{"id":3463,"date":"2018-10-04T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T07:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2020-03-20T22:55:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:55:10","slug":"kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Law Clinic: weekly news &amp; updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first regular interactive weekly Clinic meeting of the term on Tuesday enabled law students to gain a genuine insight into Law Clinic life and highlighted many ways in which students can become involved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over the course of the last week, there have been 60 telephone enquiries involving issues related to immigration, family, employment and housing law<\/li>\n<li>52 law students have begun casework for assessed credits as part of their year-long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/module\/LW543\">Clinical Option Module<\/a> and so the Clinic has been busy taking on new cases. One of these new cases is being supe<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">rvised by Clinic Solicitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/law\/people\/academic\/Gambling,_Vivien.html\">Vivien Gambling<\/a> &#8211; it involves a client who is being sued by their litigious landlord \u2013 clinic student George Hill is currently drawing up a defense and counter claim<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Clinic Solicitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/law\/people\/academic\/Bruce,_Philippa.html\">Philippa Bruce<\/a> is planning an informal discussion of the issues raised in the film The Children Act at 4pm on Weds 10 October in the Clinic for any interested students<\/li>\n<li>Student Chair of the Clinic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentlawclinic\/asylum-and-immigration-team\/\">Immigration and Asylum Team<\/a>, Jen, highlighted plans for asylum moots, guest speakers and more throughout the coming year<\/li>\n<li>Clinic students Kieran and Annie, and Clinic Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/law\/people\/academic\/Tegg,_Graham.html\">Graham Tegg<\/a>, introduced a new case which the Clinic is going to be taking on. It concerns a wedding but, more importantly, will explore the fundamental principle of contract law &#8211; this offers an ideal opportunity for first year law students to see how the law is applied to real people in very real situations!<\/li>\n<li>Chair of the Clinic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentlawclinic\/criminal-justice-project\/\">Criminal Justice Project<\/a> (CJP), Stacey Anastasia, reported on a visit made to HM Prison Elmley with Clinic Solicitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/law\/people\/academic\/Uglow,_Hannah.html\">Hannah Uglow<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Come along to next Tuesday\u2019s weekly meeting in the Clinic at 2pm to learn more about the Law Clinic Student Committee, a vital element of Law Clinic life!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates\/&amp;t=Kent Law Clinic: weekly news &amp; updates' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Kent Law Clinic: weekly news &amp; updates%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates\/&amp;title=Kent Law Clinic: weekly news &amp; updates' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates\/&amp;title=Kent Law Clinic: weekly news &amp; updates' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first regular interactive weekly Clinic meeting of the term on Tuesday enabled law students to gain a genuine insight into Law Clinic life and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kent-law-clinic-weekly-news-updates\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38005,"featured_media":3464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137,124,28766],"tags":[137],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38005"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3465,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463\/revisions\/3465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}