A great initiative for law students to embrace

I think ‘The Student Lawyer’ is a brilliant initiative for law students to embrace. Some say that being a student is the happiest time of a lawyer’s life, as you immerse yourself in a very intensive experience of case law and statute law, and critical thinking. There are many ‘soft skills’ that employers and colleagues look out for, including creativity, teamwork, attention-to-detail, proactivity, a commitment to quality, and a commitment for excellence. They also love clear communication skills. Unsurprisingly, these tend to be the same competences actively sought out on training contract application forms.

I strongly recommend law students to read, comment on, and write for the Student Lawyer, which is an outstanding contribution to legal education.  The Twitter thread is relatively new, but well worth a follow! The sections, including contemporary news, civil, crime, education and practice, public, the world, literary review, guest contributions, and opinion, are very well written, and will be interesting to any law student, including barristers and solicitors to-be. New inventive features include the new front page and the ‘panels’, and make for a very rewarding experience for any online legal blog. In this regard, it is probably at the forefront of existing blogs. However, I think it is the quality of helpful articles for the student lawyer that sets this blog apart from its ‘competitors’, such as Amy Dimond’s guide to the LPC (and even solicitors’ accounts!)

I wish the blog very well, as I am hugely passionate about inclusivity. My aspiration is for all students to be at the heart of the legal education system, and contributing online is an excellent way for people to contribute (especially people who are physically disabled like me). In this increasingly competitive environment for training contracts and pupillages, you can do no harm, at the very least, by wishing to write for ‘The Student Lawyer’. People like to take on trainees with bags of energy and enthusiasm, and  that is what is in abundance in ‘The Student Lawyer’. Because of the recent informative articles on mooting and the criminal law, this blog may be particularly inspiring for criminal barristers to-be.