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Two of our current LLM students have secured positions with the Royal Bank of Scotland, in their money laundering division. Nabeelah Begum and Robi Rai are both studying on our International Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation degree. We caught up with them both, to find out more about their new roles and how the LLM has helped them to prepare.

To commemorate International Women’s Day 2018, a day where we celebrate women’s achievements through history around the world, we at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Law School wanted to shine a special spotlight on some of the achievements and activities the ‘wonder women’ of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Law have achieved over the current academic year.

LLM student Julie Chu is only in the second term of her degree in International Economic Law (IEL) here at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, yet she has already secured a job in London for after graduation. She will be joining the Financial Services team of EY Audit and Assurance this autumn as an associate. We caught up with Julie to find out more.

Professor Ann Stewart, with the assistance of Dr Jennifer Lander, has been asked by (a leading non-governmental organisation campaigning for and with, older people worldwide) to produce a briefing document for them on gender and ageing. Happily, people across the globe are now able to enjoy fulfilling lives for longer but many older people are not well treated. The briefing document will be used to highlight how gender issues affect many aspects of ageing.

We are delighted to share the news that one of our postgraduate students, Marilyn Eze, won a place to participate in the 2017 House of Lords Chamber Event in December of last year.

Currently studying on our LLM in International Commercial Law, Marilyn entered an essay competition in October 2017 organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society to Chevening Scholars currently studying in the UK.

While studying a module on Human Rights in Practice, four ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Law students embarked on a human rights project which led to an incredibly successful petition- gaining nearly 60,000 signatures.

In an article published in Lacuna, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Law student, Helen Bates describes how her team began researching into sexism in the workplace to discover the scale and seriousness of pregnancy and maternity discrimination. Joining forces with Joeli Brearley, the founder of ‘Pregnant then Screwed’, they set up a petition that would extend pregnant mother’s legal rights to bring a discrimination claim to tribunal from 3 months to 6 months.