Georgina Walton

Experience

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  Fahy Neilan Solicitors

  Feb 2012 - Mar 2012

  Work Experience

  I undertook work experience for one week at a high street firm, where I shadowed one of the solicitors.

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  The Western People Newspaper

  Feb 2012 - Feb 2012

  Work Experience

  I undertook a one-week work experience placement at a regional newspaper's office. I experienced how a small newspaper is organised and run, including doing a project in the accounts department. I also wrote my own short article while I was there which was published.

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  Meeclickmore National School

  Feb 2012 - Feb 2012

  Teaching Assistant

  I completed a one-week work experience placement at a local primary school, where I worked as a teaching assistant for children ages 4-12.

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  Sainsbury's

  May 2016 - Jun 2017

  Customer Assistant

  I have experience working in all departments at Sainsbury's, but I predominantly worked on checkouts where I became adept at communicating with a broad range of customers. Managing a law degree and a part-time job in my second year helped me to develop my time-management skills. As I have also worked throughout the Christmas period, I have experience with working under pressure in a busy environment.

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  University of Kent

  May 2018 - Sept 2019

  During my time as a Clerical Assistant, I undertook a fixed-term contract whereby I liaised with several university departments to provide administrative support, in addition to helping to organise several freshers week events for international students. As an Outreach Tutor specialising in debating, I utilised my previous experience of taking part in debating competitions in order to prepare and conduct debating and public speaking lessons for pupils at local secondary schools, to help the students further these skills. As a student ambassador, I also assisted in the running of a wide variety of other events geared towards local secondary school pupils, both on and off-campus.

  • Clerical Assistant - International Partnerships

    Jul 2019 - Sept 2019

  • Debating Tutor

    May 2018 - Jul 2019
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  First Data Corporation

  Jun 2018 - Sept 2018

  Global Strategic Sourcing Summer Intern

  I have undertaken a summer internship with First Data in Global Strategic Sourcing where I gained meaningful, hands-on experience working as part of a global strategic sourcing team in conjunction with professionals across the enterprise, including Finance and Legal professionals. In addition, I participated in sessions with Senior Leaders, as well as organised a charity week for the company with my fellow interns.

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  Kent Critical Law Society

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  Conference and Events Coordinator

  During my final year of university, I was a committee member of the Kent Critical Law Society, where we worked to provide a platform for students, both from law and other subjects, to debate the more critical issues surrounding law, as the University of Kent is a critical law school. We successfully organised the Kent Critical Legal conference in March of 2019, whereby we invited both students and keynote speakers from all over the UK to speak at the conference. I also played a key role in helping organise the other events that the society put on throughout the year. Show less

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  Kent Law Clinic

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  Caseworker

  Working under the supervision of a Solicitor, I advised clients regarding both employment and immigration law issues. The tasks that I engaged in included undertaking legal research, conducting client meetings (both in-person and via telephone), as well as writing client care and advice letters.

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  Kent Law School

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  I spent two weeks assisting a Senior Lecturer in Law, Dr Gavin Sullivan, on a book that he was writing, entitled ‘The Law of the List: UN Counterterrorism Sanctions and the Politics of Global Security Law’. This involved liaising with the professor and conducting extensive amounts of research autonomously, and then condensing and summarising the research for the Professor to read. This experience culminated in presenting my research to a group of university academics. In my final year of university, I had the privilege of being able to mentor first year students from Kent Law School. I helped to guide them through their first year at university by offering advice and guidance as to where they could access the support, academic, or otherwise.

  • Research Assistant

    Jun 2019 - Jun 2019

  • KLS Mentor

    Sept 2018 - Jun 2019
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  ELSA Kent - The European Law Students' Association

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  Director of Finances, Summer Law School Committee

  During my final year of university, I undertook the role of Director of Finances for the ELSA Kent Summer Law School Committee. At the time, we were the only ELSA Society in the UK to hold a summer school. Since volunteering at the first ELSA Kent summer school in 2017, it was a great pleasure to play a more active role in its organisation. The Summer Law School on the topic of Migration Law, which was successfully held at the end of June 2019. As the Director of Finances, it was my role to make sure that all our events are within budget, as well as working with the Director to sourcing funding for the summer school. The committee worked collaboratively and so I also supported the other committee members with their respective tasks. Show less

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  CMS UK

  Sept 2019 - now

  • Senior Paralegal - Disputes

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Paralegal - Disputes

    Jul 2020 - Jul 2023

  • Assistant Paralegal - Disputes

    Sept 2019 - Jun 2020
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  PwC UK

  Jan 2024 - Jan 2024

  Vacation Scheme Offer Holder
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  DLA Piper

  Jun 2024 - Jul 2024

  DLA Piper Summer Intern