Author Archives: In Haec Verba

A Tale of European Market Unity: part two. — thelegalwingofit

You may recall that recently I wrote about the proposed merger between the London Stock Exchange (hereafter the LSE) and Deutsche Börse. I outlined the arguments which supporters of the proposed merger were putting forward, discussed their reasons for supporting the merger, and concluded that the political climate would make for an interesting context. This […]

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LSE -Deutsche Börse merger: European Market Unity?

Originally posted on thelegalwingofit:
Regular readers may recall that I once wrote a ‘walkthrough’ post in relation to commercial awareness. I stated then that as a law student, I have read many articles and listened to many a presentation over the years pertaining to commercial awareness. It has been stressed that this is a vital,…

City Scholars, Leaders and Memories.

As the interview season for the QUB City Scholarship programme rolls around, we want to wish all short-listed candidates the very best of luck. We can remember too clearly what it felt like to go through the process! But with this in mind, we decided to think about providing information about what the City Scholarship experience is […]

Farewell to the summer, and hello to the new academic year.

Originally posted on thelegalwingofit:
Hello all, Well, what can I say? Summer is behind us now, and the new academic year is just on the horizon for returning university students such as myself. I find it rather surreal to consider that this is my final year at university, and at how rapidly summer appeared to…

Inspiring Leaders programme 2015.

Originally posted on thelegalwingofit:
Hello all, You may remember from a recent post that near the end of October, I was informed that I was successful in applying for a place on the Inspiring Leaders programme organised by my university’s Volunteering department. I was so excited to receive the official confirmation email that evening coming…

Coursework Conquered: a photo-essay.

Originally posted on thelegalwingofit:
I invite you all to pause, and raise a glass. Mark the date in your collective calenders; a red letter day that some of us (see: myself) considered a distant dream. But on the 13th January, in the Year of Our Lord MMXVI, I did submit my final coursework research article.…

Semester updates, or: ‘Since when was it Week Ten already?’

There is no rest for the wicked (by which we mean dedicated and busy Queen’s students) as you can see from this blog post. Leah talks about all the work she has undertaken in the first semester of her final year at Queen’s. Source: Semester updates, or: ‘Since when was it Week Ten already?’

Business headlines: a commercial awareness walk-through.

One of our own City Leaders, Leah, has a blog where she talks about being a final year student reading her Law degree. She kindly wrote this post at our request, discussing commercial awareness and offering a walk-through to understand how to apply it. Source: Business headlines: a commercial awareness walk-through.

Updates: PSA the third of this weekend!

Hello all, We are pleased to announce that we have created a new page and added this to our site header. Entitled ‘Queen’s University Belfast’, this page aims to give a brief introduction to our university and provide our readers with links to the university’s website as well as Twitter and Facebook accounts. The wonderful […]