Event List

Wed 26th January

Session with Yoga Society: 12:15pm - 1pm; Seacole Building (SCT024), City South; Want to do something for yourself today? Try our free afternoon yoga session

Put The Kettle On general meet: 3pm - 5pm; C388 Curzon building; Come join us and give Put The Kettle On A go! We'll be trying new hot drinks, having a chat and making plans for the semester ahead, so we hope to see you there! If you are coming, try to bring yourself a reusable mug & spoon!

Meet Up: 5pm - 7pm; C455 - Curzon Building

Thu 27th January

Meet and Greet: 6:30pm - 7:30pm; Curzon Building; Join us for our first Meet and Greet of the year!

Fri 28th January

Better Decision Workshop: 2pm - 4pm; SteamHouse Incubator, Millennium Point, Birmingham City University; Enactus BCU are going to be running a workshop at BCU to help you develop your decision making skills. ?? Join us for a 2-hour face to face workshop on Friday 28th January 2022 from 2-4pm. ??

Mon 31st January

What would socialism look like?: 7pm - 8:30pm; Eagle & Ball; Join us for the first meeting of the 2nd semester to discuss what socialism would look like!

Wed 2nd February

Put The Kettle On general meet: 3pm - 5pm; C388 Curzon building; Come join us and give Put The Kettle On A go! We'll be trying new hot drinks, having a chat and making plans for the semester ahead, so we hope to see you there! If you are coming, try to bring yourself a reusable mug & spoon!

Meet Up: LGBT History Month: 5pm - 7pm; C455 - Curzon Building

Sat 5th February

PTKO Paint a Pot- At Craft Cafe Bearwood: 3pm - 5pm; Craft Cafe Bearwood; Come join us at £10 per head to paint yourself a new mug over at paint a pot Bearwood! If you are hoping to come, make sure you either get in contact with us via Instagram (@ptkosoc) or via our Discord so we can keep track of numbers!

Wed 9th February

Debate Competition- BCU x Aston Law soc: 2pm - 5pm; Aston Uni

Put The Kettle On general meet: 3pm - 5pm; C388 Curzon building; Come join us and give Put The Kettle On A go! We'll be trying new hot drinks, having a chat and making plans for the semester ahead, so we hope to see you there! If you are coming, try to bring yourself a reusable mug & spoon!

Meet Up: LGBT History Month - Competition time!: 5pm - 7pm; C455 - Curzon Building

Mon 14th February

Law Society x Careers+: 14th February 9am - 18th February 6pm; Zoom/ In person

Zaakira Allana - Fieldfisher: 11am - noon; online; Zaakira is a Director in Field Fishers Disputes team. She is dual qualified in England and New York and has particular expertise in International Arbitration.

Nadine Bila - BILA Legal Services: 3pm - 4pm; Nadine Bila has had an unconventional route into law and is now the founder and director of Bila Legal Services a company specialising in Family, Civil and Commercial Mediation.

Who does the state protect and serve?: 7pm - 8:30pm; Eagle & Ball; Join us to discuss the real interests of the state, and who they protect and serve.

Tue 15th February

Katherine King - Central England Law Clinic: 10am - 11am; Katherine King is the head of employment and discrimination at Central England Law Clinic. As well as leading the Employment Team, Katherine coordinates volunteers across the Law Centre and works alongside BCU.

Tayo - Radshaw Solicitors: 11am - noon; Tayo is an Immigration solicitor at Radshaw Solicitors specialising in Refugees.

Kam Taj - Wellbeing and Resilience: 12:30pm - 1:30pm; Kam is a performance coach a Corporate Speaker on Resilience, Wellbeing & Emotional Intelligence and the founder of Exam Success Academy.

Barbri - SQE prep: 2pm - 3pm; Barbri is a global leader in legal education and has prep courses for both the LPC and SQE. They will be covering preparation for the SQE1 in this session but we will have later sessions which cover SQE2.

Chrissie Wolfe - Solicitor & Freelance Consultant: 5pm - 6pm; Former Solicitor at Irwin Mitchel and now the founder of Law and Broader. She has been commended Solicitor of The Year 2019 | Woman of The Year 2019 | Highly Commended Junior Lawyer of the Year 2018 & 2019.

Wed 16th February

Rohzeena Janjua - Students Success Advisor.: 9am - 10am; Room TBC; Rohzeena is a students success advisor team leader here at BCU, she is a graduate who is able to provide law students with support throughout their course.

Graduate+ - Promotion: 10am - 11am; Room TBC; Graduate+ is an award framework which complements your degree. It is designed to capture and provide evidence to help you grow as a future graduate. They will be discussing how Graduate+ can improve and help your employability.

Lindsay - Careers+: 11am - 1pm; Room TBC; Lindsay is a careers+ consultant who is going to focus on developing your CV for going into the legal sector.

Put The Kettle On general meet: 3pm - 5pm; C388 Curzon building; Come join us and give Put The Kettle On A go! We'll be trying new hot drinks, having a chat and making plans for the semester ahead, so we hope to see you there! If you are coming, try to bring yourself a reusable mug & spoon!

Barrister Panel- Thomas Kidney, Shalpreet & BCU graduate Queen Counsel: 4:30pm - 5:30pm; Room TBC; Kings Chambers Q+ A session

Meet Up: LGBT History Month - Competition time (pt2)!: 5pm - 7pm; C455 - Curzon Building

Thu 17th February

Paula Sparks: 10am - 11am; A talk from Paula Sparks an A-law trustee and a Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, where she specialises in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation with particular expertise in inquests and human rights issues.

OSCOLA Referencing talk: noon - 1pm; MSS Teams; Centre of Academic Success x Law Library

Neha & Suzan: 2pm - 3pm; Zoom; Whitehead Monckton Solicitors- life as a trainee solicitor (Corporate law)

Jason Corden-Bowen - CPS: 3pm - 4pm; Jason is a District Crown Prosecutor at Crown Prosecution Service and a solicitor advocate with over 30 years experience in criminal litigation, 15 years experience in advocacy in all venues and 9 years experience teaching.

Neurodiversity in Law: 4pm - 5pm; Neurodiversity in Law with Amelia Platton

Fri 18th February

James Allen - Unbeatable Mind: 9am - 10am; James is an executive coach at Unbeatable Minds, this company is designed to help you continue to achieve success and push yourself to the next level through mental toughness programs and training designed for the elite.

Azeem Rashid - Lawtech 365: 10am - 11am; Azeem is a BCU graduate and the director at Lawtech 365 a company which looks at advanced & innovative lawtech solutions for the legal sector.

Carl Buckley & Toby Cadman: 4pm - 5pm; Zoom; Chamber Director/ Barrister at Guernica 37. Specialising in human rights law.

Wed 23rd February

Put The Kettle On general meet: 3pm - 5pm; C388 Curzon building; Come join us and give Put The Kettle On A go! We'll be trying new hot drinks, having a chat and making plans for the semester ahead, so we hope to see you there! If you are coming, try to bring yourself a reusable mug & spoon!

Fri 25th February

Social Quiz Night Fundraiser- Support Through Court: 5pm - 7pm; Eagle & Ball; Bingo Quiz Night £2 entry Open to everyone

Mon 28th February

Was the USSR socialist?: 7pm - 8:30pm; Eagle & Ball; Join us to discuss whether the USSR was socialist!

Fri 8th April

Fairytale Masquerade Prom: 7pm - 11pm

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