The Cambridge Pro Bono Project is a fascinating initiative by the Faculty of Law that empowers students to work on real-time human rights issues in collaboration with international organisations. For the 2025-2026 academic year, one of the project proposals are with Freedom Now, a Washington, D.C. based non-profit organization. One of our Master of Laws (LLM) students, Akanksha, tells us more about the scope and shares her experience of working on the project.
As a law graduate from Homerton College, Cambridge, Alicia decided to ignore the pull towards London and make a move outwards to work in the Regions. She shares her reasons, her experience so far, and four unique features of training at a regional commercial firm that prospective lawyers may not be aware of.
Follow Kingkar Pal, NatSci alum (2024) on their journeyto securing a prestigious role 6 months after graduation and their advice on finding job search success, even when it feels like a mountain to climb.