The elusive internship
There are a lot of discussions at the moment about graduate prospects and whether there is the proverbial light at the end of the degree tunnel. The Guardian recently reported that there are now 70 applications to every available vacancy and “that nearly 78% of employers are insisting on a 2.1 degree, rendering [...]

Welcome to the third edition of The Argument – a critical analysis of the law by law students at the University of Kent.
In spite of our growth and increasing recognition within the legal community, the editorial team has been committed to preserving the foundational principles of The Argument. The premise of the publication has been, [...]

Coming to the end of my three year LLB it can be easy to believe that all sides of law have been studied. Kent Law School itself proclaims that it offers a ‘pioneering critical approach to the study of law’ and yet there is another view, notably overlooked, but voiced by those who do not [...]

Could you give us a brief background to your education?
I studied law in Cardiff largely because I knew Cardiff relatively well as my family had spent some time living there. I took the standard LLB law course and after graduating I went to the College of Law in Guildford, Surrey to do what was the [...]

Law is full of stories. After all, that is exactly what cases are. One such story takes place in Iraq on the fateful day of March 12, 2006. In the town of Mahmudiyah, approximately 50 miles from Baghdad, 5 US soldiers aided and took part in the gang-rape and murder of 14 year old Abeer [...]