Our Barristers in Residence (BiRs) offer legal career guidance and mentoring to our students, alumni and staff who are interested in pursuing a career at the Bar or seeking to develop their advocacy skills.

Our current team of experienced barristers use their expertise to help others develop their legal skills, build professional networks, and understand the practical aspects of life at the Bar. In return, our Barristers in Residence benefit from access to our research, events and partnerships across the University.

Read on to find out more about our Barristers in Residence, the impact they have on our law school community and how you could benefit from working with them.

The Barristers in Residence Programme is designed to provide aspiring barristers with all the tools they need to succeed. The law is constantly evolving, and today's students need more than just academic excellence - they need practical insights, professional networks, and real-world advocacy experience鈥.

Dr Shane McKinder, Associate Head of Law and Joint BiR Relationship Manager

How Barristers in Residence help students, staff and alumni 

Our Barristers in Residence help students, staff and alumni to develop their advocacy skills and deal with the challenges of pursuing a career at the Bar. The barristers share their knowledge of the changing legal landscape and the skills needed to succeed in today's legal profession.

Our Barristers in Residence can mentor law students, offer guest lectures, help academics in their research and advise groups or individuals on legal career development. They also organise mooting sessions for students, help with curriculum development, and support the School of Law's focus on practical legal education.

To work with any of our Barristers in Residence, the BiR Team need some information from you. Please fill out the engagement request form or contact us at barristers-in-residence@port.ac.uk to find out more.

Areas of expertise include:

  • Developing advocacy skills
  • Exploring career paths at the Bar
  • Providing pupillage application advice
  • Developing legal research skills
  • Advising on Inn of Court scholarships
  • Understanding different practice areas
  • Supporting mooting programs
  • Contributing to academic research
  • Accessing legal networks

Meet our Barristers in Residence聽

Our community of Barristers in Residence have diverse specialisations and vast legal experience. Discover their legal journey and where their expertise lies by following the links to their full profiles.

Martyn Booth

Get to know Martyn Booth, Crown Advocate, First Tier Tribunal Judge and part to the Barristers in Residence at the University of 1024核工厂 

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Peter Jacobs

Get to know Peter Jacobs, a aspiring criminal barrister and part of the Barristers in Residence at the University of 1024核工厂 

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Grace McConnell

Get to know Grace McConnell, Criminal barrister and part of the Barristers in Residence at the University of 1024核工厂 

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Francis Payne

Get to know Francis Payne, a specialist Family law barrister and part of the Barristers in Residence at the University of 1024核工厂 

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Make an engagement request 

If you're a member of staff, student, alumni or School of Law member, you're eligible to work with our Barristers in Residence. Submit our short form, and we'll work with you to help you get the best BiR support.

Engagement request聽form

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Privacy notice

The School of Law of the University of 1024核工厂 wishes to process your personal data (that is, collect, use, store and destroy data that identifies you) as part of the Barristers-in-Residence Programme.

If you have any queries about this programme, please contact Dr Shane McKinder (shane.mckinder@port.ac.uk), or if you have any general queries about how your data will be processed, please contact the University鈥檚 Data Protection Officer at informationmatters@port.ac.uk.

We ask for your consent to process the data we ask for in the Barristers-in-Residence Programme so that we can respond to your requests. We will only share your personalised data with the Barristers-in-Residence. We will not store your data outside the EU.

Your personal data will be held securely on the University website CMS for 6 months and securely destroyed after that date. We may keep anonymised data based on the requests received for training and monitoring purposes.

You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, to restrict the use of your personal data, the right to be forgotten, the right to data portability and the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your data. For more information on these rights, please see our GDPR information on our website or contact Dr Shane McKinder (shane.mckinder@port.ac.uk). You also have the right to lodge a complaint about the use of your personal data, initially to the University (email information-matters@port.ac.uk) then to the Information Commissioner鈥檚 Office (ICO) 鈥 more information is available at the ICO website.

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