Links to articles written by MTYBA members and MTYBA Committee officers can be found below
Christmas Party 2021Photos
Enjoy the below photographs of our Black History Month Event 2021
MTYBA’s Postponed Annual Dinner 2020 was a huge success…
Click the above image to read our Communications Officer Phyllida Spackman review the 2020 Postponed Annual Dinner!
MTYBA & Renaissance Foundation Mentoring
We were delighted to host an online panel event for International Women’s Day 2021
A Beginners Guide to Inquests: Sunyana Sharma, 12 May 2021
Phyllida Spackman, MTYBA’s Communications Officer, reviews “A Beginners Guide to Inquests” as the fifth in our “Expand Your Practice” series.
A Beginners Guide to the Court of Protection: Alex Ruck Keene, 17 February 2021
Phyllida Spackman, MTYBA’s Communications Officer, reviews “A Beginners Guide to the Court of Protection” as the third part of our “Expand Your Practice” series.
Pupillage Application Northern Circuit Panel Event 26th January 2021
Emily Landale, MTYBA’s Northern Circuit Representative, provides an overview of this event targeted at those applying for pupillage on the Northern Circuit.
Pupillage Application Panel Event 25th January 2021
Tabby Walker, MTYBA’s Welsh Circuit Representative, provides an overview of our recent Pupillage Panel Event.
Virtual International Weekened, 26 September 2020
MTYBA's 2020 President Michael Polak provides a review of the Virtual International Weekend event jointly organised for the first time with the Junior Lawyers Division, the European Young Bar Association, and the London Young Lawyers Group for the first to time to run International Weekend on 26 September 2020.
“When They See Us” viewings, 10 July 2020
MTYBA members watched and discussed the four episodes of “Whey They See Us”, a dramatised retelling of the Central Park Jogger Case, when five young black men were charged with raping and leaving for dead a young white woman in Central Park, NYC, in the late 1980s.
Jury Duty by Exit Productions, 30 June 2020
MTYBA members socialised in a virtual Jury Duty immersive experience, but it was a reminder that expediate justice can lead to an inaccurate outcome!
MTYBA and MTSA Black Lives Matter panel event, 25 June 2020
MTYBA and the Middle Temple Students’ Association showed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement with a virtual panel event, including a photo.
An Introduction to Media Law: Adam Speker QC, 22 June 2020
MTYBA's 2020 President Michael Polak provides a review of the An Introduction to Media Law by Adam Speker QC as the Second Part of the MTYBA’s Expand Your Practice Series.
The Rule of Law Under Attack, 29 April 2020
MTYBA members were extremely fortunate to hear from Martin Lee QC, Dennis Kwok and Benedict Rogers, about the erosion of the rule of law in Hong Kong.
MTYBA Coronavirus Hardship Grants, March-May 2020
MTYBA's 2020 grants to members to assist with financial hardship during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
MTYBA Members Message, 22 March 2020
MTYBA's President Michael Polak Message to Members in light of the Coronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic.
MTYBA and MTSA International Women’s Day Event, 06 March 2020
MTYBA's 2020 Communications Officer Merlene George provides a review of the MTYBA and MTSA International Women’s Day Event on 6 March 2020. For event photos click here.
MTYBA’s Expand Your Practice Series: POCA for Dummies, 26 February 2020
MTYBA's 2020 Secretary Hayley Blundell provides a review of Part 1 of the Expand Your Practice Series: POCA for Dummies Event on 26 February 2020.
MTYBA Top Tips for Pupillage Applications, 29 January 2020
MTYBA's 2020 Advocacy Officer Louisa Simpson provides a summary and 'top tips' from the MTYBA and MTSA Pupillage Application Advice Event on 29 January 2020.
The MTYBA 2020 Vision, January 2020
MTYBA's President Michael Polak has drawn up a plan of action providing you with an insight on what you can expect from the 2020 committee.
Women of the Bar: Successes, Challenges, Goals, April 2019
MTYBA’s 2019 Advocacy Officer Merlene George provides a review of the big discussion points from our event marking 100 years of women at the Bar in April 2019.
Following the BSB's issuing of its consultation paper on fees and charges for the authorisation and supervision of Authorised Education and Training Organisations (AETOs), the 2019 MTYBA committee produced the following response to the paper. The main issue raised by the consultation concerns the proposed moving of the ethics assessment from the vocational stage of training into pupillage.
LGBT Rights In English Law, February 2019
In recognition of LGBT History Month, MTYBA’s Diversity and Equality Officer Ariana Caines has put together a factsheet of the history of the development of LGBT rights in English law.
“Intellectual Disability as a Defence to the Death Penalty – but is it?” by Laura Broome, January 2019
Laura was one of the winners of our 2018 Intern Awards and completed a capital defence internship in Texas in summer 2018. Here she writes about the exemption in US law from the death penalty for defendants suffering from “intellectual disability”, and the problems caused by the lack of legal definition.
MTYBA responds to Sexuality at the Bar report, June 2018
MTYBA produced the following report for Middle Temple's Equality, Diversity and Social Mobility Committee in response to the paper ‘Sexuality at the Bar: Experiences of LGBT+ Barristers in England and Wales’, produced by academics at the University of Westminster.
"Advocacy for asylum-seeking and refugee women in Malaysia at the CEDAW Comittee's 69th session" by Jaipreet Kaur, March 2018
Jaipreet was the winner of the Intern Award in 2017. She completed her internship at Asylum Access Malaysia. One of her tasks was to lead the drafting of submissions to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination of Women to assist in their review of Malaysia's compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women during their 69th session. She has here provided a summary of those submissions.
MTYBA responds to the Bar Standards Board's consultation on Future Bar Training, December 2017
Following the BSB's issuing of its consultation paper on Future Bar Training: Shaping the education and training requirements for prospective barristers, the 2017 MTYBA committee, in consultation with its membership, produced the following response to the paper. The issues raised are central to the future training of young barristers, and include topics such as membership of an Inn, pupillage funding and pupil supervision.
"Challenging Institutional Corruption in Kenya as a Christian Lawyer" by Ricky Kimachia, December 2017
Ricky was a winner of the Intern Award in 2016. From October 2016 to April 2017, Ricky worked as a full-time intern with CLEAR Kenya, an access-to-justice project ran by the Kenya Christian Lawyers’ Fellowship (“KCLF”), in partnership with the UK-based Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship (“LCF”).
"The changing attitudes to the use of on-demand bonds" by Vanessa On, July 2016
Vanessa was a winner of the Intern Award in 2015. She completed her internship at the legal department of an international hotel chain in Hong Kong.
"The respect of economic and social rights under the European Social Charter and in the European Union – What future for social rights in Europe?" by Kevin Brown, April 2016
Kevin was a winner of the Intern Award in 2014. He completed his internship at the European Social Charter Department of the Council of Europe.
An insight into volunteering at the Women's Legal Centre, Cape Town by Sarah Mahony, April 2016
Sarah was a winner of the Intern Award in 2013. She completed her internship at the Women's Legal Centre, Cape Town.
"Liability for damage caused by space debris in outer space" by Edmond Boulle, September 2015
Edmond was a winner of the Intern Award in 2013. He completed his internship at the European Space Agency, Paris.