HaSS Cornwall Newsletter

IMPORTANT REMINDERS – 6 May

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6 May 2022

LAW SCHOOL CORNWALL NEWSLETTER

Student Law Panel

As a law student, you spend a lot of time with your textbooks. But are they working for you?

The Oxford University Press Student Law Panel gives you the opportunity to have your say about the textbooks you’re using and helps us to make sure we’re meeting your needs.

Read on for more information and how to apply.

Click here to apply

To apply to join the Student Law Panel, click the link above to go to the application form. Once completed, please send to hecontact@oup.com.

What is the OUP Student Law Panel?

The Oxford University Press Student Law Panel is a group of undergraduate law students from universities all around the country. Students come from all year groups and a range of law courses.

Why does OUP have a Student Law Panel?

As the leading publisher of legal textbooks it is vital for us to make sure our products are meeting your needs as students. The Student Law Panel gives you the opportunity to have a voice in the publishing process through feedback and reviews.

More information


Appointments with Rachel Gaunt, one of our Law School Careers Consultants, are available to book until the end of term and over the summer vacation.  

Examples of some of the topics Law Career appointments cover are as follows:

  • Guidance with career planning in the legal sector
  • Advice with vacation schemes and training contract applications.
  • Navigating the timeline for becoming a barrister and applying for mini-pupillages or pupillage.
  • Advice on interviews and assessment centres.
  • Advice and guidance about whether a career in law is for you.
  • Ideas about what other careers you can do with your law degree
  • Guidance with career planning in other sectors

All appointments are self-book and will take place on Handshake.

To self-book an appointment log into Handshake, go to Career Centre, then appointments, once on the appointments screen, select your campus and college (Penryn, SISS: School of Social Sciences and International Studies) and the relevant appointment type; Law Careers for Penryn Law Students (virtual)

If you haven’t activated your Handshake account as yet you can find out how to do so here: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/careers/about/handshake/


Graduation

Follow the link and click on tabs on the page to check for updated Dates & Schedules, Graduation Preparation and more.


GDL Scholarships

Applications for GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law) Scholarships from the Inns of Court close on Friday 6 May. If you intend to start your GDL in 2022 and wish to secure a scholarship you must apply before this deadline. You may only apply to one Inn of Court for a scholarship.


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