Ben
Ben, Bachelor of Civil Law
It’s brilliant that JCR and MCR members are so integrated, and that fellows and students can talk with each other on a level playing field. There’s no hierarchy here!
I came to HMC just after finishing an LLB in Law with Hispanic Law at UCL— I spent three years in London, and a year honing my Spanish in Madrid. At Oxford, I’m studying for the BCL, the postgraduate law degree for people from a common law background. I’ve only been at HMC for a year, and one term of that was spent entirely online! But if there is one thing that I enjoy the most, it is the people of the college—it’s brilliant that JCR and MCR members are so integrated, and that fellows and students can talk with each-other on a level playing field. There’s no hierarchy here!
I’ve been grateful this year to be the MCR’s ‘Barista-in-Chief’. In normal years this involves keeping the MCR kitchen well-stocked with drinks and snacks. But this year, getting into the MCR kitchen has been impossible for most people! So I’ve been taking the postgrads out on ‘coffee walks’, where we wander to a coffee shop on a Sunday morning, grab a coffee, and meander back to college through town. It’s been a great way to meet others, share stories and enjoy a coffee (and recently a rare iced one!). After I finish the BCL this summer, I’m going back to London, to do the Bar Course so I can eventually qualify as a barrister. I’ve been really lucky to receive a couple of scholarships from Gray’s Inn to do that.
