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Activities and events

There are many extra-curricular activities at Moorgate to help you enhance your commercial awareness and increase your business skills. As well as being interesting and fun, the opportunities provide an invaluable source of information to draw on when in an interview situation and also as you further your career.

The Forum 

Making a Pitch – Confident, Cool and Legal 

The Business Game 

The Forum

The Forum is a combination of two distinct forums at Moorgate, the Law and Justice Forum and the Commercial Awareness Forum (CAF), which have been running successfully for many years at the College.

Commercial Awareness Forum (CAF)

CAF exists to increase students’ awareness of business, commerce and finance.

It is run by students for students, with lecturers acting as facilitators who provide administrative support and guidance on how to invite speakers.

CAF invites speakers, not all of whom are lawyers, to speak on topics of general interest. As it is an extracurricular activity, it aims to be fun and to avoid formal “law lecture” type presentations.

Recent CAF topics and speakers include:

Tim Carter, Legal Counsel at Google UK - life as an in-house lawyer at Google and what the key legal issues are there.

Dennis Turner, Chief Economist at HSBC - 'How long, how deep?' presentation and discussion about the economic downturn

‘How the City Works’

‘The Effect of the Credit Crunch on Litigators’

Law & Justice Forum

The Law & Justice Forum provides an opportunity for students and staff to meet and consider issues of social justice. The Forum complements the specific subjects and areas which students study on both the GDL and LPC and provides an opportunity to consider some of the big issues which often motivate people to become lawyers in the first place.

Here are just some of the topics covered recently:

‘Gender and the Law’

Baroness Hale of Richmond - the first and only female Law 'Lord' and HHJ Judge Case, a family law judge and treasurer of the UK Women Judges' Association

Cherie Booth - County/Crown Court Recorder, practising QC and as of 2009 Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association's Officers Discrimination Law Committee

‘Honour Killings’

Lynne Townley, Senior Policy Advisor to the CPS

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Making a Pitch – Confident, Cool and Legal

You’re joining a big law firm. A bit daunting – you’ll be talking to senior people in the firm as well as important clients almost from Day 1. You’ll be representing your firm too. It’s all about confidence – knowing what to say, and when to say it even when you feel way out of your depth. Discover the secrets of:

  • Business Networking for Beginners
  • The Elevator Pitch
  • Office Etiquette

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The Business Game

  • How well can you work in a multidisciplinary team?
  • Can you really communicate your ideas?

The Business Game competition will give you the chance to find out whether you can go all the way.

As the Director of a fictional PLC you will have the opportunity to get a feel for the pressures and challenges that Directorship brings. You will need to analyse the market place, prepare a strategy and fight off the competition, while at the same time shaping the culture of your company and communicating your views to your employees.

Working as part of a team where each person will have different skills, you will need to establish the strengths and weaknesses of your fellow Directors so work can be allocated efficiently.

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