Postgraduate Law Mentoring Programme

My mentee was fantastic. We discussed his experience and ideas; I also helped him with a couple of applications, referred him to colleagues who work on competition, discussed other possible career avenues, stayed in frequent communication. Mentoring as part of their experience means navigating their professional life a bit outside the academic context. It is also a very good learning experience for me on how to set realistic expectations from the get-go.

— Gabriel Rodriguez-Rico, Counsel at EBRD

My two mentees worked well together. We had rough topics for discussion in each session and the mentees were vocal in asking questions and in general conversation. I often followed up with brief emails to summarise what we discussed and what they should think about, or prepare, for the next session.

— Keeley Williams, Chartered Trademark Attorney at IP21 Limited

It is always my pleasure to be a part of the recently concluded session. I thank you for giving me the opportunity and appreciate your efforts in connecting so many people all around the world for a very good cause

— Hassan Shaigan, Advocate at Hanfi & Co, Lawyer at self-employed

Looking forward to my next mentee!

— Laurence Harris, Partner at Cooley (UK) LLP

I have had wonderful experience with my mentor. We discussed the cultural aspects of working with clients from different countries. Sessions also covered issues of developing soft legal skills, the approach of working with clients, that is a seldom part of academic lectures or seminars. I would like to emphasize the importance, immense value for the especially for international students to have such mentoring experience. Similarly, the Speed mentoring also gave a lot of valuable and diverse opinions.

— Merdan Altyyev, Banking and Finance Law LLM 2021

My mentor has been incredible at providing me with all the knowledge and expertise he has while also finding ways to help me find others I can also learn from. My mentor got me a connection with a researcher at Client Earth who was open to providing me with information on working for a global environmental firm. Because the pandemic has made it harder to network, I am so grateful for his willingness to help me make those connections. I have learned so much from our conversations.

— Aubrey Collins, Environmental Law LLM 2021

I would like to thank my mentor for his amazing words of advice which has positively impacted on which path I want to pursue. His advice has led me to do extracurricular activities such as create a law blog which has been highly beneficial in building my commercial awareness, know what type of industry I would like to be a part of and decide the area of law to specialise in, this would not have been possible without the mentoring programme.

— Rufchand Reshmi Bibi, Laws LLM 2021

My mentor was great, she was always there to listen and suggest new ways to approach jobs/interviews, but most importantly she was always positive and gave me high spirits about the next step I would want to take. She helped me tweak my CV and gave me some tips on what I would be asked/what to expect in interviews. I think we met over 5 times, and even noticed the change in my demeanour. I went from being all over the place and having 50 plans to having one end goal and slowly working towards it.

— Sally Kabbara, Commercial and Corporate Law LLM 2021

The mentoring programme grew my confidence in applying for jobs, networking and being inquisitive. I gained insight into the inner workings of the art law field and clarified my decision on the career path I wish to pursue. I also received advice on the legal field more generally, and it is working environment. Additionally, my mentor encouraged and helped me in growing my professional network.

— Janan Foster, Art, Business and Law LLM 2021