Anglia Law School newsletter February 2017

Anglia Law School Newsletter February 2017 New Dean visits Law School Professor Martin Hewitt (left) has since his recent appointment as Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty been busy visiting the Law School in Cambridge and Chelmsford. A number of these engagements have involved meeting students and academic staff on both campuses. One of these engagements was the recent visit by the President of The Law Society, Mr Robert Bourns. At this event the Dean can be seen talking (centre) to Mr Bourns and law students who attended.

Tom Serby was invited by World Sports Advocate Journal to speak at the Player Contracts 2016 conference at Wembley in October. Tom is pictured discussing the future of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. The debate was a lively one, with Andrew Mercer of UEFA defending FFP, but having a hard time from the two academic members of the panel! Close to 400 delegates travelled to London for the two day conference from more than 45 countries around the world.

Please see Page 15 for a summary of Tom’s contribution to the conference. For Tom’s recently published article on the FFP Regulations, see: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40318016-0091-2

United Nations – United Ambassadors

This visit was attended

by Legal Practice Course students and 3rd year students.

By Shovon Majumder (Third Year Law Student)

International Wembley Conference

I have always been interested in working with the United Nations (UN).

Second line if necessary From left to right: Owen Gibson, Chief Sports correspondent The Guardian; Andrew Mercer, Legal Counsel UEFA; TS; Jan Raker, Legal Director VfB Stuttgart; Prof Tom Cannon, University of Liverpool.

The United Nations consists of various committees where delegates represent their countries’ policies and negotiate resolutions to benefit their country and the world.

Model United Nations (MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations where students play the role of delegates from different countries and attempt to solve

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real world issues with the policies and perspectives of their assigned country.

Photographs of Induction Day and Open Day

This summer I have had the honor to participate in the session as a delegate and it is has been an unforgettable experience working with the United Nation Assembly.

The session took place at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City in the USA. The session was a platform of an International Educational Conference, to which young Model UN active participants from around the world were invited to engage in briefings, workshops and discussions on how to create a positive change in the global MUN community, specifically focusing on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and new initiatives in the Model United Nations.

New law students attending the Law School Induction Day at the start of the new academic year. The Student Law Society President Sarah-Jane Hounsell attended (far right, 1st row in the second photograph) to answer any questions and provide support for our new entrants.

This workshop has provided a deep insight into the decision-making process, bright ways to solve difficulties of drafting a resolution but also it helped each and every participant to become familiar with the UN mission and to start thinking about a potential career.

Deputy Dean, Dr Andy Salmon attending the Law School Open Day Ms. Julia Ramsay, Acting Joint Head of the Law School addressing prospective students, parents, relatives and friends

This event was a great opportunity to experience the difficulty of finding a consensus on an international level. A great academic experience I must say. An excellent hands-on experience; the MUN provided invaluable experience that I will not be able to get from books. It enabled me to understand the complexities of international law and engage with it hands-on. It helped me understand and appreciate why countries struggle to agree on many issues! An excellent platform for academic and professional advancement.

This was a once in a lifetime experience and I am very honored and appreciative to have taken part.

Open Day prospective students taking part in a trial role play of the famous case of Queen v. Dudley and Stephens (1884)

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President of The Law Society Visit

Rogers who coordinated the orientation alongside Dr English and others. I was excited to start classes as the whole feeling of being a lawyer took me. Halfway through the semester and I was discouraged because studying law was different from what I had imagined and at that time, I was ready to go back home.

The President of The Law Society for England and Wales Mr Robert Bourns, addressed the Legal Practice Course and 3rd year undergraduate law students at our Cambridge campus recently and thereafter made himself available for questions from ’the floor’ followed by a buffet lunch during which all students had the opportunity to ‘network.’ Mr Bourns was greeted by Christopher Menzies, the LPC Course Leader (above left) and Julia Ramsay, Acting (Joint) Head of the Law School (above right).

However I persisted and from that time until now, studying law has been a great adventure for me and I look forward to practicing the law. My encounter with every lecturer in each semester is much appreciated.

Studying law has helped me separate my emotions from my sense of judgment and discernment. Right now, I look forward to completing my law degree and moving forward the purpose for my life.

Law students meet a lawmaker

The President of the Cambridge Students Law Society, Sarah-Jane Hounsell is seen (left) presenting Mr Bourns with a memento of his visit.

Cambridge MP, Daniel Zeichner (pictured with Dr Alex Murray (at left of picture), visited the Cambridge campus at the end of the year to speak to the Constitutional and Administrative Law class.

Studying as an International Law Student

By Deborah Onyiaocha

Mr Zeichner is a Labour MP who was first elected in 2015. He spoke about his experiences in parliament and then tackled questions from students covering a wide range of current issues including, of course, Brexit.

I remember coming to the United Kingdom for the first time on the night of 27th January 2015. I had no idea what to expect or look forward to except the cold chilling weather that was already driving its cold hands through the jacket I was wearing. I stepped my feet in the morning of 28th January 2015 into Anglia Ruskin University.

Dr Andrew Gilbert, Acting (Joint) Head who organised the visit, said, 'It was a pleasure to have Daniel visit us. I think it is really valuable for students to meet someone who sits in our legislature and to find out first-hand what it is like being an MP.'

I was awed by the university library as I stood in front of the entrance. The first lecturer I met was Roger Thomas

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Academic Staff Seminar Series

In parts of her citation read out at the Chelmsford graduation ceremony, Senior Law Lecturer Kathy McMahon stated that:

IS THERE A SPORTS LAW; OR SHOULD WE REFER TO SPORT AND THE LAW? Presented by Tom Serby

‘These awards aim to recognise, celebrate and reward exceptional contributions to Anglia Ruskin and to the wider community through their extra-curricular activity.

Recipients need to have shown exemplary leadership skills and to be able to demonstrate that their work has benefitted their fellow students and the wider community.

An abstract of Tom’s presentation follows below: Transnational lawyers point to the global nature of international sports governing bodies as making sport of interest to those who propound a theory of transnational law as distinct from international law; while sports governing bodies argue for legal autonomy, leading some to criticise the ‘lex sportiva’ as a cover for self-governance outside the law. So what exactly is sports law?

Eloise Dickens, who has graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, is one of the Vice Chancellor’s Student Leaders for 2016.

She has been extremely active during her time at Anglia Ruskin University and is a strong believer in the value and balance that engaging in extra-curricular activities brings.

Tom presented this talk to colleagues, students and invited guests.

Eloise was President of the African Caribbean Society where she led a team of 12 and had 69 members; her aim was to share African and Caribbean culture whilst promoting diversity and inclusion. She was Vice President of the Law Society and ran fundraising events to send funds to the Royal Seed Orphanage in Ghana.

Vice Chancellor’s Student Leader Award

In March 2014 she set up the Anima Foundation, with the aim to empower UK youth (particularly those facing challenges in their personal and academic lives), recognising that the young people of today are tomorrow’s leaders. Anima runs short and long term collaborative projects between the UK and developing countries.

In 2016, she was awarded Community Champion of the Year and was also made an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, in recognition of her services to young people in the UK and the Commonwealth. Eloise’s commitment to her fellow the annual Students’ Union Awards, where she was confirmed as the SU Activist of the Year’.

Eloise Dickens (3rd right) with her family and Dr Apurba Kundu, Deputy Dean (Academic) ALSS (4th right)

LLB student Eloise Dickens crossed the stage as one of only six winners of the inaugural Vice Chancellor’s Student Leader Awards.

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Following the ceremony, Dr Apurba Kundu, Deputy Dean (Academic Development), congratulated Eloise and her family at our faculty reception for graduation award winners.

Following that, there were a number of interesting talks

by Diane Goodier about the LPC, Puneet Tahim, about CV’s and Julia Sadler, about interviewing skills.

After a lovely lunch break where I had the opportunity to chat with students from other universities, we started the afternoon session of talks: Martin Jordison, solicitor at the Government Legal Department, gave us the opportunity to look into solicitors that have the duty to advise Ministers and have to deal with high public profile cases. Just as engaging was the session headed by Ian Powell, the energetic business development manager at Tuckers Solicitors. The audience was pleasantly surprised by his tips like “If I can do it, you definitely can” and his direct approach in asking questions; “You! Stand up, why do you want to be a lawyer?”

Becoming a solicitor event in London

By Jessica Caiazzo

After the afternoon tea, students had the possibility to ask the trainee solicitors questions about their regular days in the office and unexpected things they have to deal with; “I did not expect so much paperwork!” was one of the answers from Michael Hornsey, a trainee solicitor at Hogan Lovells.

The best thing about this event was that it gave students the opportunity to learn what is required to be chosen for a trainee contract or work experience at a law firm.

Hearing from practicing solicitors definitely helped students to clarify their doubts and enforced their motivation to persist on their path in order to become a successful solicitor, someday.

Towards the end of 2016 I had the pleasure of attending the “Preparing students for entry to the solicitors’ profession” event in London, organised by the Law Society. The event aimed to give useful and basic tips to help undergraduate students enter the legal profession.

After a quick coffee in the building, the President of the Law Society, Robert Bourns, gave us a very warm welcome inviting us to listen keenly to the succeeding speakers.

New Law Lecturer Iyare Otabor-Olubor previously taught Contract Law, Legal Method, and Business Structures, at the Law School of Nottingham Trent University (NTU). He was also the Module Coordinator for the

A very interesting start was made by Paul Gascoyne, a recruitment manager from Shearman & Sterling: In his talk “As many students follow only the money and the reputation of a law firm”, he illustrated how important knowing yourself is, in order to find the most suitable law firm for you and the opportunities that are offered.

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foundation law module - Introduction to Legal Systems and Principles - at Kaplan International College (Nottingham).

Communicating with various different people can be relatively scary to begin with but as a Law Ambassador you must show a high level of confidence when you are speaking to students and staff members. This is also relatable in a legal environment because you will have to demonstrate that you are confident in speaking to people who have different roles in the workplace, this is from: partners, associates and members of HR.

He is completing his Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) at the Centre for Business and Insolvency Law, NTU. He is a Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and he holds an LLB (Hons) Degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Benin (Nigeria).

He is specialised in Creditors’ Rights, Secured Transactions Law Reform in Domestic and Transnational Commercial Law, Collateral Registry Systems and Designs, Personal Insolvency Law; Cross-border Finance and Equipment Leasing, Harmonisation of Private Laws, Access to Credit with Sustainable Economic Development in Transition Economies and Global South Regions.

As a result of being a Law Ambassador I was also able to significantly enhance my time management skills. This is evident when having to be on campus at a specific time ready for campus tours and welcome week. Time management is also a vital point in the balance of social events, key roles and most importantly your studies!

Students must be able to find a balance in all of those to be able to be as successful as possible and becoming a law ambassador will help you gain those skills.

Communication and time management are only two of several vital skills that a law ambassador enabled me to develop.

He was an editorial member of the Nottingham Insolvency & Business Law e-Journal (NIBLeJ).

Anglia Law School – Law Ambassador

I would recommend to all students to utilise this opportunity to the fullest that the university provides.

These are key responsibilities and roles that a law firm would look for in potential employees. All of the opportunities offered at Anglia Ruskin University mean that there is always a chance to meet more amazing people along your university journey, which means networking! Don’t forget, you can never have too much on your CV to make yourself stand out!

By Loren Louise Adkin a 3rd Year Law student My name is Loren Louise Adkin and I am a 3rd Year Law (LLB) Hons Student. I am also a Law student Ambassador and a member of the Law Committee.

Being a Law student Ambassador has been an amazing opportunity for me. Responsibilities of the role include: directing students through campus, giving information to them and ensuring people are in the correct place at the correct time and most importantly representing our Law School.

Academic Staff Seminar Series “Seat theory v Autonomous theory: Is the State no longer relevant to arbitration?”

Dr Emilia Onyema is a senior lecturer in the Law Department of SOAS, University of London, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of

From this role I developed and improved my skills such as communication and time management.

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Arbitrators and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Dr Onyema teaches international trade law and international commercial arbitration on the SOAS LLM program.

Jane Martin said, “I am very grateful to the students for giving up their time to meet me and take this issue so seriously.”

Academic Staff Seminar Series

She gave a talk to Law School academics, students and guests on the above topic.

Lecture on ‘Post Brexit impact on British HR landscape: a lending rights Bank

Listening to Students Students have a number of opportunities to feedback their thoughts on their course to staff through Module Evaluation Questionnaires, NSS, course representatives and individual feedback to tutors. However, this may not assist with the detail of some issues. Such an issue is student thoughts on assessment feedback, particularly through Grademark. Staff really did not know the detail from students in relation to feedback and how it could be improved.

Mr P B Barua(front row, 2nd right) is a policy maker, Human Rights Lawyer and think tank Director. He is also former adjudicator (Worlds Debating Championship)and former Director of Parliamentary Debate, Bangladesh Television.

For this reason Jane Martin held a student focus group early one evening in November to find out.

Mr P B Barua delivered a guest lecture on ‘Post Brexit impact on British HR landscape: a lending rights Bank’.

He discussed about the impact of Brexit on human rights. He mentioned Brexit has created uncertainty respecting human rights. The audience had the opportunity to raise a number of questions at the end.

The session lasted 1 hour 25 minutes. The students represented a range of the undergraduate years, although the majority were third years. 7 of the students were female. They represented a range of UK, EU and International Students. .

Appraisal-Based and Flexible Approaches to External Precedent in International

At the outset of the meeting the students were informed that they would not be identified to their particular comments so that an open discussion could take place.

With the help of structured questions this turned out to be an interesting full discussion which will be of enormous help the Law School to think about assessment feedback and how the Law School can improve it.

By Dr Aldo Zammit Borda Faculty Director of Research Students (ALSS) This article focuses on the approaches of international criminal judges to using external precedent, distinguishing between the appraisal-based and flexible approaches. On the one hand, the

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appraisal-based approach refers to uses of external judicial decisions which are preceded by an express legal appraisal.

Tamil Society

By Aarthy Sathanandasundaram - Second year LLB (Hons) Law student and Tamil Society President

On the other hand, the flexible approach denotes a less stringent use of such decisions. It finds that, in a number of cases, international criminal judges have adopted a flexible approach to decisions and have assimilated them within the legal framework of the referring court or tribunal without the necessary adjustment.

As a Law student, we are all well aware that a legal degree is no joke and is full of challenges, but whilst handling the endless amount of reading and writing assignments, I decided to stand for President of Tamil society.

Here's a little insight into exactly what our society is all about: We provide a platform to unite Tamil students from different religious and geographical locations. Tamil is more than just a language; it represents a rich culture that our society aims to embrace. We have something to offer everyone, whether you are a Tamil or not, a Law student or non Law student, so don’t hesitate to join!

We hold events to provide a chance to break We hold events to provide a chance to break the ice and start conversations with the people you see regularly, but never manage to speak to. We aim to carry this out through showcasing a number of cultural and noncultural programmes such as fortnightly movie nights, karaoke nights, food festivals and to top it all off we have our very own ‘Diya Dinner and Dance Ball.’

This may have important implications for the principle of legality and the fairness of the proceedings. The paper indicates that the adoption of either the appraisal-based or flexible approaches to external judicial decisions is not necessarily linked to the specific legal backgrounds of the judges involved, and different judges hailing from varying legal backgrounds have shifted between these approaches in different cases.

This suggests that there is need for greater rigour in the judicial methodology for using external judicial decisions and, in particular, the importance of the appraisal-based approach to using such decisions, to ensure their the congruence with the legal framework of the referring court or tribunal.

Leiden Journal of International Law 643–664. Available here: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=onli ne&aid=9882318&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0 92215651 5000333

University is all about new experiences and meeting new people. Being a Law student I have learnt new skills such as advocacy and negotiation, presenting and mooting; these developed skills has given me the chance to use them effectively within Tamil Society, as well as preparing myself to become a stronger individual to survive in such a competitive, legal industry.

Twitter Account!

The Anglia Law School has a twitter account. Do not forget to join and follow us on our twitter account @AngliaLawSchool.

If you would like to be a member of the Tamil Society, please contact me via email: aarthy.sathanandasundaram@student.anglia.ac.uk

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Employability Matters - Law Fairs

Anglia Law Review

By Jane Martin

By Helga Hejny It is my pleasure to announce that the first issue of Anglia Ruskin Law Review is now available for download.

‘The Law and Business Fair for students took place on the 1st November in Chelmsford and the 2nd November in Cambridge. We are very grateful to the law firms and businesses who attended to provide opportunities for our students to further their networks and to gain advice about careers. Students have also had the opportunity to sign up for the second year mentoring scheme which enables students to receive career advice from practicing solicitors.

The table of contents include: State Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention by Lewis Hadler, The Law of Implied Easements’ Necessity Spectrum by Hugo Haub, The Effect of Brexit on Environmental Law by Maelya Maunick, Same Sex Marriage: Legal Progression or Appeasement of the Masses by Clara Sibanda

It is really important that students understand that legal practice is only one of their options for a future career.

The majority of law graduates in the UK do not go on to practice law. A law degree is an excellent degree to use to pursue a very large number of careers where the logical and methodical solution finding expertise of a law student can be very attractive for employers.

Employers are seeking graduates with excellent written and verbal communications skills. Importantly Employers are looking for graduates with good commercial awareness – understanding a particular business sector and the issues facing the business.’

Thank you to the whole editorial board, in particular to Hugo Haub (Editor in Chief) for his dedication and commitment.

If you are a current or former student of ARU, we welcome the submission of any written work for consideration.

Ideally, this would be either case comments/law bulletins of 1,000-2,000 words, medium length articles of 2,000-5,000 words or longer articles/research papers of 5,000-8,000 words.

Please note intellectually property rights over articles chosen for publication will vest in the university subject to contract. We reserve the right to refuse publication of any content that may be seen as offensive or contrary to university policy.

Editorial comment: Please note In order to help students understand that this is an essential requirement Jane Martin will be running a short co-curricular course on commercial awareness for second years in the second semester. This is by way of a pilot with a view to running this every semester and to explore the potential of an employability module.

Please submit work to arlr@anglia.ac.uk http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/faculties/alss/law/law_revi ew/index.phtml

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explore my views and understanding on the topic. All of the speakers were very inspiring with their views and proposals for the future. As also Dr Leonardo Valladares Pacheco de Oliveira mentioned in his presentation “What is theory today, might become the practice tomorrow”.

Undergraduate Summer Research Internship: Do it if you can!

By Semra Ramadan, 3rd year law student In summer 2016, I had the pleasure and honour to undertake a research project with Dr Eglė Dagilytė regarding the European Union Sports Law. The aim of this research was to find the literature and produce case law summaries for the paper on ‘subjects’ in EU sports law that was presented on 16th September 2016 at our university Sports Law Conference ‘The Future of the ‘Legal Autonomy’ of Sport’.

Overall, this research project gave me knowledge, understanding and skills required for becoming a solicitor. I had the chance to work and learn from the knowledgeable and extremely supportive Dr Egle Dagilytė. (left)

It was a great opportunity to learn and to improve my skills. Firstly, this internship improved my research and digital skills by using the various electronic databases (e.g. Westlaw, LexisNexis, Copac, etc.). I learned how to work with Zotero bibliographic referencing software and expanded my understanding of Microsoft Office Tools.

For instance, I learned how to work with Excel. These newly-gained skills will help me write a high-quality dissertation in my final year and will be useful for my career after graduation.

Therefore, I would highly encourage students to apply for a similar research internship with Anglia Law School if they get the chance, as the opportunity offers a combination of education and enjoyment.

GET CERTIFIED!

By Karen Katiyo, 2nd Year Law Student During your Law degree, it is inevitable that you will realise that the competition is fierce. There will be some who have been working towards becoming a Solicitor or Barrister since their GCSE’s.

It is important that you are at the top of your game, not only in your final year, but during your entire course, should you decide to go down the legal profession route and be successful.

Secondly, I was deeply focusing on my academic writing and analytical abilities. The project taught me to be precise, focused and clear. For example, I had to sum up a 50 page case into a 150 words summary before a set deadline. Even though I struggled with some judgments due to their complexity, Dr Dagilytė was very helpful by explaining and giving tips on reading judgments, summarising cases, article and other relevant sources.

Also, I gained a broader awareness and understanding of issues related to sports law - a subject that gets a huge attention lately by academics and nonacademics. I expanded my knowledge in EU Law by reading further areas that we were not able to cover throughout the module. At the conference in September, I met practitioners and academics who helped me

It is therefore not surprising that the smallest things count. This will range from typos on your C.V, the way you dress to the extra mile you may go where the majority may not. To that, I successfully completed my Westlaw Basic Certification course, and I am working to gain the Advanced Certification next.

This was recommended to us during the first semester of first year by the Cambridge Law Librarian. It was not

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until I began to seriously think about work placements and vacation schemes this year that it struck me how valuable a skill it would be to tag as one of my accomplishments.

On Wednesday 9 November, the annual Gepp and Sons Solicitors Legal Debate was held at our University’s Chelmsford campus.

This is a competition for sixth formers of local schools to debate a topical issue. This year’s motion was ‘This house would abolish the doctrine of joint enterprise’.

Participants from eight local schools argued either for or against the motion, and the best two teams went through to a final where they presented a plea in mitigation on behalf of a fictional client who had been convicted of an offence.

It does not have to be Westlaw. Join the National Association of Licensed Paralegals, complete the relevant optional modules and graduate both with an LLB and a paralegal qualification. The university has partnered with NALP to make this easier for you. A quick trip to the faculty administration office will give you all the information you need. How impressive would that be?

Once again the standard of the debates was high. The teams from King Edward VI Grammar School and the Chelmsford County High School for Girls made it through to the final, which was won by King Edward VI Grammar School. Well done to them and to all the participants, who had to speak in our largest lecture theatres in front of a large audience and who all managed this with confidence.

There are so many things you can do to show prospective employers that you care about what you do, are passionate about your future and are willing to push just that much more than the next person. It just takes commitment. Which, if you have undertaken a Law degree, should be your bread and butter anyway!

That being said do make the best of what is out there and do not forget to enjoy yourself!

Gepp and Sons always extend the invitation to the debate to our Law students and a number attended this year. They all enjoyed the event and were impressed with the level of debate on show. We were also invited to have a law stand at the event, where students and staff were on hand to talk to the sixth formers about University life, and a law degree in particular.

Gepp and Sons LLP Legal Debate: Chelmsford

By Michelle McCanna*

We are grateful to the students who helped us with this stand and spoke to the sixth formers and their parents; they were great ambassadors for Anglia Law School.

We look forward to hosting the event again next year.

For more information about the Gepps’ debate, visit: https://www.geppandsons.co.uk/schools-legal-debate *Michelle is a Senior Lecturer at the Chelmsford Campus of the Anglia Law School, CILEx Course Leader and the LLM Legal Practice Course Leader

Left to right - Michelle McCanna, senior lecturer ALS, Joel Tyson, Gbemisola Esan, Abi Imadiyi, Nicola Ndanga, Aziza Hussein, Anika Ali

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The 5th Forum on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva

Many thanks to Abi Dickinson, the Volunteering Coordinator for the Students Union and members of the Anglian Students Law Society.

Helga Hejny, a Law Lecturer with the Anglia Law School (left), attended the 5th Forum on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva which focused in particular on the implementation of the "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights".

Helga has published an article titled " Age discrimination in financial service: the United Kingdom base" on the ejournal of Labour Law and Comparative Studies.

Abbi (From left) Kariyawasam Sade Alaka (1st year Law Student), Sarah- Jane (President of the Anglia Law Society), Professor Rohan Kariyawasam and Ewa (3rd year Law Student)

This article followed a paper presented at the Fifth international conference on precarious work and vulnerable workers, hosted by Middlesex University in collaboration with Adapt (Bergamo).

Assessment Centre for Law Students

By Hameeda Hussani, 3rd year law student On 27th October, the Employability Service organised an Assessment Centre for Law Students where solicitors from four different firms (Birketts, Pretty’s, Woodfines and Miller Sands) came to help with mock interviews and group projects.

Advent Calendar – Anglia Law Society and Students Union From the 15th November to the 16th December 2016, the Students' Union and the Law Society in Cambridge collected items as part of a reverse advent calendar.

The first part of the event required students to prioritise different tasks that might occur on a work place in a law firm. This task was very important because it required a critical and analytical thinking.

The idea was to give something small like a tin or packet of food each day. At the end of the event, the collected donations were distributed to local food banks and homeless charities in Cambridge.

Secondly, a mock interview was organised, providing students with the opportunity to experience a real-life interview. The session was a 15 minutes one-to-one interview with a practitioner from a particular firm. This mock interview provided one of the most essential experiences we all need as law students. Hence, the

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necessary skills required on interviews at law firms were taught to us. Interview skills are vital for every student who wants to pursue a legal career.

As a result of attending the mock interview, I know what employers are looking for. For example, it is always important when talking about your experiences to give examples from where you gained the skills. This puts you in a better place to get the job and helps the employer to get a clear picture of your skills not just where you worked and what you did.

The event followed a group task that gave us the chance to participate in a group discussion while being assessed by solicitors. It showed us the importance of working as a group and gave us skills to become good team players or leaders. As a student, we should take every opportunity that is out there, especially opportunities that take us closer to our future goals because we never know what will be the outcome. Therefore, it is crucial to always chase your goals and have confidence on your abilities.

Never be afraid to ask for opportunities. At the end of this interview, I asked the interviewer if they could take my CV but they were not allowed. Although, the solicitor gave me a business card. I approached soon after the interview and got a work-experience placement with Pretty’s solicitors. I was also awarded a certificate of achievement for top performing student for one-to-one interview. I found it extremely helpful both the group task, one-to-one interview and particularly the written feedback. Therefore, I would recommend it to everyone.

Every firm, that interviews a candidate, is looking for a set of skills. The solicitors who interviewed us raised a very important question, namely that: “Can this person be trusted to go with a client on 12 hours’ train journey”.

This is what every organisation is looking for. Therefore, in order to establish to employers that you are a trusted candidate, it is very important having a variety of different experiences and stories to tell.

Guest Lecture Series ‘A successful practice in International Administrative Law.’

However, to be a lawyer, it is compulsory to carry out legal work experience. Otherwise, how would you convince the employer that you are keen, enthusiastic and motivated about law? Voluntary work is another key skill that an employer is looking for as this shows your commitment about your career and your contribution to the community. For example, through charitable and voluntary work, they can see your personality.

Mr Lee Marler is an English barrister with an international practice. He is the Lead Counsel & Co-Head of Chambers at Bretton Woods Law He is an expert organisations law

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in international and defending

companies and individuals accused of sanctionable practices (i.e., fraud, corruption, collusion or coercion) by the World Bank Group and the other Multilateral Development Banks.

most of the platforms we have been given at university, discussing how we can do that most efficiently.

Being able to put our thoughts on paper, or in today’s world, with the help of computer keyboard, seems fairly straightforward, but it’s not as easy as first thought.

He has worked as a lawyer for the United Nations (UNRWA), the European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (EBRD) and the World Bank Group. A very interesting talk took place to academics and students followed by a buffet and informal discussion afterwards.

Dr Egla Dagilyte opening the evening.

Visit the Guest Lecture Portal at: https://myplayer.anglia.ac.uk/Browse/Category/24

The Blogging event taught me that not everything could be written in an academic format, with an academic mindset, sometimes you just have to take a breath and perhaps simply bullet-point and build on your thoughts later.

Blogging and employability evening with Rebecca Morgan, Author of Lawyer In The Making

Rebecca Morgan gave us all a very clear message that being one’s most authentic self is quite possibly the best way forward when it comes to getting a job or starting a blog. I found the blogging event to be astonishingly powerful. It was wonderfully thoughtprovoking, because I began to think about how I could effectively and successfully pursue the desired career.

By Ryker Christmas (Third Year Law Student) On 25 October 2016, the Anglia Ruskin Law Society and Anglia Law School, with the leadership of Dr Eglė Dagilytė, held a blogging event ‘#BlogginStudents Ryker Christmas and employability: what’s the link?’ Our guest speaker’ Rebecca Morgan, came to our Cambridge campus to talk to not only those wishing to become a lawyer or work in the legal sector, but anyone who felt that they would be interested in starting a blog, including students who weren’t doing a law degree (business and media studies).

(from 2nd right: Rebecca Morgan)

At the event, Miss Morgan talked about the incredible success that she has gained through her blog www.lawyerinthemaking.co.uk. Not only was she thoroughly welcoming and relatable, she displayed her business savviness and desire for us to make the

Simply put, the collaborative blogging event was as successful as Miss Morgan herself. The Law Society is grateful for her taking the time to impart her wisdom and advice to us.

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The event updates are available on Twitter under the hashtag #BloggingStudents The Storify collection of Twitter feeds is available here: http://bit.ly/2fogaT9 You can also read about the event on Rebecca Morgan’s blog: http://lawyerinthemaking.co.uk/author/rebecca_mor gan/page/2/

autonomy: ‘what is at stake here is the intellectual and strategic heart of EU sports law’.

The other topics discussed during the conference included the ongoing players’ challenge to the FIFA transfer system; the FIFA intermediary regulations and jurisprudence of FIFA DRC and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Beijing conference on fair use in the digital domain

FFP Regulations – Wembley Conference

By Professor Rohan Kariyawasam, Research Convenor at Anglia Law School

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The conference included experts from over 150 professional clubs and associations and some of the most prominent sports lawyers and industry professionals working in football today.

In late September 2016, Anglia Ruskin Law School with its project partners Peking University Law School and Xi'an Jiaotong University Law School organised a public conference in Beijing, China on the fair use of copyright in the digital domain. The fair use project started in January 2016 with funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Newton Fund and the AHRC Centre for Digital Copyright and IP Research based at the University of Nottingham's Ningbo campus in China.

In his contribution Tom debated with other panel members and addressed the ‘break-even’ rule of the FFP Regulations from the perspective of EU competition law.

All tickets for the conference were taken a week before the conference and lawyers, students, academics, companies, judges, and regulators attended the full day session discussing all aspects of fair use provision under current and planned Chinese copyright law.

Professor Kariyawasam (left), Jude Zhiang Zhipei (ex-Chief Judge of the IP Tribunal, China's Supreme People's Court), Professor Ma Zhiguo Xi'an Jiatong University Law School

Tom made the point that the break-even rule is the outcome of three way negotiations between a regulator (UEFA) not entirely confident of its standing when in opposition to the financial interests (and talk of breakaway leagues) of the elite clubs who make up the European Club Association (who gain most from the break-even rule); and the European Commission, not overly confident of its standing (under an ambiguous European Union sporting competence) when it comes to regulating UEFA. In Tom’s view any ruling the Court of Justice of the EU may make on Financial Fair Play has rightly been described by Weatherill as an acid test of the latitude to be given to sports governing bodies and the extent of the deference the courts are willing to extend to sporting

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Professor Rohan Kariyawasam, Research Convenor at Anglia Law School and Principal Investigator for the fair use project, explained to conference delegates the concept of "fair use" with a reference to the views of the Max Planck Institute, arguing that copyright exceptions and limitations are the most important legal mechanisms to balance personal interests of copyright owners with that of the public interest.

legislation on fair use via charts, which coincides with the legislation model on fair use proposed by Prof.

Zhang Ping. Zhang Ping noted that the legislation model on fair use can be divided into open factors and closed rules. For the former, there is no definite boundary in fair use with only several factors stipulated, but these factors are merely explanatory but not exhaustive. For the latter, the scope of fair use is clear but does not include all the scenarios in practical use.

According to Prof. Ma Zhiguo from the School of Law of Xi'an Jiaotong University, copyright policy protects a country's economic, cultural and industrial interests, and countries with different levels of economic, cultural and technological development should employ different level of copyright protection, and customize copyright policies in accordance with national conditions.

Prof. Kariyawasam, argued that fair use strives to strike a balance between the interests of copyright owners and the interests of those who use copyrighted contents in research, personal studies, news interviews, parody, and other public activities. The methods used to regulate fair use differ widely between different jurisdictions from the more liberal fair use regime in the United States to that used in European civil law countries, such as France and in Germany.

As for the basic concept of fair use, Prof. Zhang Ping of Peking University Law School explained that fair use is the most important element in copyright limitations and exceptions. It serves under the Chinese Copyright Law as a weight that balances benefits between all parties of a work including authors, disseminators and users, and functions as a measurement scale in confirming the boundary of copyright protection. The stipulation of fair use is intended to encourage dissemination and recreation. Under certain conditions, China's laws allow the use of copyrighted works by other people with neither permission of the copyright owner or the need to pay remuneration to the copyright owner. She argued that principle of fair use is "the hardest to be applied" throughout Chinese Copyright Law.

The conference debated a wide range of issues, including whether the role of judges in deciding on the use of fair use could be automated (the concept of a 'judge on a chip') in the way that Youtube, for example, might automatically screen content for copyright infringement, and whether the law should now be updated to take account of the rise of user generated content and transformative use/derivative works, where creators are designing and building new works on the back of existing content owned by rights owners. This is particularly evident in on-line video and music remix sectors. Should these creators pay for the use of such content or should such works be classed as transformative and be granted a fair use exception?

Professor Zhang Ping, Peking University Law School and Director Peking Law School IP Academy and Prof. Kariyawasam showcased the two directions of rulemaking that countries have adopted in the

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UKLSA National Mooting Competition

Judges from regional courts and also those who were once also active on China's supreme court also spoke at the conference informing the debate on the judicial

By Hameeda Hussani, Head of Mooting Society.

The winners of National Mooting competition for the first round against University of East Anglia are Meriam Altaf and Hameeda Hussani.

It was a remarkable opportunity for both, Meriam and I, to take part in this Mooting competition.

The moot question was based on Immigration law involving a foreign criminal to be deported to Jamaica. It was a very hard and challenging area of law to moot on but we have done amazingly well by working as a team, researching thoroughly and examining the case from all possible angels.

Some Members of the fair use project team and conference panelists

process of determining fair use and the complexities of presenting evidence for trial.

Since starting over a year ago, the fair use project has conducted intensive field research in China with one-line and telephone based surveys, face-to-face interviews, and desk-based research. This high level of empirical work, the first research of its kind done on the fair use of copyright in the digital domain in China, is expected to lead to a list of recommendations for changes to the draft third revision to the Chinese Copyright Act in 2017.

When wearing the gown and standing in the court room, I felt “YES� I can do it. I felt like a barrister rather than a student. I simply thought I am acting for the Home Office, and we really want to deport the foreign criminal.

Thus, the law should be followed, he should be deported, and so we just tried to convince the court.

Such recommendations will ultimately help with the process of China moving from 'made in China' to 'created in China', which will have not only important implications for creators in China, but in China's increasing trade in digital products with the rest of the world.

As a law student, we all need to do some extra-curricular activities alongside our studies, to make most of university life. It can be sport, socialising or other activities? Mooting can be one of the most valuable activities that a law student can participate in. It is one of the best ways to challenge a situation and to challenge yourself, especially at this time of the year when you have a line of tasks to finish.

In producing this article, we are grateful to Wang Junmei's conference report on the Beijing fair use conference. For more information on the fair use project, see here Fair Use project.

I believe it is nerve breaking and hard for those students who have not mooted before, but mooting skills can be acquired with a little effort and experience, and once you have, you will find mooting to be a worthwhile and very rewarding pastime. Therefore, it will place you in a good position to achieve your future career, not

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Dr Dagilytė discusses European workers' cross-border solidarity in Ireland

necessarily as a lawyer but as a confident person. As a personal experience, I think mooting is not a matter of having a weaker point or stronger point to argue, it is about you as a person, how you argue your point of view. Mooting is about making the weak point stronger by putting more emphasis and emotions into your submissions.

Dr Eglė Dagilytė, Senior Lecturer in Law, delivered a paper at the Conference ‘The EU Social Market Economy: Challenges and Opportunities’, hosted by Maynooth University Department of Law. She was delighted to be invited to share her research on European Union solidarity, alongside other prominent scholars, including Prof Dagmar Schiek and Prof Sybe De Vries.

Secondly, always research and think about what the other party is arguing, this makes your submissions stronger and gives you the opportunity rebutting the other parties’ submissions.

My advice for all law students would be that it is one of the most astonishing and wonderful experiences that you could have from your undergraduate education. So take a time out of your studies and travel this amazing journey. Our journey continued as we beat Hertfordshire University in the second round.

Eglė’s talk was built around the legal arguments raised by the Viking Line and Laval cases on the protection of social rights between posted and local workers and their trade unions. She questioned how such conflicts of national trade union law and EU internal market law may impact on trans-national workers’ solidarity, and in turn - on European integration itself.

Interim Joint Heads Appointment

Andrew Gilbert

Dr Dagilytė explored the concept of organic European solidarity; the idea that social cohesion is formed because of the complex differentiated individual roles in the society, not because of what the Court of Justice or the European legislators say that European solidarity should be. In this line of reasoning, transnational solidarity is formed because of social forces, not because of law: law only confirms the organic solidarity that grants legitimacy to legal norms.

Julia Ramsay

Whilst the Faculty is undertaking the appointment of a permanent Head of the Law School, Julia Ramsay and Andrew Gilbert, both Principal Lecturers and current Deputy Heads of the Law School, have been appointed as interim Joint Heads of the Law School.

Julia’s remit in addition to her DHOD role, involves responsibility for Operations, Resources and Staffing.

Andrew in addition to his DHOD role will undertake responsibility for Curriculum and learning and teaching monitoring, outreach and recruitment.

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The event highlights can be viewed on Twitter: #MUsocmkt

Going for a doctoral degree at Anglia Ruskin University, has indeed been intellectually intense, character forming and boundary breaking. Be prepared to be pushed and challenged by well qualified and engaging supervisors all the way to achieving this most prestigious of awards.

New Publication: In December 2016 Dr Leonardo Valladares Pacheco de Oliveira published an article entitled ‘The English law approach to arbitrability of disputes’ in the International Arbitration Law Review.

Anglia Law School Academic appointed to Advisory Group to Reform the Law of Secured Transactions Iyare Otabor-Olubor, Lecturer in Law at Anglia Law School, has been appointed to the Advisory Group on the new Secured Transactions Code. This Group was set up by the Financial Law Committee of The City of London Law Society to consider the current state of the law concerning secured transactions in England and the possibility of codifying it.

The article analyses the arbitrability of disputes in English law through the lens of the Arbitration Act 1996 and the case law regarding specific subjects in which the issue has been raised.

The study demonstrates that there is a confusion regarding the definition of arbitrability and argues that its application under English law needs clarification. The article’s full citation is Leonardo V.P. de Oliveira, ‘The English law approach to arbitrability of disputes’ (2016) 19(6), International Arbitration Law Review, 155-167.

The Advisory Group is made up of experienced academics in secured transactions law, representative of the banking industry, and prominent legal practitioners with vast experience in financial law. The Advisory Group is chaired by Richard Calnan, a practitioner noted for his eminent work as an author on secured transactions.

The PhD journey at Anglia Ruskin University

By Emmanuel Obikwu Law Ph.D. Candidate Anglia Ruskin University [completion date 2018]

The Secured Transactions Code, if enacted, would be the first ever legislation in England to codify this area of law.

The work of the Advisory Group will be to consider the feasibility of having a single code to modernise and provide consistency and transparency in the way secured transactions are carried out in England. Secured transactions are primarily used in financial agreements as a device to provide creditors with adequate security over the property of their debtors. The Advisory Group is in collaboration with the UK Secured Transactions Law Reform Project headed by Professor Louise Gullifer.

It is indeed a journey pursuing doctoral research in this this university. Ranging from the groundings in Research Methods and other compulsory courses for Ph.D. researchers, to brain storming and critical sessions with supervisors, in the quest for originality and ground breaking scholarship.

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Jane commented at the end ‘I thought standard of presentation skills was very high and great thought had been given to their arguments. I was immensely impressed that level 9 children could produce such good work’.

Symposium to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. This took place in January 2017 with inter-departmental collaboration between Jane Martin, Senior Law Lecturer and Dr Sean Laing Senior History Lecturer. (left)

Book Publication Dr Andrew Gilbert, Acting (Joint) Head of the Law School, has received a contract from Hart/Bloomsbury to publish his reworked thesis. 'British Conservatism and the Legal Regulation of Intimate Adult

The organisation of the event was by Mike Levy and Lesley Ford of Keystage Arts and Heritage and the logistics by Miriam Berg. The school children came from St Bede’s School Cambridge, a local secondary school.

Relationships'

PhD Success

The theme of the session was ‘Can There be Justice after Genocide?’ and after a short introduction to the question by Dr Laing and to the setting up of the Nuremberg Trial, the students embarked on a Moot format on the case of Oskar Groening, who worked as a book-keeper at Auschwitz (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe32336353). They divided into groups to consider points for and against a charge of accessory to murder.

Congratulations to Helga who has passed her viva with very minor corrections. Her thesis, entitled ‘Age discrimination in financial services. A comparative study between UK, Italy and Austria’, was examined by Professor Trevor Buck (De Montfort University, Leicester) and Dr Maureen Spencer (Middlesex University, London).

Jane Martin (left) acted as the Judge and listened to the arguments, posed questions, and made a judgement on who had presented the stronger case and therefore whether or not the case should proceed to trial - a decision on the principle rather than on the facts of whether or not he is guilty.

Both examiners commented how much they enjoyed the thesis and congratulated Helga for her thesis defence.

Helga wishes to thank everyone for their support.

The Anglia Law School Newsletter has been compiled by Graham Humby with contributions from law students, law staff and members of the Faculty. Special thanks to Will Smythe for technical support and Jane Martin for proof reading. All publications are at the discretion of the Faculty. Any queries should be directed to graham.humby@anglia.ac.uk This Newsletter is for internal publication only.

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