Nominees unveiled for LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards 2024

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The nominees for the 10th annual Student Law Society Awards (SLS) have been revealed after LawCareers.Net received 34 submissions from presidents and committees and over 1800 submissions from society members.

The 2024 SLS Awards aim to celebrate the amazing work of student law societies from universities all over the UK. There are 13 individual award categories (listed below) that highlight the greatest societies for everything from mooting activities to supporting first-year and non-law students and increasing diversity.

The awards ceremony will take place at The Law Society on Thursday 14 March 2024 and will bring together representatives from the esteemed sponsor firms, BARBRI and nominated student law societies.

The nominees are:

Best at student engagement – sponsored by Dechert LLP

• Dundee University Law Society
• Edward Bramley Law Society
• University of Birmingham Women in Law Society
• University of Nottingham Law Society

Best careers event – sponsored by Baker McKenzie

• Manchester University Law Society
• Queen Mary Law Society
• RHUL Law Society
• Women Breaking Barriers Leeds

Best social event

• Lancaster University Law Society
• University of Manchester Pro Bono Society
• Women Breaking Barriers Leeds

Best society for non-law students – sponsored by Shoosmiths

• King's College Bar & Mooting Society
• University of Exeter Law Society
• York University Law Society

Best society for first-year students

• Leeds University Law Society
• Queen Mary Law Society
• UCL Law Society

Best society for commercial awareness – sponsored by Lexology

• Swansea Univeristy Law Society
• University of Bristol Law Club
• University of Nottingham Law Society

Best society for aspiring barristers

• Edward Bramley Law Society
• King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society
• University of Bristol Bar Society
• University of Nottingham Bar Society

Best society for mooting

• Cardiff University Law Society
• Edward Bramley Law Society
• King’s College London Bar & Mooting Society
• University of Exeter Law Society

Best society for pro bono - sponsored by AllHires

• University of Manchester Pro Bono Society
• University of Leicester Pro Bono Society
• University of Nottingham Pro Bono Society
• York University Law Society

Best society for welfare

• University of Bristol Law Club
• University of Exeter Law Society
• University of Nottingham Law Society
• University of Nottingham Pro Bono Society

Most committed to increasing diversity - sponsored by DLA Piper UK LLP

• Manchester University Law Society
• Queen Mary Law Society
• University of Bristol Law Club
• York University Law Society

Best law society president – sponsored by BARBRI

• Jennifer Chung – University of Lincoln Law Society
• Deya Kombakova – RHUL Law Society
• Erica Naylor and Reena Kaur – Leicester University Law Society
• Mubashir Syed – Swansea University Law Society
• Winky Yu – Cardiff University Law Society

Best law society overall – sponsored by Burges Salmon LLP

• Edward Bramley Law Society
• Manchester University Law Society
• Swansea University Law Society
• University of Exeter Law Society

More information, as well as last year’s winning societies, can be found on the Student Law Society Awards microsite: https://awards.lawcareers.net/sls/.