Raising the Bar

Laurence Cooper’s ideas on how he imagined Gray’s Inn to be like were largely as a result of a certificate which included the words “To the degree of an utter barrister” on the wall of his late fathe…

In this installment of our "Meet the Barrister" series,  Alana Hughes speaks to Zehrah Hasan on her path to the Bar.

Zehrah was awarded various scholarships from Grays Inn and has previously worked a…

After the stressful and exhausting process of applying for pupillage, prepping for interviews, first round interviews and perhaps even second round interviews, you receive the dreaded email and find …

In this episode Elena records her first remote podcast and chats to Vicky Wilson and Steve Innes on dealing with rejection, with a focus on pupillage application rejections.  

Our guests discuss stra…

In this episode Alana Hughes, our guest host, chats to Professor Mark Engelman about his route to the Bar. 

Mark specialises in Intellectual Property Law and has worked with some impressive clients a…

It is with a heavy heart that Gray's Inn will shortly be saying farewell to Director of Education, Quinn Clarke. We decided to get Alana Hughes to chat with Quinn about her time at the Inn (16 years!…

We are in living in strange times and are having to adept to a different way of working and living for the time being.

A few weeks ago Elena chatted to Barrister Saara Idelbi who has successfully bee…

In this episode current AGIS president and residential scholar, Harry Samuels, discusses GDL scholarships and his experiences with applying for scholarships at Gray's Inn.

With the GDL scholarship ap…

If your brain is your business as a Barrister how do you safe guard it?

In this episode Elena chats to Amy Oliver about the particular challenges facing Barristers and how you can look after your men…

In this episode Elena chats to Joel Semakula about tackling Pupillage Interviews. Joel made the reserve list seven times over 2 rounds of pupillage interviews before being offered pupillage third tim…

How does one go from being a probation and aftercare officer in Jamaica, spend 6 years as a professional contemporary ballet dancer and end up as a specialist family law barrister?

Guest interviewer,…

Have you ever wondered what a student mentor does and how they can help you? This week Elena chats to student mentor, Rachel Barnes, on what made her decide to become a student mentor and what the be…

The Pupillage Gateway opens for submissions on 7 January 2020 - a process fraught with tension and anxiety for most students. Just how does one go about submitting the best possible application for p…

This year, Gray's Inn became the first of the Inns to have it's own LGBT+ Society. Gray's has long been celebrated as a diverse institution, welcoming students and barristers from around the world. T…

Today on Raising the Bar, Elena finds out about two of Gray’s Inn debating initiatives; Vocalise & Griffin. Vocalise is a student-led prison debating initiative administered by the Inn’s Education De…

The AGIS podcast Raising the Bar is up and running for the new academic year! In our first episode, AGIS publicity officer Elena Johnson speaks to Riaz Hussain QC, a member of our scholarships commit…