Kelly and Emma Shooter - LL.B part time
We chose to study part time so we'd still be gaining work experience as we studied.
”Identical twins Emma and Kelly Shooter were right beside each other when they graduated in 2010 - as they had been throughout their studies.
The 25-year-olds, from Derby, not only look alike but both:
- left school at 16-years-old
- became Legal Clerks based in the city
- studied the same LL.B (Hons) law degree at the University, part-time whilst working
- received a 2:1 grade for their degree.
They are also noteworthy for another reason - Emma was the University's 1,000th LL.B (Hons) law degree graduate and her sister Kelly the 1,001st.
Emma said: "After we left school we both decided we wanted to do A-levels and then the University's law degree.
"We were going to do it full time at first but at the last minute thought it would be better if we stayed in work and did it part time. That way we would still be gaining work experience, as we studied."
Kelly said: "Our lectures were done after work, two nights a week, sometimes until 9.15pm. That could be hard, coming after a full day's work, but we had some good tutors."
Emma added: "We would do our studying and revise together. One of our lecturers said our written answers in exams were almost identical, but written in our own styles."
The sisters said they were grateful for the help and support they had received from the Smith Partnership and CJH (incorporating Greenhill Cooper) solicitors' firms in Derby, during their studies.
Tony O' Neill, Assistant Head of the School of Law and Criminology at the University, said: "Emma and Kelly were a joy to teach. Throughout their four years at the University they demonstrated ability and exceptional commitment, and they really earned their degrees the hard way.
"It's great that together they should mark the end of our first 1,000 LL.B graduates and the beginning of the next 1,000. We wish them every success for the future."
