The Death Penalty Project (DPP) is a legal action charity, based in London, working to promote and protect the human rights of those facing the death penalty. DPP provides free legal representation to death row prisoners worldwide, with a particular focus on the Commonwealth – currently operating in over 30 countries. It also provides access… Read more »
We are thrilled to report that previous Kalisher LLM scholar and advocacy training course participant Kitan Ososami has received an offer of pupillage at Red Lion Chambers to begin in January 2022. Kitan has kindly produced a testimonial about her journey to pupillage and her involvement with the Kalisher Trust along the way: “I had… Read more »
The Kalisher Trust is pleased to announce a ‘summer school’ of short virtual training and guidance sessions. All sessions are open to those who are doing the Bar Professional Training Course, have completed it, or are a current pupil or first year Tenant. We welcome bookings for any of the sessions, or all of them…. Read more »
Julia Freytag was selected to take part in the Kalisher Trust’s Advocacy Training Programme in 2019. She has written the following testimonial regarding her experience: “Whilst working for parliament, I took an active interest in how legislation was conceived and decided to pursue a career firmly rooted in advocacy. Working for the National Centre for… Read more »
Brad Wallace was awarded the Kalisher Scholarship to study LLM General Laws at the University of Birmingham from 2019-2020. As Brad comes to the end of his time studying for his Masters, he has reflected on his year: “From an academic standpoint, my year at Birmingham has been great so far. The LLM offers great… Read more »
The appalling events in Minneapolis on 25th May 2020 have reminded so many that barriers to inclusion and advancement have no place in a just society. The Kalisher Trust’s mission is to broaden social and ethnic representation at the criminal bar by supporting young people, particularly those from diverse backgrounds. We have worked for more… Read more »
We are very pleased to announce that Jazmine Lee has been awarded the 2020-21 Kalisher : JUSTICE internship, which will run for three months from October 2020. Jazmine is a graduate of the University of Leeds, and read Law as an undergraduate, and her BPTC at BPP. During her second year at university, Jazmine came… Read more »
Max Hill QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, talks in this short clip about his life in Law. Max was appointed DPP in 2018; he had been the Leader of the South-Eastern Circuit; Head of Chambers at Red Lion Chambers; and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorist Legislation. Click below to find out more… Max Hill… Read more »
Max Hardy is a tenant at 9 Bedford Row, who specialises in criminal and regulatory Law. Max has been the Chair of the Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council, and is a member of the Criminal Bar Association’s Executive Committee. He can be found on twitter at @MaxJLHardy, and is a Kalisher trustee. Tell… Read more »
Kalisher / Criminal Cases Review Commission Internship 2020 The CCRC is based in Birmingham. With the support of the Kalisher Scholarship Trust it is offering an internship, which will be available to those who completed the BPTC in 2019 or 2020. The internship, known as the “Kalisher Internship Award” will be for a period of… Read more »
