{"id":4514,"date":"2019-10-02T12:02:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T11:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2020-02-06T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T08:29:46","slug":"law-students-introduced-to-20k-housing-benefits-case-at-first-law-clinic-weekly-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/law-students-introduced-to-20k-housing-benefits-case-at-first-law-clinic-weekly-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Law students introduced to \u00a320k+ housing benefits case at first Law Clinic weekly meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kent law students filled the main Kent Law Clinic office on Tuesday for the first weekly meeting of the term and were introduced to a case involving a client who\u2019s being asked to repay housing benefit payments totalling more than \u00a320,000.<\/p>\n<p>Law Clinic Director Graham Tegg told students the weekly meetings are an excellent opportunity to be introduced to real cases: \u2018Enquiries come in to the Clinic from people needing access to legal advice and we attempt to work out a legal resolution for them. We use these weekly meetings in the Clinic to think about the problems that come in.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Graham shared more details about the housing benefits case and invited interested students to get involved by meeting with him to review the case in more detail before he meets the client next week. The client is due to attend an appeal hearing later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Other opportunities for law students to get involved with the work of the Law Clinic include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Signing up as Clinic Volunteers<\/strong> (working for a one-and-a-half hours per week for a fixed block of time): Volunteers will work in groups of four to deal with incoming calls and tasks associated with ongoing client casework<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attending Monday evening advice sessions with local lawyers<\/strong>: students can help organise and\/or sit in on the weekly sessions (held in the Wigoder Law Building) to observe local volunteer lawyers at work as they advise people from the local community. Students make notes and report back to the Law Clinic\u2019s Tuesday meetings<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attending case presentation sessions in the Moot Court<\/strong>: Law Clinic students taking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/module\/LW543\">Clinical Option module<\/a> will present details of the cases that they\u2019re working on (details to be confirmed soon)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attending Law Clinic social events<\/strong>: The Law Clinic\u2019s first social event of the year, open to all, will be a Pub Quiz later this month (details to be confirmed soon!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shadowing opportunities in court:<\/strong> Coming soon, Stage 2\/3 students will be able to take advantage of new shadowing opportunities at Canterbury Crown Court and the local Magistrate\u2019s Court, enabling them to observe the work of criminal solicitors in close detail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students who wish to get involved with the Law Clinic are asked to sign up as members by completing a form \u2013 you can pop into the Clinic office at any time to do this or come along to the Tuesday meetings. Once you\u2019ve signed up, you\u2019ll be added to the Law Clinic\u2019s mailing list. Details of Clinic events and opportunities will also be posted on the Clinic\u2019s notice board in the main office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4516 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2050-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2050-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2050-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2050-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2050-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2050.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next weekly meeting will be at 2pm on Tuesday 8 October in the Clinic. All undergraduate and postgraduate law students are welcome, regardless of whether you attended yesterday\u2019s session.<\/p>\n<p>For more insights into the cases taken on by Clinic lawyers, read the Law Clinic\u2019s blog \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentlawclinic\/\">Clinical<\/a> (including a post <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentlawclinic\/2019\/08\/21\/want-to-know-what-weve-been-doing-this-summer\/\">summarising the Clinic\u2019s activities<\/a> over the summer vacation and a post <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentlawclinic\/2019\/09\/11\/lucy-shares-her-experience-of-attending-court-with-law-clinic-solicitor-vivien-gambling\/\">by law student Lucy Owens<\/a> reflecting on her experience of attending court with Clinic Solicitor Viven Gambling).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4517 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2053-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2053-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2053-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2053-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2053-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/files\/2019\/10\/DSC_2053.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/law-students-introduced-to-20k-housing-benefits-case-at-first-law-clinic-weekly-meeting\/&amp;t=Law students introduced to \u00a320k+ housing benefits case at first Law Clinic weekly meeting' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Law students introduced to \u00a320k+ housing benefits case at first Law Clinic weekly meeting%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/law-students-introduced-to-20k-housing-benefits-case-at-first-law-clinic-weekly-meeting\/' 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\/law-students-introduced-to-20k-housing-benefits-case-at-first-law-clinic-weekly-meeting\/' 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\/law-students-introduced-to-20k-housing-benefits-case-at-first-law-clinic-weekly-meeting\/&amp;title=Law students introduced to \u00a320k+ housing benefits case at first Law Clinic weekly meeting' 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\/law-students-introduced-to-20k-housing-benefits-case-at-first-law-clinic-weekly-meeting\/&amp;title=Law students introduced to \u00a320k+ housing benefits case at first Law Clinic weekly meeting' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kent law students filled the main Kent Law Clinic office on Tuesday for the first weekly meeting of the term and were introduced to a &hellip; 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