ARU Law Clinic in the running for major legal award
Clinic is a finalist in LexisNexis Legal Awards for nurturing students’ commercial skills
Sarah Calder, Director of ARU’s Law Clinic
The Law Clinic at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been recognised for its commercial impact by being shortlisted for a highly prestigious national legal award.
The service, which has bases in Chelmsford and Cambridge, has been shortlisted for the University Commercial Impact Award at the 2025 LexisNexis Legal Awards.
The awards recognise outstanding contributions in various categories, including legal services, technology, and pro bono work, and are considered among the most prestigious awards for the legal profession in the UK.
The Law Clinic offers a variety of free legal services to people in the community, working with local law firms and providing invaluable opportunities for ARU Law students.
By working in the Law Clinic with local solicitors, barristers and legal executives, it encourages and develops the students’ commercial awareness and strategic thinking skills.
“Our Law Clinic is set up to maximise our students’ contact with as many lawyers as possible, so that they can showcase their abilities in a practical environment, one in which they can thrive when given real-life challenges to address and assist in resolving.
“By working alongside a panel of over 100 volunteer solicitors, barristers and legal executives, our students can start to appreciate how each lawyer and law firm has a slightly different approach to delivering advice and how they can tailor their work to best fit alongside our volunteers.
“Our students become used to dealing with deadlines and understanding the commercial reasons behind the requirements to turn work around within a set time.”
Sarah Calder, Director of ARU’s Law ClinicThe awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 13 March at the Park Plaza London Riverbank. In the University Commercial Impact category, ARU will be up against fellow universities Aston, Essex, Reading, Sussex, Sheffield Hallam, Northumbria and Queen Mary.