Lady Justice (Sue) Carr was appointed to Court of Appeal in 2019, and sworn in virtually in April 2020. A commercial law specialist – particularly negligence and personal liability – she took silk in 2003. A stellar career at the Bar, which included being appointed Head of Chambers at 4 New Square, was followed by… Read more »
Joshua Rozenberg is a leading legal commentator; he is the only journalist to have been appointed Queen’s Counsel (honoris causa), and he has written for the Guardian and the Law Society Gazette. Joshua presents Radio 4’s Law in Action, and has recently published Enemies of the People? which examines how the judiciary makes law and how they maintain… Read more »
Anne Rafferty is a Court of Appeal judge. Having read Law at the University of Sheffield, she joined 4 Brick Court (now 9 Bedford Row). Anne was the first female Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, and on taking silk in 1990 half of the first married couple to take silk together in the same… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Kalisher Trust internship at JUSTICE is now open for applications. For more information on how to apply for this exciting opportunity to work with a team who work to strengthen the justice system within the UK, please see below. The deadline for applications is the 29th May… Read more »
We are delighted to announce the winner of the Kalisher Essay Competition 2020, with a substantial prize of £2,000: Bramble Badenach-Nicolson of 5 Paper Buildings. The competition was open to all pupils currently undertaking a criminal pupillage; our winner submitted 2,000 words in answer to the following question: “Section 4 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that the competition for a scholarship for the Criminal Justice LLM at Queen Mary, University of London is now open. The scholarship provides £4,000 of living expenses. Please see the QMUL web page here for more details, and for the online submission form. As well as meeting the high academic… Read more »
Fabjola is the Kalisher / Queen Mary LLM Scholar for 2019/20, and reflects on her experience during the year: My desire to practice in law began from the significant exposure to the law I experienced throughout my life, most notably as a refugee. I was unable to start any schooling until I was eight years… Read more »
Siven Watt, Kalisher Justice Intern reflects on his experience I was extremely pleased, yet surprised, that the Kalisher Trust and JUSTICE offered me the opportunity to intern at the JUSTICE office. The position is usually only offered to BPTC graduates, whereas I had only recently graduated from the Graduate Diploma in Law – this… Read more »
Polly Green, the 2018/19 Kalisher: University of Birmingham Masters in Law Scholar has graduated. The Trust congratulates Polly, and wishes her the very best of luck as she pursues a career in criminal Law. Polly writes: ‘I shall be eternally grateful to the Kalisher Trust for awarding me the Kalisher Trust LLM scholarship… Read more »
Kalisher Trust joins the LSE for Law outreach day On the 15th January representatives of the Kalisher Trust (Merry Van Woodenberg, Rhiannon Crimmins, Max Hardy, Lady-Gene Waszkewitz, Ryan Evans and Ed Gross) were hosted by the LSE for an event which formed part of their Pathways to Law programme. The evening involved our volunteers, along… Read more »
