Exeter Law for Non-Law Society

In this week’s commercial rundown:
📜GSK rejects £50bn bid from Unilever
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📜US states convene to appeal decision on Facebook Antitrust Lawsuit

In this week’s legal rundown:
⚖️Trial of Prince Andrew to Proceed
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⚖️High Court rules government “VIP” PPE contracts unlawful

First LFNL commercial rundown of the year!
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In this week’s rundown:
📜Wall Street’s largest banks report record profits in 2021
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📜Ambani’s reliance strikes $98m deal for New York Mandarin Oriental Hotel

First LFNL Legal Rundown of the year!
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In this week’s rundown:
⚖️New ‘Hillsborough Law’ hopes to limit legal spending by public bodies at inquests
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⚖️First woman appointed Supreme Court Judge in Pakistan

Exeter Law for Non-Law Society updated their business hours.

Last LFNL commercial rundown of the year!
Happy New Year everyone! 🎆🎇
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In this week’s rundown:
📜Energy bills to soar 50% unless government intervenes
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📜British tourism lost an average of £200m per day during 2020-21

Last LFNL legal rundown of the year!
Happy New Year everyone! 🎆🎇
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In this week’s rundown:
⚖️Endo Pharmaceuticals pays Texas $63 million in opioid epidemic settlement
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⚖️Largest divorce settlement ever awarded in english court

LFNL presents the first commercial rundown of this academic year!
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓M&S sues Aldi over “copycat” Christmas gin
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🎓Cost of living: highest in 10 years

LFNL presents the first legal rundown of this academic year!
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓Linklaters: the latest firm to phase out ‘lockstep’
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🎓The cost of NHS prescriptions

Our sponsors Ashurst LLP have some exciting opportunities for undergraduates. While the deadline for their Winter Vacation Scheme has passed, there are still a plethora of experiences to be undertaken.

Their summer vacation scheme, held between Monday 20 June 2022 and Friday 8 July 2022, is a great way to gain crucial legal experience and an insight into the culture of the firm. The application deadline is 5th January 2022.

If you don't know much about the firm, Ashurst will be represented at the Legal Cheek Law Fair on 2nd December 2021. You can apply to attend via the link: https://www.legalcheek.com/uk-virtual-law-fair-series/. This may also be a useful insight prior to undertaking the application process.

Finally, at any point in time you can complete the Ashurst UK Virtual Experience Programme. This gives an insight into the life of a trainee at Ashurst, helps to develop your legal skillset and to sharpen your competitive edge. No experience or application is required, it is free and open to all. Modules include, Intellectual Property and Commercial Law, Projects, and Funds, Financing & Restructuring and Mergers and Acquisitions. Feel free to do the modules at your own pace. You can enrol here: https://www.theforage.com/show-firm-programs/hejWoF2gxrmdBqEHT/Ashurst-UK?utm_source=company_website&utm_medium=careers%20page&utm_creative=sharelink

SIGNATURES REQUIRED!

Hi everyone, we as a society are in the final stages of our guild affiliation and are looking to make the society official! This will mean that you will finally be able to be a member of the society and attend our upcoming academic events. To finalise our affiliation, we need signatures to demonstrate the interest in our society. To sign up, click the link below, sign into your Guild account and tick the box! https://www.exeterguild.org/activities/societies/newsociety/societyideas/

Thank you, we really appreciate it.

New Society Ideas - Students' Guild Click on a proposed society's name to find out more and register your interest. How does registering my interest work? A proposed society must have at least 25 registered interested members for their application to be considered. All society ideas which reach 25 interested members will be reviewed...

🌟 WE’RE HIRING! 🌟
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Swipe ➡️ to check out what roles are available.
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If any role catches your eye, please email a manifesto of 200-300 words to [email protected] by midday on the 29th June 👀
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We look forward to reading your manifestos!

⚡️LfNL presents its 19th Commercial Rundown⚡️
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Deliveroo Faces Backlash Amidst News of an Initial Public Offering.
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🎓 Elon Musk Has Permitted Tesla Cars To Be Purchased Using Bitcoin.
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🎓 Aerofarms Set To Be Publicly Listed Reinforcing Green Investing Boom.

🌟LfNL presents its 21st Legal Rundown🌟
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Irwin Mitchell Reports Smaller Gender Pay Gap.
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🎓 UK Patent and Copyright Law Reform Considered for Artificial Intelligence.
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🎓 Outrage over Findings from Facebook Guidelines Leak.

Our final event of the term is tonight. Please join us at 6:30pm to discuss joining the bar for non-law students. This event is in collaboration with QMUL Non-Law for Aspiring Lawyers Society and University of Birmingham’s Radcliffe Club.

To sign up, please use the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAtKvMwGgDIN-XJsPII2IVbAxZAsw8XF8rvPFUj8xop3sB1Q/viewform

⚡️LfNL presents its 18th Commercial Rundown⚡️
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Goldman Sachs Young Bankers Complain of 95-Hour Working Weeks and Inhumane Conditions.
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🎓 Legality of Mandatory Vaccine Policies Amidst Growing Availability.
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🎓 Government Proposes Plan to Make U.K. Fashion Firms Pay More towards Textile Recycling.

🌟LfNL presents its 20th Legal Rundown🌟
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Parliamentary Committee Calls for Greater Enforcement of Modern Slavery Legislation.
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🎓 New Crime Bill Faces Controversy.
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🎓 Supreme Court Voted that Carers are Not Entitled to Minimum Wage when they are Asleep.

Check out our final event of the term... 👉 Monday 22nd March, 6:30 pm on Zoom.

🌟 Exeter LfNL is delighted to have been invited to collaborate with Queen Mary’s UL Non-Law for Aspiring Lawyers Society and the University of Birmingham’s Radcliffe Club 🌟
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We look forward to joining them in welcoming Mani Basi (family law barrister of 4 Paper Buildings), Paul Clark (public, civil and international law barrister of Garden Court Chambers), and Beth Williams (outreach coordinator of Lincoln Inn) 🎓
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We hope this event will bring a fantastic insight into the Bar, and clarify the variety of opportunities for a career as a barrister from a non-law degree background.
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Please sign up by filling out the Google Form (which can be found on the event page) to access the Zoom link 💫
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We’d love to see lots of you there!

(Go check out insta page for further details on the speakers 👀)!

Here are our speakers for our Future Trainee Panel Talk. They will be discussing their path to conversion, vacation schemes and how to secure a training contract. Please come along on 18th March @ 7pm to gain an invaluable insight into applying to commercial law firms as a non-law student.

Sign up via this link: https://forms.gle/4SK5mYM6vNEUbyA29

⚡️LfNL presents its 17th Commercial Rundown⚡️
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Liberty Steel Seeks New Lender as Greensill Capital Collapses.
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🎓 Google Accuses Microsoft of ‘Naked Corporate Opportunism’ for Backing Congress Bill.
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🎓 Netflix Cracks Down on Password Sharing with New Feature.

🌟LfNL presents its 19th Legal Rundown🌟
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Reclaim These Streets Vigil Organisers Prepare High Court Appeal.
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🎓 Multiple Employment Claims Shoot Up as Covid Hits Working Conditions.
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🎓 Linklaters Adopts Afro-Textured Hair Code.

⚡️LfNL has an incredibly insightful event coming up next week... ⚡️
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‘The Non-Law Future Trainee Q & A’ 🎓
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Join us as we welcome the future trainees of Ashurst, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance and Hogan Lovells. All our speakers are from a non-law background and so can provide an incredible insight into how to be competitively advantageous from this perspective. The trainees will answer questions from work experience and securing vacation schemes, to selecting the right conversion course provider. This event is not to be missed if you’re seeking guidance on interviewing, assessment centres and gaining training contracts from those who have succeeded at all stages 💪
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Thursday 18th March - 7:00 pm on Zoom.
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If you’re interested in coming along, please see the event page & fill out this Google form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd401VEk1ckgYf0Y0fNhaKH7edHmws7Q5eT5iPkna1FopLhgQ/viewform - to access the Zoom link 👀
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We really hope you can join us!

🌟 LfNL has a fantastic event coming up this week... 🌟
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‘Litigation: In-House vs. Commercial Firm’ 🎓
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Join us to hear from leading professionals Nathan Wilmott, European Leader of Litigation & Investigations for BCLP, and Nick Wilcox, Legal Director of the BBC, as they talk all things litigation. They will also illustrate the differences between working in-house for a corporation like the BBC, and working for an international commercial firm, offering an invaluable insight on the differing paths a legal career can take 🙌
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Thursday 11th March - 7:00 pm on Zoom.
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If you’re interested in coming along, please see the event page & fill out this Google form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVBt-SgNy10UlFX6tYBgiecPwKSABTGcSQINbbWEj6YPwsdQ/viewform
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We’d love to see you there!

⚡️LfNL presents its 16th Commercial Rundown⚡️
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Commercial Snapshot of the Chancellor’s 2021 Budget.
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🎓 Amazon Opens First Checkout-Free Supermarket in U.K.
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🎓 Academics Face Battle Over Pension Scheme Deficit.

🌟LfNL presents its 18th Legal Rundown🌟
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Shamima Begum Loses Fight to Restore Citizenship and Right to Return to the U.K.
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🎓 Law Society President David Greene Resigns Over Alleged Misconduct.
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🎓 ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!’ - No Reform Needed for Human Rights Act.

💥 Zoom link for our event tonight at 7pm!💥
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‘Technology and Innovation in Law with Nicholas Brady, Associate of Technology Law at CMS’.
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Join us to discuss the growing role of tech in the legal sector and ask any questions 🎓
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Join Zoom Meeting
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💥 LfNL has another very exciting event coming up... 💥
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‘Technology and Innovation in Law with Nicholas Brady, Associate of Technology Law at CMS’.
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Join us to discuss the growing role of tech in the legal sector and ask any questions 🎓
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Thursday 4th March - 7:00 pm on Zoom.
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If you’re interested in coming along, please see the event page & fill out this Google Form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRej4uPN9zPVVNvS6KCRAmbd8v1z_bYwQTd8QHXwf73UCDCg/viewform?usp=sf_link
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We look forward to seeing you there!

⚡️LfNL presents its 15th Commercial Rundown⚡️
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In this week’s rundown:
🎓 Facebook and Google Declared to have a Duopoly by Watchdog CEO.
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🎓 Power Generation Company Vistra’s Financial Hit Following Texas Storm.
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🎓 ByteDance Agrees to $92 Million U.S. Privacy Settlement.