//Diary of Events

Wednesday 21 October 2020

Student Evening: The Employed Bar in conjunction with City Law School

Our expert panel will be giving their views on what it takes to succeed at the Employed Bar

Speakers:

Gaynor Wood (CLS Services)

Ryan Porter (Lloyds Bank)

Sonia Hayes (Assistant Coroner)

Patrick Rappo (DLA Piper)

Ian Brookes-Howells (Legal Consultant and Interim Senior In-House Counsel)

Grant Warnsby (Treasurer of the Bar Council)

and Barry Harwood (Harwood Law) former senior lecturer in law at Manchester Metropolitan University, fully qualified mediator & pupil supervisor who will be talking about how to produce an excellent CV and how to succeed at pupillage interviews.

Chaired by Alex Carr

Location: Microsoft Teams

Time: 6pm - 7.30pm

Wednesday 25 November 2020

Annual General Meeting

Location: Microsoft Teams
Time: 6pm

Non- members welcome. The event is free to all. If you wish to take part you MUST register in advance by email.

PLEASE REGISTER BY EMAILING events@bacfi.org OR TELEPHONE (01525) 222 244.

Wednesday 2 December 2020

The 2020 Denning Lecture

Location: Microsoft Teams
Time: 6pm - 7pm

Speaker: Michael Sosso, Senior Vice President Legal – Gas & Low Carbon Energy and Customer & Products, BP. “Forced Evolution:  From Diversity to Technology - How Covid-19 has modernised the legal profession”. Chaired by Ian Brookes-Howells.

Kindly sponsored by Marque Wealth Management.

The lecture is free for everyone but please register in good time as there will be limited places available.

PLEASE REGISTER BY EMAILING events@bacfi.org OR TELEPHONE (01525) 222 244.

Other events may be included during the year and will be notified to members and advertised in Counsel

Attendance is free of charge for BACFI members; for non-members there is a £20 charge.  Please register in advance at events@bacfi.org. Seminars are registered for CPD with the Bar Council and the Law Society (non-accredited).  All seminars are followed by drinks.

Both the Middle Temple Reception for the Employed Bar and the Gray's Inn Dinner for the Employed Bar are Middle Temple and Gray's Inn functions respectively.  However, members of other Inns are welcome.  If you would like to attend please contact the Administrator, Sandra Janes via email or telephone on (075) 0723 7218.