As the need for the editorial comes around every 8 weeks or so I seem to be constantly either seeing the children back to school or having them start yet another holiday. It is now half term. I have calculated that they go to school just 36 weeks of the year!!
Places are going well for the Quiz on the 14th November. I am told that all the questions are written and Peter Ball is entering a team this year! I am aware that he is a keen quizster (made up word alert) so Swindell and Pearson might not make it to three years in a row. Thank you to our good friends from Severn Trent Searches for saving the cheese and biscuits and sponsoring the event once again.
The Derby City Schools Debate Competition is bigger than ever this year with more teams and schools involved. An exhibition debate will have taken place at the University of Derby law school on the 23rd October involving a team of law students against the winning team from Littleover school from last year and judged by most of the team who won two years ago! A fantastic event and thank you to all those lawyers who are supporting it by judging a debate or two.
Another thank you to all those 50 local lawyers who have stepped forward to mentor a Derby University Law student this year. It is a great advert for DDLS to have such strong links into our local community both legal and generally.
We are also proud of our Derby Junior Lawyers, indeed they are an active bunch socially, raising money for charity and again with their links into the University. They are also and helping with the debate competition going into schools to be ambassadors for the profession. Please support DJL and consider getting a group of your younger staff together for their Christmas party. DDLS do not have a Christmas party so this is the chance to let your hair down. There is an advert for the party within this edition.
Julia Saunders
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