Sam Stockwell (LLB yr 2) and Rosie Tackley (CPE) delivered closing speeches in the Crown Court in front of HHJ Griffith. Rebecca Gore (LLB yr 3) and Baldeep Namas (LLB yr 1) delivered closing speeches in front of HHJ Gullick. The resident judge, HHJ Baker also watched proceedings and gave the students valuable feedback. All three judges, the barristers at the Bar and the jury who watched the trial made particular reference to the speeches, commending the students on their performances.
Stephanie Kwan (LLB yr 2), Agnes Bekker (LLB yr 3), Lawrence Pearce (LLB yr 1) and Oyeyemi Bankale (LLB yr 2) undertook training as court clerks and court ushers prior to the trial and should also be commended for their performances in court. In fact, HHJ Baker was so impressed with Stephanie's performance as an usher that her offered her a job as a court usher in the vacation period.
Many of the students came away with mini-pupillages and offers of marshalling judges at the Crown Court.
The university would like to thank the students for all the hard work that they have put into this mock trial and for their professionalism when representing the University.
Well done!
Wednesday 6 January 2010
UH Law School Hammers Cambridge
On the 18th December 2009 UH Law Students Reecca Gore and Terra Dugdales taught cambridge studetns a lesson on how to moot. Please do not think that that is an exaggeration,this view was fully supported by the judge's comments at the end. Further, it should not be seen as a surprise even if it is Cambridge, particularly with the two students concerned, our students have regularly shown that they can more than compete against the perceived 'better' universities. In giving his decision the judge, a senior barrister with 15 NBS chambers, was full of praise for our students and genuinely felt they can look forward to successful careers ahead of them.
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