NI: Ulster University team triumph in regional heat for Client Consultation Competition 2019

NI: Ulster University team triumph in regional heat for Client Consultation Competition 2019

Pictured (l-r): Niall Hargan (Competition Judge), Nikita Short (UU), Suzanne Rice, President of the Law Society, Cole Thomas Johnston (UU) and Colin Mitchell (Competition Judge)

Students from Ulster University’s Magee campus have triumphed in the regional heat of the Client Consultation Competition 2019.

The Magee team triumphed over the teams from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) and Queen’s University Belfast in the competition, organised by the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Winning students Cole Thomas Johnston and Nikita Short will now proceed to the final of the Louis M. Brown and Forrest S. Mosten International Client Consultation Competition in Dublin this April.

Suzanne Rice, president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, said: “On behalf of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, I wish to congratulate Cole and Nikita from Ulster University, Magee team on their win.

“I would also like thank our other participant teams who took time out from their studies to make the competition as successful as in previous years.

“Finally can I thank our judging panel, Colin Mitchell from MTB Solicitors and council member of the Law Society and Niall Hargan from Carson McDowell.”

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