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Lawyers of the Month in 2006

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What's Going on in December

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15 Dec 2006

Paragon Law, the Nottingham based Law firm and Nottingham University are holding their second annual Paragon Law Human Rights Lecture. The theme... Read more

13 Dec 2006

The British Nigeria Law Forum's Annual General Meeting will take place at 6.00pm on 13th December 2006 at Kendall Freeman's Offices, One Fetter... Read more

01 Dec 2006

Thelma Stober, the dynamic Director of Law, Governance and Procurement at the London Development Agency (LDA) leaves her post  today (1... Read more

21 Nov 2006

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is holding a series of roadshows throughout England and Wales this December. The free roadshows are... Read more

19 Nov 2006

The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), to commemorate its 30th anniversay is holding Britain's first Race Convention on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28... Read more

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WELCOME TO BLD's NEWSLETTER

Baubles Welcome to our December Newsletter, the last of 2006. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and to wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous and wonderful 2007.

There is no Lawyer or Non-Lawyer of the Month in December as as we take a retrospective look at our Lawyers of the Month for 2006 (See below). Our Non-lawyers in 2006 have included Doreen Lawrence and Baroness Prashar.

It has been a hectic year since our launch in February and we are delighted that our latest sponsor is No 5 Chambers, the UK's largest set of chambers. We hope to build on our achievements to make 2007 even more successful.

November was a busy month for the larger law firms in their graduate recruitment drive and we at BLD have been busy too. We held the Training Contract and Vacation Placement Workshops in Birmingham and London on the 9th and 16th respectively. This was sponsored and ran by DLA Piper and we have had excellent feedback from the attendees, mostly students from universities all over England and Wales.

Other events in 2006 included events in London in May, which was sponsored by Herbert Smith and the July event in Birmingham, which was sponsored by Wragge & Co. Our Black History Month event in London was sponsored by Clifford Chance and to mark Black History Month we jointly launched Black Letter Law with the CRE. Our next main event is in London on 1 March 2007 and is being sponsored by Allen & Overy. Watch this space for more information!