Birkenhead Lecture
The annual Birkenhead Lecture is delivered by an eminent Member of the Inn or guest each Autumn. The first Earl of Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith GCSI, PC, KC was was a renowned debater, barrister and parliamentary performer.
- ‘English Law and the Irish Question’, Mr Justice Foxton.
Read the Birkenhead Lecture 2025 (PDF) or visit our YouTube channel to watch the recording of the live event. - ‘Judicial afterlife: should it be subject to any limits?’, The Rt. Hon. Lord Dyson.
Read the Birkenhead Lecture 2024 (PDF) or visit our YouTube channel to watch the recording of the live event. - ‘The Future of the Legal Profession’, The Right Hon Lady Dorrian
Read the Birkenhead Lecture 2023 (PDF) - ‘National security and the law’, Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC
Read the Birkenhead lecture 2022 (PDF) - ‘The private law of digital assets: what is it and what should it be?’, Louise Gullifer KC (hon) FBA
Read the Birkenhead lecture 2021 (PDF)
Gray’s Inn Readings
The Gray’s Inn Readings are annual lectures delivered by Britain’s leading legal professionals, held in partnership with Gresham College.
- ‘Democracy and International Criminal Justice in the Fragile World of the Rule of Law‘ (2025), Sir Howard Morrison KC
- ‘Considering the last decade, has the UK Constitution worked or does it need reform?‘ (2024), Lord Falconer PC, KC
- ‘Where are we with freedom of expression?‘ (2023), Dame Siobhan Keegan
- ‘What makes a good judge?‘ (2022), The Rt. Hon. Lady Rose of Colmworth
- ‘Complexity and the Law‘ (2021), Rt Hon Lord Justice Haddon-Cave
More Gray’s Inn Readings can be found on the Gresham College website.