How our students contribute
Every LJMU student can work in the LAC through every stage of their degree if they choose our innovative undergraduate modules.
This experience allows students to develop their skills in interviewing, researching, drafting, writing and oral presentation. They also gain other transferable employability skills such as teamworking, commercial awareness, project management and self-efficacy - not to mention confidence!
The rules about qualifying as a solicitor are changing. Anyone starting their law studies after 2021 will need to pass the two Solicitors Qualifying Exams and also have two years of Qualifying Work Experience. The time students spend in our clinics can be counted towards their two years work experience by future employers. This has the potential to help our students through a swifter route for qualification.
Our national and international clinics examine alleged miscarriages of justice and civil liberties. This gives our students the chance to further develop their analysis and writing skills as well as their digital working abilities.
We are constantly developing new projects – this year we have introduced
- a Community Economic Development clinic, aimed at start-ups, entrepreneurs, and musicians, to provide commercial and contracts advice.
- an Exceptional Case Funding clinic, allowing students to participate in cutting-edge research whilst using novel human rights arguments to try to obtain Legal Aid funding for the most vulnerable in our society.
Our multi-talented students also form a Language Bank. This enables the students with language skills to support those clients who do not have English as their first language.