Bar Course Scholarships – applications open
Applications are now open for Gray’s Inn Bar Course Scholarships, supporting those undertaking the vocational stage of Bar training. The deadline to apply is Friday 31 October 2025. Every scholarship awarded by Gray’s Inn comes with a guaranteed minimum financial award. Successful applicants will also have the chance to apply for a financial assessment and … Continued
[Closed] Vacancy: Training and Education Officer (part-time)
Independent Review of Bullying and Harassment at the Bar
The Council of the Inns of Court (COIC), on behalf of all four Inns, welcomes the publication of Baroness Harman’s review and thanks her and her team for the considerable amount of detailed work that has gone into this report. COIC have already initiated work with the Inns to consider carefully the recommendations made in … Continued
Judicial Appointments – August 2025
The Inn is delighted to note the Judicial appointment of the following Gray’s Inn Members in August 2025 Melanie Plimmer The Senior President of Tribunals, the Right Honourable Sir James Dingemans, has appointed Melanie Plimmer as Deputy Chamber President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal with effect from 28 August 2025. … Continued
The COIC Matched Funding Scheme
The Council of the Inns of Court (COIC) welcomes applications for matched funding for 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 pupillages The COIC Pupillage Matched Funded Scheme (PMF) helps provide additional pupillages in Chambers, and other approved training organisations, predominantly engaged in legally aided work. Encouragingly, a growing number of Chambers are applying for COIC matched funded … Continued
Appointment of Vice Treasurer for 2026
Master Naomi Ellenbogen has been elected as Vice-Treasurer for 2026. The Hon Mrs Justice Ellenbogen DBE will serve as the deputy to the Treasurer (The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane) in 2026 and will succeed him as Treasurer in 2027. Master Ellenbogen was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1992 and appointed Queen’s … Continued
Bar Council AGM notice 2025
Judicial Appointments – July 2025
The Inn is delighted to note the Judicial appointment of the following Gray’s Inn Members in July 2025 Susan Evans The Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce that, following an Expressions of Interest exercise, HHJ Susan Evans KC has been appointed as Resident Judge at Bournemouth Combined Court for a period of four years … Continued
The Sandra Day O’Connor Scholarship
Gray’s Inn is pleased to announce that the family of Sandra Day O’Connor has given permission for the Inn to award the Sandra Day O’Connor Scholarship, which will be awarded to Internship Scholars undertaking placements in the United States. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan and served … Continued
Congratulations Trinity Call 2025
Congratulations to all our Members who were Called to the Bar on Monday 21 July 2025. The names of those called to the bar are also sent for publication in The Times, The Telegraph and The Independent newspapers. Gray’s Inn Library holds copies of The Times and The Telegraph. The following 78 Members of this Society have been deemed by the Masters of … Continued