Nottinghamshire Junior Lawyers Division 

(Download membership form here)

What We Do

The Nottinghamshire Junior Lawyers Division (NJLD) is a new and exciting group was launched in October 2008 and replaces Nottinghamshire Trainee Solicitors Group and Nottinghamshire Young Solicitors Group.

The NJLD represents the interests of recently qualified solicitors, trainees, paralegals and LPC students on the Local Law Society, the National Junior Lawyers Division and throughout the local business community.

We aim to provide a social, networking and supportive roll for all young lawyers in the region. The NJLD helps to promote our city as a vibrant legal centre, offering a good quality of life for local lawyers, and will help the city’s young lawyers to cross network to other firms by promoting their own firm’s brand values.

To find out what the JLD have been up to and what events they have planned, please take a look at our latest newsletter  (Download Newsletter here)

Who Can Join?

As a paralegal, trainee solicitor or qualified solicitor with up to 5 years’ active practice, you are eligible to become a member of the NJLD. Membership of the NJLD is open to young lawyers from all firms in Nottinghamshire.

Who Are We?

The committee is made up of 16 NJLD members and spans a broad cross section of the Nottinghamshire legal market from large commercial firms to smaller local firms and niche markets.

If you would like to see who we are and what we do please click on the following link (Download the NJLD Committee 2011 – 2012 PDF Here)

Our Events

We organise a wide range of events for members throughout the year. These include:
• The annual JLD Ball held in November
• Social events and drinks evenings across the county
• The Hammond Cup (an advocacy competition for trainees)
• Seminars and careers advice
• CSR Opportunities
• Judges shadowing Scheme in County Court and Employment Tribunal
• Work experience in Karlsrushe (Germany) or Ghent (Belgium)
• Sporting events

Many of our events run with other local groups, including the RICS Matrics (surveyors) and NCASS (accountants), in order to create stronger relationships and networking opportunities with other professionals during our career development.

Law Society Links

We also work closely with Nottinghamshire Law Society and often negotiate discounted rates for their events for our members. The work experience exchange programme is run through the Nottinghamshire Law Society with our twinned cities of Karlsruhe in Germany and Ghent in Belgium. These are all fantastic reasons to get involved in your NJLD.

Extra Benefits

There are a number of other benefits to joining the NJLD and these include;
• TM Lewin corporate discounts
• Reduced membership fee to the Gourmet Society
• Discounts with other local businesses
• CPD points for most of NJLD organised seminars

How Do I Join?

The annual membership fee for January to December 2010 is £20 per member. This will enable members to attend our events for free or at a reduced rate. This is a huge saving over the year.

To join all you have to do is download and fill out a membership form  (download membership form here) and send them both to our membership secretary Katherine Beggs (address details below).

**PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR FIRM MAY HAVE A

POLICY OF PAYING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FEE**

Please send your signed cheque made payable to ‘Nottinghamshire JLD’ and completed membership form to:

Katherine Beggs
NJLD Membership Secretary
Ashton Bond Gigg
Pearl Assurance House
Friar Lane
Nottingham
NG1 6BX
DX: 10002 NOTTINGHAM

And Finally…

Please help us to ensure that NJLD has a large and active membership by signing up. If you have any ideas or suggestions on what we can do for you, please feel free to drop me an email.

Yours sincerely

Will Reynolds
Chair, Nottinghamshire Junior Lawyers Division
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