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3 Oct 2006 16:22:51
A law graduate from the University of Bedfordshire has been presented by a leading firm of solicitors with a prestigious legal award for being the best Bachelor of Law (LLB) final year student.
Machins, one of the leading firms of solicitors in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire, awarded mature student Wayne McBean the Machins Legal Award and also give him £250.
After graduating from the University earlier this month with a First Class honours degree, Wayne has begun his studies on a Legal Practice Course (LPC) at the College of Law, in London.
The 35-year-old said: “I am very pleased to have been presented with the award which shows all my hard work has paid off. I am now working hard to complete the LPC, which is a very intensive one year course. I then hope to work as a trainee solicitor and one of the areas I am interested in is private client work dealing with wills, trust and probate work.”
Wayne put off going to university when he was younger, as he was hungry to get into the world of work and start earning money, but he knew in the back of his mind after studying an A-Level in law and undertaking work experience at a crown court that one day he wanted to be a solicitor.
He worked in various different jobs, including being a National Lottery winner’s advisor at Camelot, working for DHL courier company and debt management agency Dun and Bradstreet in Holland, before deciding to study the LLB course at his local university, the University of Bedfordshire in Luton.
In his first year Wayne was presented with an award for being the most promising student by top Bedfordshire legal practice, Knowles Benning, and during his second year he was invited to give a presentation to the then Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Ruth Kelly, on behalf of the ‘Campaign for Mainstream Universities’ (CMU), where he represented mature students from across the country at the House of Commons.
He said: “I was very pleased to be asked to discuss such an important issue at the House of Commons. To represent the views of thousands of mature students to members of the cabinet was a great experience for me.”
Wayne was also a member of the University’s Law Society, where he took part in debates with other classmates.
He added: “Coming back to education as a mature student after working gave me added focus and desire to succeed. If you are dedicated, you can achieve anything you put your mind to and I have now got the opportunity to follow my dreams of becoming a solicitor.”
If you would like more information about the courses available at the University of Bedfordshire please call 0800 013 0925.
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