RITU PATEL

A highly motivated first-class Cambridge graduate equipped with brilliant critical thinking, teamwork, and communication skills. I am passionate about self-improvement and pursuing a legal career working on the complex high-stakes matters shaping the world.

Leicester
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Work Experience
Customer Assistant
Marks & SpencerLeicester
Sep 2026 — Present
  • I represent Marks & Spencer by delivering quality customer service, maintaining an organised store front and guaranteeing the premium standard of goods offered.
  • I familiarised myself with company procedures through on-the-job learning incl. stock rotation, waste disposal and manning tills to ease waiting times. I also actively support wider business functions whenever required by the team.
  • This fast-paced high-expectations retail setting has strengthened my communication, customer service, and multitasking skills. This experience would strengthen my ability to collaborate as a legal trainee.
Community Fundraising Representative
Titanium Marketing LtdLeicester
Jan 2026 — Aug 2026
  • As a fundraising representative, I represented well-known charities including Great Ormond Street Hospital and Marie Curie in residential campaigns. I contacted members of the public to raise awareness of the charity, established a rapport and generated monthly donations towards the charity. After just two weeks, I was also selected to coach new brand ambassadors due to my performance and teamwork abilities.
  • I developed communication, emotional intelligence and negotiation skills. Additionally, I displayed resilience by positively handling rejections in order to meet my targets. This goal-oriented attitude is relevant to law.
Summer Vacation Scheme
Arnold & PorterCity of London
Jun 2025 — Jul 2025
  • During Arnold & Porter's non-rotational vacation scheme I proactively sought work from various seats including competition and life sciences. This included researching precedents investigating a medical authority's potentially anti-competitive effect, drafting a blog summarising the UK’s New Pathways to Medicine, producing a corporate transaction chart and assisting with a pro bono document review for KIND.
  • Scored 22/24 in a privilege task categorising client documents during a discovery process.
  • Delivered a firm-wide group presentation on AI and IP issues with a particular focus on AI and inventorship under patent law, using Copilot and LexisNexis to accelerate my research due to the tight deadline.
Student Ambassador
University of CambridgeCambridge
Mar 2023 — Jul 2025
  • Represented the university's outreach and admissions team in their interactions with prospective students.
  • Facilitated question and answer sessions with students from underrepresented backgrounds through programmes such as 'Target Oxbridge'. I helped them develop confidence in their future opportunities by drawing on my own experiences and establishing common ground with students to build trust.
  • Mentored students in small groups by designing creative activities such as history timeline quizzes. By engaging with students from diverse backgrounds, I learnt how to adapt my communication style to individual needs. This adaptability would help me present legal information to clients, ensuring I can explain concepts in clear terms.
Researcher
King's College, CambridgeCambridge
Jul 2024 — Sep 2024
  • Chosen by the college's Senior Tutor to lead a first-of-its-kind student research project into the college's history of widening participation from the 1860s to 2000s.
  • Produced and presented a 6000 word report based off detailed primary archival research and secondary literature. This timeline of events may be used by the college in a future publication. Accuracy was essential since the report was publicly endorsed by the college and due to the sensitive themes involved.
  • I overall developed my skills of textual analysis through research and cataloguing whilst enhancing my project management and delivery skills.
Education Officer (Elected)
King’s College Student UnionCambridge
Mar 2024 — Mar 2025
  • I liaised with college leadership to address student concerns on educational matters, negotiating effective compromises such as block booking to prevent corporate bodies using student spaces during exam term.
  • I repurposed spare student union funds to introduce ‘care packages’ for intermitting students taking time from their studies. I navigated GDPR, budgetary constraints and consulted key stakeholders in delivering this project.
Skills
Interpersonal skillsOrganisational & project management skills.Relationship-building.Analytical thinkingWork ethic ResilienceAdaptabilityNew skill
Education
Bachelor of Arts, History
King's College, University of Cambridge
Oct 2022 — Jun 2025
  • Year 1: Class I (70)
  • Year 2: Class I (73)
  • Year 3: Class I (73)
  • Graduated with a First Class Degree with Distinction, Scholar of King's College, Cambridge
A-Levels
The Beauchamp College – Leicester
2020 — 2022
  • A*A*A*
  • History, English Literature and Religious Studies
Languages
English and Gujarati
Native
French
Intermediate
EXTRACURRICULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Former three-year Volunteer Police Cadet who participated in anti-theft community awareness drives, speed checks, and Remembrance Day parades. I was consistently recognised for my leadership skills.
Invited to speak at King’s College’s 1441 prestigious Foundation Dinner, addressing the college's largest donors on the importance of their philanthropy.
Served on the Equalities Sub-Committee for the Cambridge Union, inviting speakers like the founder of Karma Nirvana, Jasvinder Sanghera.
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