{"id":965,"date":"2015-09-25T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T12:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=965"},"modified":"2015-09-25T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T12:47:56","slug":"guest-lecture-by-oliver-saxby-qc-on-1-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/guest-lecture-by-oliver-saxby-qc-on-1-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest lecture by Oliver Saxby QC on 1 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barrister <\/span>Oliver Saxby QC<\/span><\/a> will give a guest lecture about life at the criminal bar to students on Kent\u2019s Canterbury campus on Thursday 1 October.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lecture is the first in a range of events\u00a0 to be organised for students by the <\/span>Kent Law Clinic<\/span><\/a> at Kent Law School.<\/span><\/p>\n

This first event has been organised by the Law Clinic\u2019s Criminal Justice Project team. Law Clinic Solicitor Lucy Welsh said: \u2018Oliver Saxby QC is a very able and experienced barrister based at 6 Pump Court who has participated in a number of high profile, complex cases. He\u2019ll be talking about what it\u2019s like to be a barrister in criminal law, the rewards and challenges of the job. He is sure to have some interesting tales to tell!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

All are welcome to attend the lecture which will be held in the <\/span>Eliot Lyons<\/span><\/a> seminar room at 6.30pm. A meet and greet gathering will be held in <\/span>Mungos<\/span><\/a> following the talk, giving attendees an opportunity to meet other students, members of staff at Kent Law Clinic and some of the Law Clinic\u2019s volunteer legal advisers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other events planned by the Law Clinic this year range from further guest speaker events to pub quizzes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the <\/span>Criminal Justice Project<\/span><\/a> (CJP) team began offering <\/span>free prison law advice<\/span><\/a> to prisoners in the local community. The CJP is a staff and student initiative in the Kent Law Clinic, comprising a supervising clinic solicitor, solicitor’s assistant, student directors and a number of team leaders each having a team of students.<\/span><\/p>\n