UCL Laws students win LWOB ‘Best Written Presentation’

Competing for the first time at the Law Without Borders (LWOB) Innovations Competition held at Oxford University on 8th March, four first-year UCL Laws students won ‘Best Written Presentation’ for their presentation: ‘Creating Effective Employment Laws in Myanmar.’

The four students: Clement Yiaw, David Lukic, Marc Tan, and Ryan Cher put the project together in just a few weeks with support and mentoring from solicitors at Shearman & Sterling. Commenting on the team’s success, Clement Yiaw said: “We were partnered with the London office of the prestigious US law firm Shearman & Sterling, who provided us with guidance on how to structure and develop our project. We appreciated how Shearman took an active and committed interest in our project, even providing a partner to help us!”

The innovations project formed part of the wider Oxford LWOB with a keynote speech on ‘Rule of Law and Innovation’ delivered by leading development practitioner, Monjurul Kabir and a panel discussion on ‘Does an International Rule of Law Exist?’

The UCL LWOB Team of students was sponsored by the Centre for Access to Justice. A full UCL LWOB Chapter will be launched next year under the oversight of the UCL Centre for Access to Justice.