Bijetri Roy graduated from the Public International Law LLM in 2014 and is now the Instructional Designer at the top law e-learning company in India, EBC Learning
While I was in the penultimate year of my BA-LLB honours study at the University of Calcutta, India, I had started preparing to pursue a Master’s degree in London. I had coincidentally volunteered at an education fair in 2012, and fortunately got in touch with the Queen Mary Regional Advisor Ms Jaspreet Kaur who told me more about QMUL. On applying to QMUL, I read about the specialised Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London. CCLS offers a wide range of specialisations.
One of the best memories I have of the CCLS campus is the beautiful view of the garden right outside the entrance door! I have wonderful memories of the great lecture experience, state of the art waiting lounge and excellent events. One of my fondest memories is that of a meeting as a student member of the Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC), where I had the opportunity of brainstorming with other student members and our professors; a very democratic environment all the while in CCLS!
As many of our readers may be aware, CCLS was established by Prof Roy Goode 40 years back, and since then CCLS has been one of the top centres of excellence in commercial law studies. I feel proud that I am an alumna of such a prestigious hub of commercial law research, teaching and academics. At CCLS QMUL, I also had the opportunity to work part time on campus itself (I was a Media and Communications Coordinator for the QMUL School of Law) and I also had the opportunity as a postgraduate member of the Editorial Board of the Queen Mary Law Journal.
The most important milestone of my professional career has been my education at CCLS in 2013-14 when I pursued my Masters in Public International Law. The level of education, exposure and encouragement that I received at CCLS from my beloved and most respected professors and lecturers like Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas, Dr Alexandros Ntovas, Dr Emmanuel Osuteye, Prof Anne Flanagan, Dr Mistelis and Prof Geraldine Van Bueren QC are one of my greatest cherished treasures. I started my career as a banking and finance lawyer and my knowledge from my LLM helped me a lot in building my career. I also had a short one year stint as a law lecturer here in India at a private law school and I tried to use the teaching methodology of CCLS in my lectures. I presently work as an Instructional Designer at India's top law e-learning company EBC Learning and there has been no looking back. I plan, develop, brainstorm and design law courses for our online platform and my CCLS experience has been my greatest strength here, both in terms of securing this position as well as in terms of planning and executing the law modules and courses.
The reputation of CCLS will be a treasure in itself for prospective students. Also, the level of education and teaching methodology, online study resources, research scope and expert professors and lecturers are definitely the points I would mention to encourage students to join CCLS. CCLS has unique and flexible subject and module specialisations, and there are absolutely no restrictions on what combination of subjects and modules one can select. I studied a wide range of subjects – International Economic Law, Climate Change Law and Policy, International Law of the Sea and dissertation in Trade Liberalization and Poverty.
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