Advocacy Workshop (Set 1)

Students will be sent a Criminal OR Civil advocacy exercise a week prior to the session to prepare. Students will give submissions for up to 10 minutes each in groups and will receive feedback on their performance from experienced practitioners.

Speaker(s)/Tutor(s): Various

Timings:
17:30: Registration
18:00: Start
20:15: Finish

Details:

QS value: 1

QS theme: Advocacy Skills

Interactive?: Yes (1)

Materials and Preparation: Students will be sent an advocacy exercise a week before the event to prepare in advance of the session and will have 10 minutes to perform their exercise on the day. Students who have clearly not prepared will not be awarded a Qualifying Session point.

Learning Aims: The aims of this Advocacy Qualifying Session are to provide students with a better knowledge of key strengths and weaknesses as an advocate. Students will have the opportunity to gain feedback from tutors and peers to enhance their advocacy skills. The workshop will focus on honing public speaking skills and gaining a better practice of Advocacy.

Professional Statement Reference: (Access the full Professional Statement for Barristers here)

1.8 : Exercise good English language skills.

1.11 : Ensure they are fully prepared.

1.15 : Have persuasive oral advocacy skills.

Cancellation Policy: Students should consider all bookings a professional commitment and should only book onto an event if they fully plan on attending. Once booked on, students will be unable to cancel and receive a refund other than in exceptional circumstances.

Accessibility: Information on step free routes and more can be found on our Accessibility page.

Conduct: Lincoln’s Inn is committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive environment. We expect everyone engaging with us to uphold these standards. Unacceptable behaviour will be challenged

On arrival, students must register with the Education staff. Once the reception has finished, students must sign the orange signature sheets put out by the Education Staff member. Students who fail to sign out will NOT be awarded the QS point.

Please note, full attendance counts as the session followed by the networking reception afterwards, ending at 20:15pm. Students will not be permitted to leave early. Please bare this in mind when booking travel.

If you have any questions about this qualifying session, please contact [email protected].