Budding barrister raises the bar
High flying student with passion for law wins prestigious award
University of Bradford law student and aspiring barrister Joseph Corina, 26, has scooped a major award in his final year.
Joseph, who is also a part-time flight instructor, is the recipient of The Neuberger Prize. The prize, set up in 2015, is an annual award for undergraduate students who are about to start their final year of a qualifying law degree at non-Russell Group universities. Its prestige can be measured by the fact that last year, out of 23 nominations, only five awards were made.
Joseph, pictured in January this year with Lady Hale as she opened the University’s mock law court, said: “The study of law greatly interests me, in particular the barrister route, which involves using the court process to resolve issues when there is a disagreement of fact or law.
“The University has supported me throughout my degree and tutors have always been helpful in terms of discussing and debating issues to do with the law.”
The Neuberger Prize, set up by The Honourably Society of Lincoln’s Inn, aims to identify students who are of proven excellence and gives them the opportunity to integrate with the Inn during the final year of their qualifying law degree. The Prize also provides winners with the opportunities to network with members of the Inn and its staff, and prepare them to apply for scholarships. Since 2015 there have been 19 winners of the Neuberger Prize.
Dr Mark Van Hoorebeek, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law said: “Winning the Neuberger Prize is a major achievement. Joe was immediately visible within the student cohort both regarding his organisational capacity and intellectual ability. It is well within Joe to achieve a first overall.
“His ability to organise and deliver arguments as part of our ‘mooting team’ is impressive. I use his moot skeleton argument as an exemplar of how to formulate a skeleton arguments with first year students. He is academically apt but also personable and robust enough for students and academics to engage in productive dialogue concerning his work and the work of others.”