I love the Arrogant Worms
It appears to be the week of inconsequential posts.
Oh, alright, alright, substance.
My Nana was in town for two and a half days this week, on her way back from Jersey where she was visiting Mark and Amanda and the children. She and I had dinner together at an Italian place that she likes on Lamb's Conduit Street (her old stomping grounds near Gt Ormond St Hospital, where she trained to be a nurse) on Tuesday night, and last night we came to my place so she could meet Susie. They liked each other very much. It is handy that there is a train service that runs directly from West Hampstead to Gatwick, where she was staying in a hotel near the airport she flew back to Canada from today.
Also yesterday, my mock civil trial in front of a Real! Live! judge, who was very patient until perhaps the last hour or so when I think he finally got frustrated after six hours of bar students making basic procedural errors. My team represented the claimant and we lost against both defendants. The tutor who observed said this is what generally happens as, per the caselaw, the claimant had a crap case. "Occasionally they win against the second defendant," he said. I got some helpful feedback on my cross-examination and it's all experience.
Deadlines this week too -- well, tomorrow in fact. I want to apply for a Human Rights Law Association bursary. In order to do that I have to demonstrate them that I have already applied for an intern or volunteer position in human rights for which I need the bursary. So today I'm going to apply for an internship at Justice. I considered Reprieve, but there is no excuse for my not having applied to them months ago, as they have no specific deadline, whereas Justice won't start considering applications until the May 15th deadline has passed. Also, I would only be able to do UK volunteering for Reprieve as I have to be in London for when I'm called to the bar on 23 July, and what always really excited me about both them and Amicus was the possibility of actually working on death penalty cases in the US. (Amicus is out because a) I haven't done the training and b) I don't have a driver's license, both of which are only suggested for Reprieve but mandatory for Amicus.)
Other deadline is for a mooting competition which requires me, when entering, to write a short essay about whether or not the UK should introduce US style plea bargaining. We'll see if I manage that.
And that's about it, really. I'm planning on taking part in Cycle for Citizens on Monday, which should be fun.
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My Nana was in town for two and a half days this week, on her way back from Jersey where she was visiting Mark and Amanda and the children. She and I had dinner together at an Italian place that she likes on Lamb's Conduit Street (her old stomping grounds near Gt Ormond St Hospital, where she trained to be a nurse) on Tuesday night, and last night we came to my place so she could meet Susie. They liked each other very much. It is handy that there is a train service that runs directly from West Hampstead to Gatwick, where she was staying in a hotel near the airport she flew back to Canada from today.
Also yesterday, my mock civil trial in front of a Real! Live! judge, who was very patient until perhaps the last hour or so when I think he finally got frustrated after six hours of bar students making basic procedural errors. My team represented the claimant and we lost against both defendants. The tutor who observed said this is what generally happens as, per the caselaw, the claimant had a crap case. "Occasionally they win against the second defendant," he said. I got some helpful feedback on my cross-examination and it's all experience.
Deadlines this week too -- well, tomorrow in fact. I want to apply for a Human Rights Law Association bursary. In order to do that I have to demonstrate them that I have already applied for an intern or volunteer position in human rights for which I need the bursary. So today I'm going to apply for an internship at Justice. I considered Reprieve, but there is no excuse for my not having applied to them months ago, as they have no specific deadline, whereas Justice won't start considering applications until the May 15th deadline has passed. Also, I would only be able to do UK volunteering for Reprieve as I have to be in London for when I'm called to the bar on 23 July, and what always really excited me about both them and Amicus was the possibility of actually working on death penalty cases in the US. (Amicus is out because a) I haven't done the training and b) I don't have a driver's license, both of which are only suggested for Reprieve but mandatory for Amicus.)
Other deadline is for a mooting competition which requires me, when entering, to write a short essay about whether or not the UK should introduce US style plea bargaining. We'll see if I manage that.
And that's about it, really. I'm planning on taking part in Cycle for Citizens on Monday, which should be fun.