Over Spring, the CJLD has held a number of events - both physically and virtually

Katie Smith Publicity Representative CJLD

At the end of February, our ‘Bowling, Beer and Burgers’ event was a fun (and somewhat competitive) event! In March, we held a Wine Tasting event at Cambridge Wine Merchants that was attended by over 25 members. Attendees got the chance to sample and learn about the wines stocked at the store, alongside the opportunity to network. Following lockdown, we moved our events to an online platform. This included a virtual ‘Quarantine Quiz’ hosted by our sponsor, Wesleyan. As a result of this fundraising event, we were able to donate £150 to the NHS Charities Together campaign.

Looking forward, we plan to hold a virtual cocktail making class in July before taking a break in August, resuming in September with an event for the ‘newly qualified’ amongst us as they embark on life as real solicitors. With the likelihood being that most of us will still be working from home come September, it’s fair to say that most newly qualified solicitors will not have envisaged beginning their careers in this way and may face a number of challenges as a result.

Sadly, we will not be running our regular Summer Ball this year, in conjunction with Cambridge Young Professionals Group. However, all being well, we look forward to resuming our monthly social calendar sometime in the Autumn.

CJLD events create opportunities to make friends and have fun by bringing together junior lawyers, young legal professionals, and students. If you are a Trainee, Legal Executive, Paralegal, NQ or Law student in Cambridgeshire we hope you will join us. If you would like to find out more about the CJLD or wish to become a member, please do not hesitate to contact us at cambsjld@ gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you at our events soon.

For detailed updates of upcoming events, please visit our website at cambsjld.org, or check out our social media: Twitter: @CambsJLD Facebook: cambsjld LinkedIn: Cambridgeshire Junior Lawyers Division Instagram:@cambsjld.

In association with Appleyard Lees

Members are invited to attend a free webinar on “Pre-empting intellectual property disputes in commercial contracts – a view from an IP litigator” on Thursday 17th September at 4.30pm. The webinar will be delivered by Chris Hoole, Senior Associate at Appleyard Lees, a dual qualified solicitor and chartered trade mark attorney.

The webinar will cover the following key points and there will be a Q&A:

A brief overview of IP ownership

A summary of the important questions to consider when dealing with IP rights

Views on key contractual provisions This webinar is primarily aimed at commercial litigators, commercial lawyers, intellectual property practitioners and those that advise on IP issues.

If you would like to attend please RSVP to admin@cambslaw.com and Zoom details will be circulated.

We hope you will be able to join us.