ELSA London

A Law Society Event The Prize Giving event of the 2013 Graham Turnbull essay competition will be on the evening of Wednesday 8 May 2013 at the Law Society. To register attendance please click here. There will be presentations from Dr Hywel Francis MP and Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Roger Smith [...]

The National Union of Students (NUS) has been awarded £5 million from HEFCE (The Higher Education Funding Council for England) to run a Students’ Green Fund. This will fund local collaborative sustainability initiatives through students’ unions, and is designed to ensure that sustainability remains a priority with higher education institutions. Applications open in summer 2013 The NUS will run [...]

Walk in My Footsteps – an initiative developing a youth social justice newspaper. This initiative emphasises storytelling as a tool for social change. The aim is to develop a youth social justice newspaper to educate the world on issues from a different perspective than what mainstream media provides. Walk in My Footsteps needs youth writers [...]

With the caveat that university rankings should be taken with a pinch of salt … this year’s top law schools (according to QS world rankings) are as follows: 1. Harvard 2. Yale 3. Oxford, 4. Cambridge 9. LSE 18. King’s College London 21. UCL 49. Queen Mary, University of London 51st place is shared by: [...]

Queen Mary, University of London has announced the launch of a new flexible, English-language LLM in Paris. The course was established following the success of the university’s London-based LLM and is a result of long-term collaboration between Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies and the University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP). The programme starts [...]

Inaugural edition – June 2012 One of the stated aims of the English Law Students’ Association (ELSA)  is to support  and promote UK student endeavours and so, naturally, we were very happy when Christy Rush (Magdalen College) informed us about the new undergraduate law journal which has been produced by students at Oxford University. The journal [...]

The CPS is pleased to announce the relaunch of its Legal Trainee Scheme (LTS) offering 15 pupillages or training contracts for those seeking to complete their legal training and qualify as fully practicing lawyers. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 9 May 2012 The recruitment process opened on the 19th April 2012 to those prospective candidates who have already completed their [...]

Careers Event Speakers: Jonathan Knight, Chatham House Alexandra Crossley, Senior Researcher at Center for Social Justice Tina Soria, Research Analyst at RUSI Elvira Thissen, SustainAbility About: The purpose of the occasion is to answer the multiple queries of our students regarding how to enter a think tank, what kind of work to expect and why [...]

The London Library, in partnership with The Times and FreshMinds, are looking to discover the next generation of writers, thinkers and opinion formers. Open to all final year undergraduates studying at higher education institutions across the UK, this is an opportunity to expose your talent to thousands of readers – and win £5000! The winning piece [...]

EurActiv Editor Frederic Simon and EUX.TV's Raymond Frenken discuss the future of the euro in their first-ever live discussion