The Kent Student Law Review, a new student-led law journal, has been launched at Kent Law School.
The launch event in the Woolf Lecture Theatre on Kent’s Canterbury campus was attended by staff, students and alumni. Speakers included Dr Sinead Ring on behalf of the Review Committee, Andre Sinanan on behalf of the Editorial Board and students Kiera Taylor and Claire Splawn who each had articles included in the first volume.
The journal, which will be issued annually, provides a platform for law students and academics to have their work reviewed and published. It has been produced by an Editorial Board drawn from current students and recent graduates, led by Editors-in-Chief Ayda Tabrizi and Nico Mesiainen .
Nico said: ‘Serving as one of the Founding Members and Editors-in-Chief has been one of the greatest privileges and experiences of my time here in University. I have also had the honour to work with some of the brightest fellow students and academics during this project.
‘For me the Kent Student Law Review represent the whole Law School community, reflecting what can be achieved when we work together. The path to get this journal established, not to mention published, was a rather long one – it took almost one-and-a-half years. During that time commitment, hard work, patience and the ability to learn something new in a short period of time was required. I would do it all again without blinking an eye.’
Ayda said: ‘From my perspective, I think publishing the first volume of the Kent Student Law Review has proven to be a great opportunity for many Kent students, both undergraduates, and postgraduates, to showcase their work and their talent. I think it’s just another way for the Kent Law School, and the University of Kent to show how much talent exists at our University.’
The journal seeks to promote and publish theoretically informed critical legal scholarship, which situates law in society. The first volume includes articles written by Kent students and alumni with topics ranging from IP Law and assisted suicide to climate change.
The Editorial Board was supported by Kent Law School staff, including Law Lecturer Máiréad Enright and a Review Committee comprising Professor Rosemary Hunter, Anne Bottomley and Dr Vicky Conway.
Further information about making a submission to the journal is available on the Kent Student Law Review (KSLR) page of theKent Critical Law Society’s website and on the KSLR Facebook page.