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Nuggets of Wisdom for Smashing your BPTC
Written by Brian Sanya Mondoh, Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC).
The Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) requires sound advocacy skills and the ability to memorise copious amounts of information.

Mock Employment Tribunal Helps Business Bosses Prepare and Plan
An interactive mock employment tribunal has been held in the courtroom at the National Justice Museum in Nottingham, to raise awareness of legislative changes for businesses.

How to Write a Successful Job Application
It seems to be around that time of year again when everyone around you is panicking about their “next big career move”.

Pro Bono: what’s all the fuss about?
As a Law student, you may or may not have heard about the importance of getting involved in pro bono work in some form or another.

Competing at the finals weekend: UH/Blackstone’s Criminal Advocacy Competition
Alice Radford, LLB (Hons) Law (Full-time)
Sophie and I are so happy to have placed 3rd in the UH/Blackstone’s National Criminal Advocacy Competition 2016, after progressing to the semi-final and narrowly missing out on the final by a point o

Top five tips for your pupillage interview
You’ve got your foot in the door and secured that all important pupillage interview.

Top 5 tips for your pupillage application
Getting pupillage is tough, so how do you tackle that first step and craft a successful pupillage application?
We spoke to Tom Sherrington, a Nottingham Law School BPTC graduate and current pupil at Kenworthy’s Chambers for his advice.

GDL Mooting Society Final 2016
Paula Moffatt, GDL Mooting Tutor
“The final of the tenth annual Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) Mooting Society Competition took place on Thursday 14 April 2016 in Nottingham Law School’s Court Room 2.

Should you really get a lesser sentence for an early guilty plea?
The Sentencing Council recently announced draft proposals to more tightly define the rules concerning the sentence reductions available to defendants who plead guilty early.

Second Cohort Starts New Dual LLM Programme
9 September 2015 saw the start of the second cohort of the Dual LLM programme at the Grotius Building, home of the Faculty of Law at Radboud University Nijmegen.