The Trust is pleased to announce that its internship with the Criminal Cases Review Commission (the CCRC) is now open for applications. This internship carries an annual salary of £17,893, payable monthly. The internship is open to those who completed the BPTC in 2020 or 2021, and will last twelve months. It will start in October… Read more »
The Kalisher Trust is pleased to announce its internship with Amicus is open for applications – the deadline is the 21st May 2021. The Kalisher Trust-funded internship with Amicus will take place over a consecutive three or four-month period (start date to be discussed with applicants at interview, and likely to be from early 2022)… Read more »
The Trust is delighted to announce two scholarships for students completing an MSc in Criminology at Wadham College and St Cross College, both at the University of Oxford. Exceptionally, the calibre of the applicants was such that two awards have been made this year, and we are grateful to both Wadham College and St Cross… Read more »
The Trust is delighted to announce that Andrew Pickin, a pupil at KBW Chambers in Leeds, is the winner of the Trust’s 2021 Essay competition. Andrew submitted an outstanding essay, and is a worthy winner in a high-quality field, which continues to be a very popular part of the Trust’s support for under-represented groups seeking… Read more »
The Sentencing Academy and the Kalisher Trust are delighted announce a partnership for the 2021/2022 academic year. The two organisations will combine forces to offer two paid internships under the supervision of lawyers from the Sentencing Academy and Kalisher. The internships will provide the successful applicants with the opportunity to work with some leading sentencing… Read more »
The Kalisher Trust is pleased to announce that in conjunction with the Department of Law at Queen Mary, University of London, applications for one scholarship worth £4,000 for offer holders on the LLM in Criminal Justice Law course at Queen Mary are now being accepted. Please see below for details regarding eligibility and the application… Read more »
We are delighted to celebrate the achievements of a recent Kalisher Intern at JUSTICE, Siven Watt, who has been awarded one of Gray’s Inn’s most prestigious scholarships (the Prince of Wales Scholarship) as he embarks on his BPTC. Siven’s determination and talent speak for themselves: he has shared an account of his path to the… Read more »
Following two virtual guidance sessions on Pupillage applications & Pupillage interviews, we are pleased to share the following advocacy exercises for those preparing for interviews. Many interviews include a short advocacy exercise, and we are grateful to those who have sent us a range of example exercises. This is an open access resource; if… Read more »
The Trust’s mentoring scheme, which launched in early 2021, is currently offered to all those who hold, or who have held, an award or internship with us and who have not yet reached tenancy. This is a pilot scheme and we intend to expand it from 2022, once we have assessed this initial phase. We… Read more »
The Kalisher Trust was pleased to assist with the inaugural debating competition run by the Criminal Justice Society. The virtual debating competition took place on Saturday, 6th February; judges Nutan Fatania, Max Hardy, Margaret Obi and Garry Green observed three debates and then a final. The winners were Billie Adrienne Axtell and Viktoria Moerk-Moerkenstein. Billie… Read more »
