Become an SCL Student Ambassador!
Are you passionate about tech law and eager to inspire fellow students to explore the exciting world of legal tech? If so, we want YOU to join our prestigious SCL Student Ambassador Scheme!
What is the SCL Student Ambassador Scheme?
At SCL, we are searching for dedicated students who can share their enthusiasm for tech law and encourage their peers to get involved with SCL and contribute to forthcoming SCL student initiatives.
As an SCL Student Ambassador, you’ll play a vital role in fostering a thriving tech law community and strengthening the collaboration between students at your university and SCL.
What Makes a Good SCL Student Ambassador?
- Passion for Tech Law: Dive into the world of tech law with zest and zeal.
- Commitment and Reliability: Be dependable and dedicated to your role.
- Good Organizational Skills: Keep things on track and organized.
- Good Communication Skills: Engage and connect with your fellow students effectively.
- A Positive Approach: Embrace challenges with optimism.
- A Good Sense of Humour: A little laughter goes a long way!
- Respectful Approach: Treat everyone you meet with respect and kindness.
Benefits of Student Ambassadorship:–
Free Attendance at SCL Events: Gain access to exciting SCL events* without any cost.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with thought-leaders in the tech law field, expanding your professional network.
Influence Future Events: Have a say in shaping the content of upcoming SCL student events, making them even more engaging and relevant.
Please note: in order to be eligible for the role of SCL Student Ambassador, you must provide SCL with a reference contact from your University who has known you for at least a year.
Join our team of SCL Student Ambassadors and become a catalyst for change in the tech law community. Share your passion, enhance your skills, and enjoy exclusive benefits along the way!
Ready to take the lead? Apply today and together, we’ll make a significant impact on the future of legal tech!
Please email hello@scl.org briefly explaining why you would like to become an SCL Student Ambassador and with details of your referee.
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”The role offers a unique platform for networking and further learning for students. At the SCL Annual Conference in 2018, I was one of handful of students in a room of industry professionals – providing a really special chance to speak to those in practice.”
Christopher Ireland
SCL Student Ambassadors:
Youchin Oh
LLB Student
University College London
Derya Macit
LLB Student
Goldsmiths University London
Abigail Basinyi
LLB Student
South East Technological University
Amalia Berbas Reilly
LLB Student
University of Liverpool
Qiaoyu Zhu
LLB Student
University of Manchester
Michelle Dankyi
LLB Student
QMUL
Free Benefits for Students in full-time education:
Free student access to the entire content of this site: Free membership for UK students in full-time education: SCL provides free membership for UK students in full-time education with a valid ac.uk email address. Join SCL If you have any queries about SCL membership please contact the SCL office on Tel: 0117 9041242 or Email hello@scl.org
The SCL Student Ambassador Scheme has already proven to be so rewarding for it’s participants, what with it’s amazing networking opportunities as well as all the wisdom and our SCL mentors have to offer. Here is a testimonial by Christopher Ireland, one of our Student Ambassadors who has graduated:
“It’s a cold winter’s evening in December, and in the London office of Reed Smith the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) ‘path to tech law’ event is taking place. This would be the first of my many interactions with the society over the next one and a half years.
After attending this taster event in London, I decided to apply for the position of SCL Student Ambassador for the University of Southampton. As someone who firmly believes that legaltech and the regulation of technology are going to be the areas of greatest interest and growth in the legal sector – this role has been the perfect opportunity to explore it.
The role offers a unique platform for networking and further learning for students. At the SCL Annual Conference in 2018, I was one of handful of students in a room of industry professionals – providing a really special chance to speak to those in practice.
I would recommend this opportunity to anyone with a genuine interest, or curiosity in the world of tech law and the incoming legaltech revolution. The events I’ve been able to attend have offered me an unparalleled insight into the legal sector and have been particularly useful for interviews at assessment centres. I have also been lucky enough to have been assigned a practicing lawyer as a mentor as part of the Student Ambassador programme.
In the 2019/2020 academic year, I’ll be on placement at Simmons & Simmons as an intern in the Innovation team. In no doubt thanks to the opportunities that SCL has offered me.”
For full-time academics: SCL offers a reduced membership fee of £52. This offers full access to all the benefits of full Professional membership including a hardcopy of C&L magazine and attendance at SCL events at the concessionary rate. Details of the resources that SCL provides to students free of charge appear below.
SCL University Ambassadors:
Birmingham University Ambassador
Karen Yeung
Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in Law, Ethics and Informatics
Birmingham Law School & School of Computer Science
K.Yeung@bham.ac.uk
King’s College London University Ambassador
Roger Bickerstaff
Partner, Bird & Bird LLP
Queen Mary University of London Ambassador
Laura Edgar
Director of the Distance Learning Programme in Computer and Communications Law
The Open University Law School
Francine Ryan
Lecturer in Law- Open Justice
Email: f.m.ryan@open.ac.uk
Sheffield University Ambassador
Kiran Chand
Legal Director
Bond Dickinson LLP
Email: kiran.chand@bonddickinson.com
Sheffield Hallam University Ambassador
Kiran Chand
Legal Director
Bond Dickinson LLP
Email: kiran.chand@bonddickinson.com
The British University in Egypt Ambassador
Mohamed El-Guindy
Developer and Co-Program Director
Cybercrime Investigation Master’s
Faculty of Law, The British University in Egypt
Email: mohamed.elgendy@bue.edu.eg
University of East Anglia
Karen McCullagh
Associate Professor
UEA Law School, University of East Anglia
Email: K.Mccullagh@uea.ac.uk
The University of Law at Moorgate
Raphael Uribe
Paralegal, W Legal Ltd
Email: Raphael.Uribe@wlegal.co.uk
The University of Edinburgh
Dr. Lachlan Urquhart
Lecture in Technology Law
Email: lachlan.urquhart@ed.ac.uk
The University of Essex
Dr. Mohammed Khair Alshaleel
Lecturer and Director of Student Experience
Email: mkalsh@essex.ac.uk
The University of Strathclyde
Andrew Agapiou LLM PhD
Senior Lecturer
Email: andrew.agapiou@strath.ac.uk
*subject to availability, selected events only.