best society for mooting

• Cambridge Law Society
• Edward Bramley Law Society
• King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society
• University of Nottingham Mooting Society

Best society for pro bono - sponsored by Baker McKenzie 

• Manchester University Pro Bono Society
• University of Leicester Pro Bono Society
• University of Nottingham Pro Bono Society

Best society for welfare

• Manchester University Law Society
• University of Exeter Law Society
• Women Breaking Barriers Leeds

Most committed to increasing diversity – sponsored by DWF Group Plc

• Manchester University Law Society
• University of Leeds Law Society
• University of Nottingham Bar Society
• University of Nottingham Law Society

Best law society president – sponsored by Osborne Clarke LLP

• Jessica Gleeson – The Holdsworth Club
• Sophia Nie – Cambridge Law Society
• Bianca Rigor – RHUL Law Society
• Meenakshi Sundaram Sakthikumar – University of Nottingham Mooting Society
• Bailey Wallace – University of Bristol Law Club

Best law society overall

• Edward Bramley Law Society
• King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society
• UCL Law Society
• University of Exeter Law Society

More information, as well as last year’s winning societies can be found on the Student Law Society Awards microsite: https://awards.lawcareers.net/sls/.