Strathclyde Law Clinic sees 26 per cent increase in cases

The figure was reported by Law Clinic director Donald Nicolson to its AGM in the university’s Graham Hills Building this week, which was attended by Clinic members old and new, friends of the Clinic, and invited guests.

Mr Nicolson went onto share some of prominent success stories while project supervisors gave a breakdown of their projects, and the Student Directors outlined plans for the coming year.

Following these reports, elections to the Clinic’s Executive Committee were held, which saw Thomas Jamieson, Alice Bowman, Jordan Bird, Jenna McKinley and Luke Light elected to the Committee.

Students were then recognised in the Clinic’s annual awards ceremony, which invites students to nominate their peers for awards.

The winners were:

Following the AGM, Mr Nicolson said: “The AGM is a chance to celebrate our past successes as well as look forward to our future and the last year has been a year of massive success.

“We have increased our membership to almost 300 members while we have been recognised at a variety of national awards and won a few as well.

“Most importantly it has been a year of success when it comes to winning for our clients. We had a case success rate of 85 per cent which is truly remarkable. We want to build upon this record and improve it, which I am confident we will do over the next year.”

He added: “I congratulate everyone that won an award and everyone that was nominated. As these awards are based on students nominating one another, those who won and nominated are really thought of highly by their peers who work with them on a daily basis in the Clinic.”