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HOT GIRL SUMMER: How Vacation Culture Glamorizes Global Warming
Coming to the end of this pandemic, I’m sure we are all looking forward to enjoying a well-deserved hot summer of leisure—nothing beats...
Holly Helm
Apr 14, 20213 min read
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Chapter of Disaster: A transferable death toll from COVID-19 to Climate Change
As we sit in our homes and ponder the last thirteen months of our lives, there is a certain dissociation that’s become commonplace...
Camilia Amouzegar
Apr 8, 20214 min read
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The UK’s Controversial Plans to Build the Cumbria Coal Mine...
Climate activists patiently await the outcome of Cumbria County Council’s review of plans to create a new coal mine in the region...
Conor Cooper
Mar 31, 20213 min read
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Project LIGHT: Women in the Homeless Community
Last week's theme for the resource team was women in the homeless community. The resource team split into 2 groups, each making a poster...
Project LIGHT Resource Team
Mar 24, 20217 min read
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Gursharn Sandhu, Insight Project: The Canadian Students Guide to Study Law in the UK
This blog outlines the different pathways that Canadian students follow to pursue their legal studies in the United Kingdom, and upon...
Gursharn Sandhu
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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Farheen Syeda, Insight Project: Pathways to Law: The Qualifications Needed and What They All Mean!
Are you interested in becoming a lawyer? Here are some pathways...
Farheen Syeda
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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Parneet Pal, Insight Project: Pathways to Law: Legal Apprenticeships
In this blog post, I will be talking about a different pathway into beginning a career in law...
Parneet Pal
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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Helen Insau, Insight Project: Pathways to Law: Do I Have to Be a Law Student?
'The truth is that I had always wanted to go to law school' (Elizabeth Wurtzel)...
Helen Insau
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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Pro Bono Society Awards Evening
Join us at 5pm, March 31st on Microsoft Teams in celebrating the successes of our Pro Bono Projects 2020-2021. Grab a beverage, relax and...
Pro Bono
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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Project LIGHT: Mental Health and Homelessness
Last week’s theme for the resource team was mental health and the impact this has had on homeless people. The resource team has split...
Project LIGHT Resource Team
Mar 19, 20216 min read
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Armaan Kaushik, Insight Project: Transition into Higher Education – From Canada to the UK
In this post, I reflect on my decision to study abroad in Leicester as an international student and the various thoughts and concerns I...
Armaan Kaushik
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Simren Parihar, Insight Project: My Transition Through Education
Starting a new chapter in life can be scary, in my post I discuss what helped me transition into higher education. I cover an academic...
Simren Parihar
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Caitlin Wake, Insight Project: My Transition Through Education: Imposter Syndrome
This blog post offers a brief insight into my life before starting university before delving deeper into my experiences of university...
Caitlin Wake
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Deepana Devadas, Insight Project: My International Experience of Higher Education
“Take me out of my prime and put me in this new, strange city where I had to restart everything, now that took me out of my element for...
Deepana Devadas
Mar 15, 20215 min read
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Insight Project Debate Series with Street Law – Should the Covid-19 Vaccination be Legally Required?
On the 9th March the Insight Project hosted their second event in the debate series with Street Law. This is the second installment...
Pro Bono
Mar 12, 20216 min read
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Amicus Review: The Fear of 13 - Film Review by Emily Edwards
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Emily Edwards
Mar 11, 20213 min read
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Amicus Review: Supreme Court Bars Alabama from Executing Willie Smith Without Pastor By His Side
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Leona Walker
Mar 11, 20214 min read
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Amicus Review: Death Penalty Use in Texas Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and Changing Prosecutors
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Renee Bourne
Mar 11, 20212 min read
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Blog by Kelvin Tayag, Street Law Director
Songwriters throughout the ages utilize common chord progressions to build the foundation for both their music and emotional expression...
Kelvin Tayag
Mar 9, 20214 min read
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Human Trafficking, Forced Labour & Child Labour: LWOB Event
Watch the Lawyers Without Borders, Rule of Law Innovation Challenge team present their concept paper and learning mechanism on Human...
Pro Bono
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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