Mixed Messes provide an opportunity to engage one to one or in small groups with Members of Hall.
This evening begins with a drinks reception where you can meet and later dine in groups of four (a mess) with barrister and judicial members of the Inn. Dinner is preceded by a talk given by a guest of the Treasurer.
Title: Great Advocates lecture series: George Carman QC – Lecture to be given by Michael Beloff KC.
About the speaker: Michael Beloff KC is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, a former President of Trinity College Oxford, Treasurer of Gray’s Inn, Senior Ordinary Appeal Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, and a former (and first) Chairman of the Administrative Law Bar Association. He is Chair of the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission and Disputes Resolution Committee, and of the Ethics Commission of the International Ski Federation. He is a former Chair of the IAAF (now World Athletics) Ethics Commission and Dispute Resolution Tribunal, a former member of the International Appeal Panel of the International Automobile Federation, and, as a member of the Court of Arbitration for 25 years, arbitrated at 5 summer Olympics. He is Editor of Sweet and Maxwell’s International Sports Law Review, Consultant Editor of Halsbury’s Laws on Sports Law, and former President of the British Association of Sport and Law. The third edition of his book Sports Law is in preparation.
Event details
Location: Hall, Benchers’ Entrance
Date and registration time: Thursday 20 February, 5.15pm
Who can attend: Open to all Members of the Inn
Dress code: Dark suits and gowns
Cost:
In recognition of the benefit Members of Hall and Benchers provide to the education and professional development of our student members at Mixed Messes, tickets for those Members of Hall and Benchers who have volunteered to host our students’ members and guests for the evening will be free of charge. If you would like to attend this event as a host, please contact roberta.lai@graysinn.org.uk.
All other prices are as follows:
• Students (Gray’s Inn student members only): £23
• Barrister (under 3 years Call): £23
• Barrister (over 3 years Call): £33*
• Benchers: £33*
*Barristers and Benchers who have been invited to attend as part of the Inn’s Outreach work will not be charged.
Cost online:
- All Members: £6
May count towards Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for barristers: view the Bar Standards Board guidance for CPD
How to book
Book online via the Gray’s Inn Online System (GIOS).
Qualifying Sessions
Qualifying Session (QS): 1 QS
Theme: Advocacy skills and Legal knowledge, justice and the Rule of Law
Learning aims:
- Analyse concepts and principles in relation to the rule of law, the administration of justice and the Bar of England and Wales.
- Contribute to legal debate and discussion.
- Develop legal knowledge and understanding through discussion with practitioners.
This QS relates to the following elements of the Professional Statement for Barristers: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 4.1
Preparation required: No
Please see Qualifying Sessions for further information.