b'ANDREW BEATTIE\nFlat 5a, 26 Gistock Street, Aberdeen, AB26 3NP\nTel: 01224 645395, Mobile: 07775 398456, E-mail: a.v.beattie.13@aberdeen.ac.uk\n\nEDUCATION\n2013 - 2017\n\nLLB Honours (2.1 expected), University of Aberdeen\n\nPassed all exams at first sitting and on course to achieve at least a 2.1 based on my honours results\nso far in Employment Law (16/20) and Commercial Law (17/20). I am currently taking Oil and Gas\nLaw at honours level and conducting research for my dissertation.\n2007 - 2013\n\nShiltons Academy, Glasgow\n\nHighers: Biology (A), French (A), History (A), English (A), Information Systems (B)\nStandard Grades: 8 at Credit level\n\nLAW RELATED EXPERIENCE\nJuly 2016 - Aug 2016\n\nSummer Placement\n\nPinsent Masons, Aberdeen\n\nBased in the Energy Department for 6 weeks, this placement exposed me to work in the oil and gas\nand offshore wind sectors for clients such as Baker Hughes and British Energy Renewables. My\nresponsibilities ranged from conducting research, drafting letters and attending conference calls with\nclients to preparing and giving a presentation to a group of ten members of staff, including two\npartners.\nJuly 2015 - Sept 2015\n\nLegal Placement Student\n\nAberdeenshire Council, Stonehaven\n\nConducted legal research, ownership enquiries and produced title reports. Further duties included\nprocessing freedom of information requests, compiling documents for the public local inquiry in\nrelation to the Deeside Windfarm proposal, tree preservation orders, road bonds and compulsory\npurchase orders.\nJun 2014 - Aug 2014\n\nVoluntary Work Placement\n\nLegal Services Agency, Glasgow\n\nResponsibilities included assisting in objective evidence research and conducting research on\naspects of immigration and asylum law, case law research and case summaries. I also worked on\ncase preparation including reference source checking of expert reports.\n\nOTHER EMPLOYMENT\nSept 2014 \xe2\x80\x93 present\nTelesales\nSpace Kitchen Designs, Aberdeen\nCold telephone calling to a high volume of potential customers. Received an award for exceeding\nsales targets on five occasions.\nJul 2011 - Sept 2013 Team Member\nPizza Hut, Glasgow\nResponsibilities included reception, dispatch, preparation and training of new staff members.\nCustomer care skills demonstrated by keeping positive and professional under the pressure of\nbalancing customer requirements against the abilities of the kitchen team.\n\n\x0cRELEVANT SKILLS\nCommercial Awareness: Experienced in identifying, measuring and allocating resources (both in\nterms of time and money) to manage a variety of projects for the Ultimate Frisbee society. Gained an\nunderstanding of how a range of businesses operate through employment in the retail, hospitality and\nlegal sectors. I have successfully managed my personal budgeting by designing an Excel\nspreadsheet to track financial income and outgoings.\nCommunication: Confident communicating one-to-one, within and to groups gained from working\nwith fellow students, with staff ranging from secretary to partner in Pinsent Masons and with a wide\nrange of people through my customer related roles over the phone and in person.\nTeam Work: Developed the ability to adapt to a range of roles within a team context, including\nleadership where needed, through my role as President of the Ultimate Frisbee Society. Particular\nstrengths in motivating others and ensuring work is focused to specific goals, demonstrated in my\ntelesales role where I motivated my colleagues to achieve top team sales in 3 consecutive months.\nAttention to Detail: Accurately produced a variety of documents within work placements at\nAberdeenshire Council and Pinsent Masons which were approved by senior staff and sent to clients.\nTime Management: Successfully balanced work (sometimes up to 20 hours per week) with\nconsistently achieving marks at a 2.1 level within my LLB honours courses. Managed my workload\nthrough careful planning to meet deadlines within my coursework and during my work placements.\nInformation Technology: Experienced with Microsoft packages, particularly Word for producing\nreports of up to 5,000 words, and with legal research packages such as Westlaw.\n\nPOSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY\n2014 \xe2\x80\x93 present\nCommittee Member (and current President), Ultimate Frisbee Society\nI have been heavily involved in the Ultimate Frisbee Society, and have held committee roles since its\ninception in 2010. I have just been elected as President for this academic year. My contributions to\nthis society have resulted in successes such as doubling membership numbers and organising a\ntournament at Balmedie beach which made a profit of \xc2\xa3160 for the society.\n2012 \xe2\x80\x93 2013\nHead of School Year Book Committee\nI managed a team of 5 committee members tasked with the design and production of the school year\nbook. Specific tasks included interviewing students and compiling and editing vast amounts of\ninformation and discussing and making decisions about layout and design.\n\nINTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS\nLaw Society: As a member of the University Law Society I have visited the Scottish Parliament,\nattended careers events and enjoyed the range of social events scheduled.\nSTAR Award: I achieved the bronze level of the STAR Award (Students Taking Active Roles) in\n2015 which recognises my development of Aberdeen Graduate Attributes through my Ultimate\nFrisbee Society committee role.\n\nREFERENCES\nAvailable on request'