Career Development Speaker Series – Exploring Career Paths in Law

Key Highlights

• Diverse Perspectives: Gain valuable insights from a panel of recent graduates, featuring trainee solicitors and early career barristers, sharing their distinct journeys into the legal profession.
• Professional Development: Hear first-hand accounts about life as an early career solicitor or barrister and find out about our speakers’ current positions, and their advice for aspiring legal professionals.
• Interactive Q&A: Engage in an open-floor Q&A session, where students can pose questions directly to the panellists.

Guest Speakers

We will be joined by five fantastic speakers:

• Maddison Fisher completed the Bar Vocational Course at City, University of London in 2023. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2023 and is a Pupil Barrister at 2 Bedford Row Chambers.
• Adam Jones read Law at the University of Essex, graduating with a first-class degree in 2021. He was awarded a scholarship at The City Law School gaining a Merit in the Bar Vocational Course before being called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in October 2022. He joined Trinity Chambers as a pupil barrister in October 2022 and is interested in the whole range of Family and Civil law work.
• Harriet Smith is a trainee solicitor at Ellisons. She completed her LLB Law degree from University of Essex in 2019, and studied part-time for her Masters and Legal Practice Course at BPP University in Cambridge. Harriet graduated in September 2022 and commenced her Training Contract with Ellisons shortly after.
• Cerys Gunn is a trainee solicitor at Ellisons. She studied an LLB in Law at the University of Sussex and the Legal Practice Course and an LLM at the University of Nottingham. She joined Ellisons as a trainee solicitor in September 2022.
• Danielle Barker is a trainee solicitor at Ellisons. She completed her Law Degree at the University of Suffolk and commenced her training contract at Ellisons in March 2023.

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