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Head over to our Instagram tomorrow from 7-8pm to ask the Vice Chairperson and Treasurer any general questions you may h...
02/03/2021

Head over to our Instagram tomorrow from 7-8pm to ask the Vice Chairperson and Treasurer any general questions you may have!

26/02/2021

Applications for Committee roles are now open for nominations!

If you are interested in applying, watch these videos from the current LULS Committee.

If you have any questions or queries about the role, please feel free to email them / message them on social media

Chairperson - Sarah (se170)
Vice Chairperson - Pedram (pba5)
Secretary - Ana (aok7)
Treasurer - Rayan (rac55)
Competitions Officer - Nicol (nklb1)
Competitions Officer - Brittny (bnay1)
Master of Moots - Fraser (fb176)
Master of Moots - Paul (pmn10)
Mock Trial Officer - Kim (kfmc3)
Publicity Officer - Megan (mjd71)
Solicitors’ Representative - Rob (rri1)
Barristers’ Representative - Kenza (ka292)
International and Welfare Officer - Joyce (jgk7)
Director of Commercial Awareness - Taylor (tlm17)
Sports Officer - Sam (sw531)
Events Coordinator - Sona (sss53)
Non-law Director - Jake (jsn21)
Academic and Diversity Officer - Chloe (csni1)

Monday 22/02/2021 (Midday) – Nominations Open
Friday 12/03/2021 (Midday) – Nominations Close
Monday 15/03/2021 (Midday) – Voting Opens
Monday 22/03/2021 (Midday) – Voting Closes
Tuesday 23/03/2021 - Results counted and sent to Election Coordinators
Friday 26/03/2021 – The Activities & Volunteering Team contacts every new Committee Member

Your 2020/2021 Committee ❤️

🎓 Areas of Law 🎓⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Information from All About Law .about.law⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣Overview 😃⁣After the 2007-08 financial c...
04/02/2021

🎓 Areas of Law 🎓⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Overview 😃⁣
After the 2007-08 financial crisis (aka ‘The Recession’!) the financial markets has become increasingly regulated. As a result, lawyers specialising in financial markets are now in demand as the financial sector gets to grips with its transformed world.⁣
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Why is it important? What does it involve? 😃⁣
Financial markets law is vast and covers asset finance, banking, capital markets, commodity and energy trading, financial services and market regulation, funds finance, Islamic finance, private funds, restructuring and insolvency, and retail structured products.⁣
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A top financial markets lawyer will look for new approaches to traditional products and will essentially act as a business adviser to their clients, so an ability to analyse and predict future market trends is an absolute must.⁣
A financial markets lawyer must have an abundance of communication skills and an ability to convey complicated information in a straightforward manner.⁣
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Break it down for me a little bit! 😃⁣
Asset management involves liaising and advising with clients who have shares in a company, property investments, bonds and foreign exchange products. A lot of money is involved in asset management, so lawyers need to make sure their clients toe the line whilst making as much money as possible.⁣
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Other areas will see a lawyer act for financial institutions and corporates, advising them on the regulation changes and understanding the clients’ position, having previous transactional experience and the ability to understand new regulation is a huge advantage. Commercial awareness, therefore, needs to be top-notch!⁣
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Speaking of regulation, financial services and market regulation would involve work for brokerage houses, investment exchanges, investment banks, commodity traders and other financial institutions. A financial markets lawyer would advise clients on the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, strategic regulatory issues, investigations, disputes and disciplinary matters, derivatives and commodity trading and documentation.⁣
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Find the link to the information in our bio! 📚⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

The link to spectate is on linktree!
29/01/2021

The link to spectate is on linktree!

🎓 Areas of Law 🎓⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Information from All About Law .about.law⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣ ⁣Overview 😁⁣White collar crime doesn’t just b...
27/01/2021

🎓 Areas of Law 🎓⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Overview 😁⁣
White collar crime doesn’t just boil down to a murder mystery involving a suit. Rather, white collar crime is non-violent and refers to financial crimes such as fraud, bribery, embezzlement and money laundering, that are committed by businesses and governments.⁣
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What Does It Involve? 😁⁣
Lawyers who specialise in white-collar crime will see themselves defending clients through an investigation, including civil and criminal litigation. Clients typically range from large corporations and banks, to individuals prominent in business and politics.⁣
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Lawyers will need to be in-the-know about regulations affecting these types of organisations, as well as having a vast and in-depth knowledge surrounding the business operations of their clients. Only then can they come up with strategies and resolutions.⁣
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Lawyers in this area can offer their clients top-notch legal advice on how to comply with complex governmental legislation and with investigations carried out by enforcement agencies. Lawyers will assist the client in resolving critical concerns, which can include disclosing potentially jeopardising findings or waiving privileges. Obviously, the main aim is always to resolve issues before charges are brought and to avoid future liability.⁣
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Break It Down For Me A Little Bit 😁⁣
White collar crime is the term associated with a range of different crimes.⁣
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Fraud boils down to deceiving someone for monetary gain. A common type of white-collar fraud is securities fraud, which comes in all shapes and sizes. However, ‘insider trading’ is where someone with a nugget of confidential inside knowledge about a company (such as upcoming earnings) trades on that information. Therefore, if an earnings report is set to hurt the company and an executive sells their stocks before this is made public, this would be securities fraud. Another type of white-collar fraud is where someone or a company gains money based on knowingly false information, such as prospects or finances.⁣
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Embezzlement is where money is improperly taken from someone whom you owe some type of duty. Lawyers who imp

25/01/2021

HSF Campus Ambassador ⁣
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HSF are currently recruiting new campus ambassadors to represent their firm on campus!⁣
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Your role will include managing a social media, keeping up with events, representing HSF on your campus and support HSF with events at your university! ⁣
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For more information about the role, feel free to contact the University of Leicester’s current HSF campus ambassador! ⁣
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Applications are now open and will close on the 31st January 2021!⁣
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Apply now using the link in our bio!⁣
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Your 2020/2021 Committee ❤️

If you’re a first-year undergraduate at university, and come from an ethnic background, have a disability or come from a...
23/01/2021

If you’re a first-year undergraduate at university, and come from an ethnic background, have a disability or come from a lower-socio economic background, then the award-winning Early Diversity Internship Programme will give you a taster of what life on the Fast Stream is like. If you’re in your last two years of university, and you come from any of the above backgrounds, then apply for our multi-award-winning Summer Diversity Internship Programme. ⁣
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We would love for you to join us to help build an even more diverse, inclusive and Brilliant Civil Service!⁣
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For more information and to check your eligibility, please visit their website which is linked in our bio!

The Civil Service Fast Stream is the fastest way to real leadership. Choose from 15 different schemes and get involved i...
20/01/2021

The Civil Service Fast Stream is the fastest way to real leadership. Choose from 15 different schemes and get involved in challenging, fast-paced work that makes a difference to the whole of society. Whether you want to build a career working on some of the world’s biggest issues as a diplomat, use your technical skills to create content for government websites as a digital, data and technology expert, or want to flex your people skills as a human resource professional, the Fast Stream has a scheme for you! ⁣
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For a full list of schemes, please visit their website linked in our bio! ⁣
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To register your interest and to be notified of when applications open, please send an email to [email protected]

🎓 Areas of Law 🎓⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Information from All About Law .about.law⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣What does it involve? 😃⁣Islamic banking has gr...
20/01/2021

🎓 Areas of Law 🎓⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Information from All About Law .about.law⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣
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What does it involve? 😃⁣
Islamic banking has grown significantly in recent years, particularly since the banking crisis in 2008, and consequently, the area of Islamic Finance Law has too. It is the role of lawyers who operate within this area to ensure that the financial transactions of their clients comply with Shari’a - often termed ‘Shari’a Law’.  Shari’a is the body of law derived from the Quran and from secondary religious sources known as the ‘Hadith’. What is unique about Shari’a jurisprudence is that it is not confined to a specific country or state. As it is a body of law drawn from religion, it resides within the individual as religious faith does; a Muslim is expected to abide by Shari’a wherever he or she lives in the world. So, with 1.6 billion Muslims trading and travelling around the world, that’s a lot of potential clients!⁣
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What does it involve? 😃⁣
Lawyers must look at transactions from all angles, identify a potential conflict of other laws with Shari’a, and write or rewrite contracts so that they are compliant. They must use their expertise in typical financial transactions and combine it with in-depth knowledge of Islamic financial practice.⁣
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What are the skills I need? 😃⁣
The types of law that an Islamic Finance Lawyer uses within their practice are Capital Markets, Commercial, Contract and Civil. You need to have a broad knowledge of commercial law and then specialise in Islamic finance. In terms of qualities, it is especially important to have the ability to think innovatively and laterally. Many of the challenges faced will be new ones. It is also important to be a self-teacher and to have an open mind because moral judgements upon practices that do not align with your own must remain at the side.⁣
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Find the link to the information in our bio! 📚⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Your 2020/2021 Committee ❤

Sign up to our LAST mooting competition available this academic year using the link in bio. For more info on the competi...
16/01/2021

Sign up to our LAST mooting competition available this academic year using the link in bio. For more info on the competition and how it will be run, also see the 'ELSA x LULS Moot Information' document linked in bio.

Before signing up, make sure you are available all day on Friday 5th February.

Link is in our linktree on our Instagram!

If you think a career in commercial law might be for you, and are keen to find out more, then A&O First is a great place...
16/01/2021

If you think a career in commercial law might be for you, and are keen to find out more, then A&O First is a great place to start. The scheme offers a packed schedule full of insights and exposure to the work we do through various presentations, skills sessions, social events and networking opportunities.⁣
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It’s a great way to build your network at A&O and develop the skills we are looking for in lawyers of the future.⁣
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Following completion of the scheme you can be fast-tracked to interview for either a Vacation Scheme or a Training Contract at the firm. ⁣
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Students in their first year of a three year course or second year of a four year course, from any degree discipline.⁣
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Application window:⁣
11 January-11 February 2021.⁣
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To apply or find out more use the link in our bio! ⁣
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Your 2020/2021 Committee ❤️

Join us on the 20th January to hear from the Civil Service Fast Stream about what their role entails and an exciting upc...
15/01/2021

Join us on the 20th January to hear from the Civil Service Fast Stream about what their role entails and an exciting upcoming event!

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