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JLD Committee visits RSPCA Halifax🐶
(Scroll for ways to get involved and cute animal photos!) We at the Kirklees & Calderdale Junior Lawyers Division committee recently had...
Catherine Cain
Feb 272 min read
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Is it mental to think about your mental health? Taking care of yourself isn’t a bad thing!
“Mental health” is thrown around a lot these days but what does it actually mean and how does it affect you? The scholarly definition is...
Matthew Griffiths
Aug 30, 20243 min read
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Self-Defence/Wing-Chun Workshop!
Despite the rainy weather our self-defence event still went ahead yesterday, with thanks to Ridley & Hall Solicitors for sponsoring and...
Jessica Nugent-Herrett
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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Charity Clothes Drive in aid of Women's Centre.
We were honoured to have hosted another event in aid of our charity of the year, Women’s Centre. The charity clothes drive was a chance...
Beth Umney
Jun 13, 20241 min read
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Stop Slouching and Start Stretching!
'Everybody get onto your hands and knees, and you will need to arch your back like a cat'. - Finding yourself on your hands and knees on...
Rebecca Wardle
May 3, 20242 min read
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Women's History Month - March 2024
"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts of...
Martha Khan
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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National Apprenticeship Week: Nadine's Journey
I am currently a 4th year apprentice studying though U LAW and working at Ridley and Hall Solicitors. I chose an apprenticeship when I...
K&C JLD Member: Nadine
Feb 8, 20242 min read
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Training Contracts | Our top 3 tips!
Now the Christmas period is over and we enter a New Year, you are probably thinking about your new years resolution of securing a...
Lauren England
Jan 11, 20242 min read
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Christmas Charity Quiz - in aid of the Women's Centre!
We were very excited to host our first charity event of the year in aid of the women’s centre on 13th December 2023 at Bierkeller in...
Martha Khan and Beth Umney
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Happy World Kindness Day - 13 November
World Kindness Day: How can you make a difference? World Kindness Day is an event on the 13th of November encouraging acts of kindness –...
Chloe Flynn
Nov 12, 20231 min read
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Phil Collins, Iron-Bru and Jet Washing....?
Now you may be asking yourself, what do Phil Collins, Iron-Bru and Jet Washing have in common? Well, in ordinary circumstances? Not...
Rebecca Wardle
Oct 20, 20231 min read
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Managing Stress: Our top Tips & Tricks
It's the start of a new academic year, and for many of you this will mean starting or returning to university. Being a student can be an...
Chloe Lamont
Sep 21, 20233 min read
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A Guide to Women's Business Dress
I’ve recently been complimented on how I’m looking more professional nowadays compared to when this solicitor knew me from university, so...
Jessica Nugent-Herrett
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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Happy International Dog Day - 26 August 2023
Whether they are giant and slobbery, or little and fluffy, dogs are just wonderful. Dogs are great for helping with stress (and adding to...
Rebecca Wardle
Aug 26, 20231 min read
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South Asian Heritage Month: A Journey of Self-Acceptance
Not widely known, I was born in a small village called Toba Tek Singh in Pakistan. As a first-generation immigrant, South Asian Heritage...
K&C JLD Member: Maryam
Aug 11, 20232 min read
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Happy International Cat Day - 8 August 2023
Now you may be saying to yourself, 'Becca this isn't remotely related to the legal profession, why are you writing a blog post on cats?'....
Rebecca Wardle
Aug 8, 20231 min read
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Personal Branding Workshop with Deborah Ogden
"10% of career success is down to performance, 30% is your image/brand and 60% is down to exposure and who you know." - Deborah Ogden...
Georgia Holding
Aug 2, 20232 min read
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National JLD Conference June 2023
It was a pleasure to represent our JLD at the national conference of junior lawyers divisions, which took place virtually on the 10th...
Ru'Maan Hamid
Jul 19, 20232 min read
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Charity of the Year 2023!
The Kirklees and Calderdale Junior Lawyers Division is very excited to announce that our charity of the year is The Women’s Centre for...
Martha Khan
Jul 13, 20232 min read
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Kirklees & Calderdale JLD - Launch Event 2023!
We were extremely pleased to hold our inaugural launch event on 29 June 2023 at Revolution in Huddersfield. It was fantastic to see so...
Stacey Parkinson
Jul 4, 20231 min read
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