Executive Committee

Ranamit Banerjee

President
<a href="mailto:president@uklsa.co.uk">president@uklsa.co.uk</a>
LLB (Warwick), currently undertaking BPTC (City)

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

Ron is responsible for the overall running of the UKLSA. Having established the Warwick Student Law Review and served on the executive of the Warwick Law Society, he brings his experience to the team. He aims to expand the presence of the UKLSA at the university level and making the organisation a platform for all students to interact and exchange ideas.
Gizem Basaran

Schools Programme Manager
LLB (Koc, Istanbul), LLM (LSE), GDL (BPP)

Gizem is the contact point of university liaisons regarding news and upcoming events.
She is an international student and is fluent in Turkish, English and Italian.
Claire Hook

Mistress of the Moots
<a href="mailto:mooting@uklsa.co.uk">mooting@uklsa.co.uk</a>
LLB (Swansea), BVC (CoL)

The Honourable Society of Middle Temple

Claire hopes to provide students with support and advice in every aspect of mooting. She hopes to achieve a greater status and participation for the UKLSA annual mooting competition. She has always been an avid moot participant and as a member of the Bar, advocacy is one of her key passions. Whether pursuing a career at the bar, as a solicitor or otherwise, advocacy is essential within the legal profession, one can only advocate if they understand the law, be it to a client or a judge, advocacy is both the understanding and application of law.
Jade-Amanda Laporte

Secretary
<a href="mailto:socialsecretary@uklsa.co.uk">socialsecretary@uklsa.co.uk</a>
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

Jade aims to qualify the Bar. She is a student member of the Inner Temple, has just currently finished an internship as a legal research assistant, and is currently a feature writer of The Student Lawyer.

In her role as general secretary she aims to maintain the organisation of the association by taking efficient meeting minutes, keeping up to date with administration and liaising closely with all departments of the team. In her role as social secretary Jade aims to organise two grand scale functions each year in order to create an integral networking opportunity for all law students from across the country.
Matthew Redfern

Communications Officer
<a href="mailto:communications@uklsa.co.uk">communications@uklsa.co.uk</a>

Currently undertaking LLB (Warwick)

Matthew is responsible for directly communicating with individual law students. Within this capacity he designs and updates the website, writes the society blog, and works closely with the Liaison Officer to help the society grow.

Matthew is currently studying at Warwick in his fourth year of his LLB, having spent a year specialising in European Law in the Law Faculty at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary.
Thomas Innes

Publications Officer
<a href="mailto:publications@uklsa.co.uk">publications@uklsa.co.uk</a>
LLB (King’s), currently undertaking MRes (Reading)

Thomas is responsible for the supervision of all UKLSA’s publications, including both the new academic journal (the United Kingdom Student Law Review) and the monthly newsletter.

He is Editor-in-Chief of the Review and will oversee the running of the newsletter. Thomas is currently a research student and tutor at the University of Reading. In 2011, he completed his undergraduate degree in law at King’s College London, having spent a year at the multi-national Centre for Transnational Legal Studies and having studied at University College London.
Max Wilson

Equalities Officer
<a href="equalities@uklsa.co.uk">equalities@uklsa.co.uk</a>
Currently undertaking the LLB (Warwick) (4^th year)

Having been Master of the Moots for the Warwick Law Society last year, Max has a wealth of experience in organising and hosting large-scale events and liaising with legal personnel and students across the UK.

This year, as Equalities Officer, his aim is to help to dispel the myth that the judiciary is only made up of a certain group of society and to promote the image that a legal career is obtainable for all meritorious students, regardless of social background, age, disability, gender, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or for any other reason. He aims to hold an event in Easter time with lawyers who can share their stories to undergraduate law students concerned about equality in the profession. He will also make sure that the activities of the society are not discriminatory in any way.