President’s Review

INTRODUCTION

President’s Review

JUNE 2022

What a fantastic few months it has been!

The Committee have continued to work tirelessly on promoting HILS, engaging new committee members and organising events.

The 3 main events which have taken place since our last magazine – The Quiz, The Law Society Presidential Visit and the HILS Annual Dinner.

The Quiz took place on 31 March 2022 at The Grand Café in Southampton. It was a very good turnout and a nicely competitive affair. The food was excellent and a good time was had by all. We also raised over £200 for our charity – Jacksplace so well done and thank you to everyone that supported this event.

The Law Society Presidential Visit was on 03 May 2022 and involved seminars at Farnborough Sixth Form College, Winchester University and Southampton University. The events were open to everyone and anyone and each contained an insightful speech in to the challenges faced by people who want to enter the legal profession and the work that the National Law Society is undertaking to try and facilitate better and easier access. All 3 locations were well attended and some very useful interchanges of ideas took place.

Finally the HILS Annual Dinner which was held on Thursday 26 May 2022 at The Hilton Ageas Bowl. We had an amazing speaker – Ann Daniels who is a polar explorer and expeditionist and her stories were both awe-inspiring and shocking in equal measure. The evening was sponsored by Barclays, Index Property Information and No.18 Chambers and we are exceptionally grateful to them for their support and attendance. It was a wonderful evening with much hilarity from the heads and tails game to the magician to the photo booth to the limerick competition and raffle. I am delighted that we were able to raise £1,250.00 for our charity – Jacksplace and just as delighted that everyone seems to have had a fantastic evening. It truly was a pleasure to see everyone back out there in person, all dressed up and having a good time. Thank you to everyone that helped make it a memorable event for all the right reasons.

I continue to work hard on our social media engagement and am pleased to say we are seeing very positive results particularly on Linked In. Please do connect and share with others in the legal fields so we can reach a wide and varied audience.

Once again I thank the committee who all volunteer and are busy working hard to plan for more events in the year. If you have any interest in joining the committee or any ideas for other types of events, lectures or seminars then please get in touch. ■

Mo Aldridge

Mo Aldridge

President

Hampshire Law Society