Episodes
Monday Feb 26, 2024
How to start your legal writing career
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Interested in getting published? The Gray's Inn Student Law Journal is an ideal way for students to engage academically with the law, learn about legal writing and get published. It's an inclusive publication with support available for first-time legal commentators.
In this episode, Nora speaks to Hazel Bannerman, editor of the Student Law Journal, to discuss how you can begin your legal writing career.
Find out more on how you can contribute: Call for Papers - Student Law Journal - graysinn.org.uk
Monday Feb 12, 2024
How to Prepare for a Gray's Inn Bar Course Scholarship Interview
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
If you're preparing for a scholarship interview, you won't want to miss this episode!
Hear from Christian, a residential scholar, on how he prepared for his Gray's Inn Bar Course Scholarship interview and secured one of the coveted Residential Scholarships.
Gray’s Inn awards at least £1.4 million in scholarships each year. In 2024, the Inn intends to award at least 85 Bar Course Scholarships to support students undertaking the Bar Course. Gray's Inn also offers residential scholarships that enable students to live at the Inn while they study the Bar Course.
Applicants shortlisted for a Bar Course scholarship interview will be interviewed this March. The next application period for Bar Course Scholarships will open in September 2024. Find out more about Gray's Inn scholarships.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
How To Prepare for Gray’s Inn Bar Scholarship Interviews
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
"Show, don't tell" is just one of the many tips for applicants preparing for Gray's Inn Bar scholarship interviews in Episode 1, Season 5 of Raising the Bar.
Gray's Inn students Matty, CK, Ioanna and podcast host Nora Nanayakkara discuss how they prepared for scholarship interviews, approached the legal topic interview exercise and answered the dreaded question, "Why do you want to be a barrister?"
Don't miss future episodes, which feature more advice and insights from Gray's Inn scholars, students and members to help you on your journey to the Bar.
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
A Student’s Guide to Arbitration
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
In this episode Niamh explores the area of Arbitration from a students perspective. The discussion covers and introduction to Arbitration, the Gray’s Inn International Arbitration course and the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Niamh is joined by Nia a previous attendee of the Gray’s Inn course who also went on to compete in the Vis Moot. This episode was recorded in advance of the Introduction to International Arbitration Open Evening on 27th July 2023. Find out more via the Gray’s Inn website.
Monday May 15, 2023
A Student’s Guide to Mooting
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
In this episode, Niamh talks to previous AGIS Mooting Officer Samuel Moss, to provide an in-depth insight into the world of mooting. The conversation covers what mooting is and why it is viewed as such important experience for aspiring barristers. AGIS offers students a plethora of opportunities to represent the Inn at national and international competitions over each academic year and Samuel offers his top tips to students on how to get started and how to be a successful.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
A Student’s Guide to Career Changing
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
In this episode, Niamh is joined by Charlotte Ward, who offers her perspective on the journey to the bar when transitioning from a different career.
Charlotte is a current Bar Course student who has successfully changed careers after years of working in the Finance industry. As a future pupil barrister Charlotte discusses her experiences in returning to education to undertake the GDL, the process of obtaining pupillage, and both why and how she changed careers to become a barrister.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
A Student’s Guide to the GDL
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
This episode offers advice and insight into the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) for students who have studied a non-law undergraduate degree and want to pursue a career in law.
In this conversation, Niamh is joined with Nicholas Zeolla, to discuss his pursuit of a career at the Bar from a History degree. Nicholas is a current Bar Course student and is due to commence Pupillage in 2023. As the current AGIS President Nicholas also shares insights on how the Inns of Court are there to support students becoming barristers through scholarships and other opportunities.
Monday Jan 16, 2023
A Students Guide to Disability at the Bar
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
This second instalment of the Raising the Bar - A Students Guide, is hosted by Ciara Church and guest Zoe Chan.
Zoe is a Gray’s Inn Scholar and aspiring barrister wishing to pursue the law of Human Rights and Civil Liberties.
This discussion provides a student’s perspective of inclusivity and having a disability at the bar. Zoe talks about her involvement in the particular initiative of ‘Bringing [Dis]Ability to the Bar’.
Monday Jan 16, 2023
A Students Guide to the Bar Course
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
This conversation marks the first episode of the new ‘A Student’s Guide’ series on the Raising the Bar Podcast where we will discuss topics relevant to current and aspiring bar course students. This episode is hosted by Ciara Church with guest Kelly Yu. Kelly was the AGIS treasurer from 2021-2022 and is a Gray’s Inn scholarship recipient. Kelly came to the UK for university, from Hong Kong and studied English before transferring to Law. In this episode Ciara and Kelly discuss the different bar course providers, their journeys to the bar, and the lessons they’ve learnt along the way.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Sustainability and climate litigation at the Bar
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Working from home, online mediation, nett zero disputes, paperless practicing, the Greener Pledge - the pandemic has highlighted many of these issues and had been a period of reflection for many. How does the charge to nett zero affect how we practice, how do we enforce this in different jurisdictions, what is sustainability at the Bar?
In this episode Ciara discusses all this and more with Marion Smith QC and Annie Mackley.
Resources on climate litigation
UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report 2020: Global Climate Litigation Report: 2020 Status Review | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
Sabin Centre for Climate Change Litigation: https://climate.law.columbia.edu/
Judgment of the District Court of the Hague in Milieudefensie e.a v Royal Dutch Shell: https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2021:5339
ICC Commission Report: Resolving Climate Change Related Disputes through Arbitration and ADR: Resolving Climate Change Related Disputes through Arbitration and ADR (iccwbo.org)
Resources on sustainability at the Bar
Greener Arbitrations: https://www.greenerarbitrations.com/
Net Zero Lawyers’ Alliance: https://netzerolawyers.com/
The Mediator’s Green Pledge: https://imimediation.org/2020/10/21/the-mediators-green-pledge/
The Chancery Lane Project: The Chancery Lane Project
Bar Sustainability Network: Bar Sustainability Network (barcouncil.org.uk)