Introducing Clinical Legal Education at Buckingham
Buckingham Law School recognises the importance of enhancing student’s professional development opportunities to complement the academic learning process. Practical Legal Education has been shown to improve a student’s grades across all modules. It puts what you are learning into context.
Benefits of work experience for Law students
Some ways in which students have benefitted from the clinical legal education service include:
- Discovering legal qualification pathways: A career at the Bar or qualifying as a solicitor.
- Exploring legal practice areas: private practice / corporate legal services.
- Gaining an understanding of contentious and non-contentious work practices.
- Considering career pathways outside of traditional legal practice in governance/project management.
- Developing soft skills including organisation, communication and teamwork.
- Enhancing professional skills such as interviewing, personal statement & CV planning tailored to the legal sector.
- Connecting with the legal and commercial sectors.
Projects and schemes
We offer a range of projects and modules through the dedicated Clinical Legal Education service, including:
Street Legal, open to all law students, offers placement opportunities with law firms, barrister chambers and judicial shadowing at court.
The Citizens Advice Clinic module is a partnership between the University of Buckingham Law School and Citizens Advice, Milton Keynes, CA MK.
Get the opportunity to network with legal practitioners and professionals from the UK and international corporate world.
The LLB Sandwich Work Placement Programme provides students with a direct experience of law in practice.
Mock trials
Law students from across the Foundation, full-time LLB, part-time LLB, and LLM programmes are eligible to participate in our Mock Trial events.
Lecturer in Clinical Legal Practice, Julie O’Shea coordinates the event, leading a series of preparatory workshops and practice run throughs with Dr Jessica Walsh and the student team.
Find out about Buckingham Law School’s inaugural mock trial.