Ben Madigan Preparatory School
Former Pupils’ News CLAIRE ARCHBOLD
Former pupil, Claire Archbold, returned to School to lead a discussion on career opportunities in government service for law graduates. She also, generously donated a number of books on aspects of the law to the school library. Claire has had a distinguished career as an academic, barrister and senior government legal adviser.
ALISTER BURNS
Former pupil Alister Burns, who is presently a high ranking officer in the PSNI, returned to the Academy in September 2018 to lead an Alumni Seminar on the importance of the work undertaken by himself and his colleagues. Chief Inspector Burns, who had just returned from a briefing at the FBI’s Law Enforcement, Training and Research Centre at Quantico in Virginia, is now one of the leading figures in the PSNI’s programme to combat cybercrime. A group of sixth formers were privileged to be able to participate in a discussion on, what is now acknowledged to be, one of the most pernicious forms of criminal activity. This ranges from money laundering to terrorism. The PSNI, with three mobile laboratories, is one of the best equipped in Europe and, in liaison with MI5, enjoys an enviably high international reputation in this area of law enforcement.
REBECCA BURNS
Rebecca Burns left Belfast Royal Academy in June 2015 to study for her BSc Psychology in Queen’s University, Belfast. In her third year, Rebecca volunteered to take a full year’s paid
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