Aberdeen retains student negotiating team title

Law students from Aberdeen University have again come top in a national competition to develop negotiating skills.

Craig Wilson and Kieran McLaughlin, who are both taking the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, came through against teams from Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Strathclyde Universities to win the National Negotiation Competition, held recently in Edinburgh.

This is the second year running that the University’s Law School has won the competition, and a team from this year’s Diploma class will go on to represent Scotland at the International Negotiation Competition, to be held in Switzerland in July.

Mr Wilson commented: “Naturally, we were delighted to have won the Scottish competition and thrilled to have come out on top against such strong opposition.

“On a personal level we were particularly pleased that our hard work in the buildup to the competition had paid off. Also, we were immediately grateful towards our team for all the assistance and support that we had received in preparing us for the big event."

Both students have secured traineeships to complete their professional legal training, Mr Wilson with DLA Piper in Edinburgh and Mr McLaughlin with Brodies in Aberdeen.