Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Your chance to experience running a law firm

Legal Profitability For Students - Improve your Commercial Awareness

All law students are invited to participate in a one-day law firm simulation in Birmingham on Saturday 13th November 2010. Run by Legal Profitability, you will get the opportunity to be on the inside of a virtual law firm and be a managing partner for a day. You will gain experience in making strategic, operational and financial decisions as a team while setting up, running and expanding a legal practice in competition with other teams. Please see brochure attached and listen to what participants had to say on our facebook page 'Legal Profitability For Students' after its successful pilot in July.  Date: 13th November  Place: Birmingham Time: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
To register contact: Facebook 'Legal Profitability For Students'  Tel: 01491 821900 or  Email: matthew.ballard@profitability.com   Lunch will be provided.  Read more.
Justice Student Human Rights Network Seminar
The future of human rights and civil liberties: Do Dave, Ed and Nick agree?
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD
Join us on Tuesday 9 November for an event which will consider the implications of recent proposals for the future of civil liberties and human rights, both domestically and within the EU. JUSTICE experts will lead a discussion that will bring you right up to date with issues important to you. The conference is suitable for students of all levels who are interested in human rights and will be followed by a drinks reception.
Click here to download the programme.http://www.justice.org.uk/images/pdfs/JSRHN%20Seminar%20November%202010.pdf   The event is free but places are limited and so booking is essential. To book please RSVP to jshrn@justice.org.uk  For more information, please email jshrn@justice.org.uk or call 020 7762 6422.

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Public Sector Spending Cuts Update

Home Office
Department's key responsibilities: Policing, anti-terror operations, crime prevention, immigration, passports
Annual budget: £10.2bn
Cut required to meet 25% savings target: £2.55bn
What's been cut so far: Theresa May's department has been told to make £367m in cuts. Of this £135m is to come from police efficiency savings and £82m from "arm's-length" bodies such as National Policing Improvement Agency and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Mrs May has also said nothing will be off limits in a review of police pay and conditions - due to report in June 2011.
Rumour mill: The Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Denis O'Connor, has said the Home Office can cut its spending on policing by 12% through a "total redesign" of working practices. The Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, predicts as many as 40,000 front-line posts could go in England and Wales over four years. The Scottish Police Federation predicts 2,800 posts could go in Scotland.

Department of JusticeDepartment's key responsibilities: Courts system, prisons, probation, elections
Annual budget: £9.7bn
Cut required to meet 25% savings target: £2.43bn
What's been cut so far: Ken Clarke's Ministry of Justice became the first Whitehall department to give its outline figure for savings demanded ahead of the autumn Spending Review, saying it planned to cut £2bn of its budget. The Public and Commercial Services Union estimates this will mean that 15,000 of 80,000 staff will have to be laid off. The department's finance director, Ann Beasley, acknowledges the situation will be "extremely challenging". In the earlier round of savings outlined by the government in May, the Ministry of Justice was told to economise to the tune of £325m. The government is also considering closing 157 magistrates' and county courts across England and Wales.
Rumour mill: There is expected to be a major reduction in prison places, meaning more community sentences.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Nottingham Law Fair

Tickets for transport to the Nottingham Law Fair will be on sale TOMORROW at the Law Society General Meeting in the Heap Lecture Theater 1:30-2:30pm.
******We only have 45 seats available at this time and they are QUICKLY selling.

The Nottingham Law Fair is on Wednesday 20th October. This Law Fair is one of the most significant networking events of the year and is defiantly recommended to everyone. The Law society will be arranging a bus to take you there and back for this event. The event is being held from 1-4pm, the details are as follows:
Members: £3, Non-Members: £4
Departing from Derby: 12:00 noon, Returning: 5:00pm
The exact location for departure and return meeting spots will be provided shortly.
If you have any further question, please feel free to email us at derbylawsociety@gmail.com, message us on our Facebook page or contact me directly - Aman Vaid, President

Thursday, 7 October 2010

National Association of Probation Officers AGM

Savage cuts will lead to more imprisonment and industrial action.
Delegates to Napo’s 98th AGM, to be held at the Spa Complex, Scarborough from 7-9 October, look set to vote for a campaign of industrial action if the 25% cut to the Probation Service and threats to privatise unpaid work and hostels go ahead as expected.  More

Work experience & graduate opportunities for disabled students.

This month the Shaw Trust's Graduate programme includes opportunities at Slaughter & May and K&L Gates.  More

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Guardian Careers - how to get your foot in the door at magic circle firms.

From training contracts to vacation schemes, Guardian Careers gets the experts let you know what recruiters are looking for.  more....