Manchester Young Solicitors Group: February 2016

Wednesday 17 February 2016

National JLD News: JLD Ball and Conference on 16 April 2016

The 9th Junior Lawyers Division annual conference and ball will be held on Saturday 16 April 2016 at the Law Society in London.

Helping junior lawyers to develop, progress and diversify within the legal profession

The JLD committee is delighted to invite you to the ninth annual JLD Conference and Ball on Saturday 16 April in London at the Law Society.

Always a popular event, this full day conference will have a mix of keynote speeches and presentations, interactive group sessions, practical breakout workshops and networking opportunities. The JLD’s Annual Conference offers invaluable guidance on taking control of your career and is tailored specifically to those starting out in the industry.

Highlights include

How to conduct effective feedback conversations
Legal project management: dealing with client expectations, adding value, and standing out in your firm
Developing an international career: perspective from home and abroad
Overcoming adversity in the profession
Alternative legal career paths: private practice is not the only way
Updates on major JLD policy initiatives
Financial advice drop in clinics
CV clinics - expert advice to give your CV a boost!

Who should attend

We highly encourage members of the JLD with five years or less PQE, LPC students and graduates, and trainee solicitors to attend the conference and ball. Guests and friends of junior lawyers are welcome to attend the Ball.

CPD

Up to 5 CPD hours will be available.

Boost your CV with our CV clinics throughout the day

These clinics will help you gain invaluable feedback and tips for improvement. Registered delegates will be notified approximately two weeks prior to the conference inviting them to submit their up to date CV should they wish to book an appointment with a CV adviser. Please note that appointments are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and only available to registered conference delegates. If interested please ensure your CV is up to date and ready.

Financial advice drop in clinics

A new feature at conference this year will be financial advice drop in clinics. We are grateful to our sponsor Wesleyan for providing delegates with the opportunity to speak with a professional financial adviser who understands the unique career paths of those in the legal profession.

Annual Ball

The black tie Ball is also being held at the Law Society and will include a drinks reception, three-course meal and musical entertainment from a live band.

Guests and friends of junior lawyers are more than welcome to book tickets.

JLD charity raffle

The JLD will be conducting a raffle at the Ball for this year’s designated JLD committee charity of the year, Help for Heroes. If you are interested in donating a prize to the raffle please email juniorlawyers@lawsociety.org.uk.

Venue

The conference and ball will be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL.

Hotel accommodation

Please visit https://www.hotelmap.com/pro/MXR34

February Update

The Manchester Young Solicitors Group had a busy start to 2016 with a successful inter-professional event at Veeno held on the 28^th January with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The event was titled a Taste of Sicily and attendees were treated to an array of Sicilian delicacies and wine. Thank you to our sponsors Catax Solutions and G2 Legal who enabled us to provide this fantastic event to our members for a small fee of £5 per member.

This event was swiftly followed by the next installment in our Health and Wellbeing Events. Led by our committee member, Lida Khanverdi, our members and the Young Chartered Accountant Group were provided with a nutritional talk at Banyan Tree on the 3^rd of February followed by a Cross fit Class at Train Manchester. MYSG this year are committed to providing a wide variety of networking events to attract attendance from our large and varying membership. The next wellbeing event will be a Yoga Class at Lululemon with our friends at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

For those who enjoy a glass of wine after work, the Giant Inter-Professional event at Revolution de Cuba on the 18^th February was a resounding success as always attracting over 500 attendees. Thank you to our contacts at Manchester Chartered Accountants Student Society for organising such a fantastic event year on year.

Looking ahead we will be holding an event at Manchester Casino 235 on the 10^th March 2016 with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. At this event attendees will be taught the skills of how to hold a true poker face and the solicitors group will be pitted against the surveyors in a mini poker tournament – we can’t wait!

If you are interested or know anyone at your firm who is looking to develop their network and business development skills please sign up to our mailing list at https://www.mysg.co.uk and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook. Members are encouraged to check the website regularly for news and updates as we are receiving an unprecedented amount of interest in each of our events and attendance is on a first come first served basis.

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Manchester's Inter-Professional Social

Join us for an evening of drinks and entertainment at Revolución De Cuba on Thursday 18th February 2015, starting at 5.30pm.

There will be cocktails on arrival plus two drinks and paella served later in the evening, along with bands on both floors in what is sure to be a great evening! Tickets are £5 and can be purchased via the Events section of our website.

It is a joint event held with Manchester Young Professionals, MCASS, Manchester Trainee Solicitors Group, Manchester Young Solicitors Group, RICS Matrics, North West Young Planners and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff; we are pleased to invite you to our Inter-Professional Social. The main sponsor of the event will be Axon Moore and Capstone Recruitment.

MYSG Update

For 2016 the Manchester Young Solicitors Group has a number of exciting events and seminars arranged for our member. It all kick starts on the 28th January with a wine tasting event with our friends at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. This event will be held at Veeno from 6pm and the cost will be £5, an invite will be circulate over the next few days so that you can sign up before it sells out! This event is then swiftly followed with our ‘Health and Wellness’ Event at the beginning of February for those of you that are intent on keeping your New Year’s resolutions. Attendees will be treated to an informative presentation from a nutritional expert and a complimentary body conditioning class – a sure way to beat those New Year blues and get fit for 2016.

February brings the giant inter-professional event to Manchester to be hosted on the 18th February at Revolucion De Cuba. This event brings together circa 700 attendees from a variety of professions within the city centre including the Young Solicitors Group, the Young Chartered Accountants Group, the Town Planners Institute, the Young Professional Network and the Chartered Surveyors. An event not to be missed!

Members are encouraged to check the website regularly for news and updates as we are receiving an unprecedented amount of interest in each of our events and attendance is on a first come first served basis. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the Chair of MYSG at charlotte.brinsley@slatergordon.co.uk

MYSG

Forever Manchester Ball

MYSG's chosen charity this year is Forever Manchester. Forever Manchester are hosting a massive birthday ball at the Palace, Manchester on Friday 5th February 2016. Tickets are £85pp.

If you would like to come please order you tickets on the link below:

http://forevermanchester.com/upcomingevents/birthdaybash/

Please quote MYSG when you enter your company name.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

For further details, please contact:

Olivia Holroyd and Rachel Diskin (MYSG charity representatives)

olivia.holroyd@horwichfarrelly.co.uk / rachel.diskin@expresssolicitors.co.uk

Monday 1 February 2016

Last Call for the MYSG Wellbeing Event

This is the last call for our first Wellbeing Event of the year on 3 February 2016. As a reminder, the details are below:

The event will be completely free to members and is being sponsored by QC Legal who are providing goody bags packed with healthy goodies.

The event will start at 6:15pm at the Banyan Tree, Ellesmere Street M15 4JY. Please meet us there or alternatively members of the MYSG committee and QC Legal will meet you in the foyer of 3 Hardman Street, Spinningfields at 6pm should people not be sure of Banyan Tree’s location. There will be two groups going over, a jogging group and walking group, so come dressed in your fitness gear should you wish.

The nutritional talk will take place at Banyan Tree, Castlefield and is being given by Christina Galloway. Christina is a certified expert in nutrition and lifestyle and has a diploma in sports coaching as well as being a CrossFit level 1 coach, professional gym instructor in instruction, core stability and circuits and is also a Preggi Bellies instructor. She is a true believer that health and wellbeing is multi-faceted and refers to it as being “a list of ingredients”- add a little bit of everything and you get something fulfilling & satisfying. Add one or two and it’s either too bland or just salty, and you can’t actually enjoy it! Christina will be focusing on nutrition and the idea of stepping away from fad diets and the diet culture in general and thinking more specifically about how to start and maintain a nutritional and satisfying eating routine which will change the way you think about food.

The Train Manchester CrossFit facility is opposite the bar so we will walk over and get set up for the class which starts at 8pm. There are changing rooms and showering facilities available, should you wish to use them.

Numbers are strictly limited to 20, so sign up early to get involved. Please email Abby Lowther at abigail.Lowther@slaterheelis.co.uk quoting “CrossFit” in the subject line.