This year’s course topic is: ‘How Can We Humans Stop {Killing Millions of Each Other In} Wars? Can We Rely on International Humanitarian Law? If Not, on What Else?’
⏳ Application deadline: 22 April 2026.
🖱️ Full details are available on our website: nrtm.pl/4tmDimP
Applications for for funded places to attend this year’s Geoffrey Nice Foundation Master Class close this Wednesday!
Don't miss out on a fascinating course in Dubrovnik, Croatia from Monday 29 June to Saturday 4 July 🇭🇷
Book now for ‘Organ Trafficking in Peace and Conflict’, BHRC Panel Discussion & Keynote with Master of the Bench Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC.
Tuesday 21 April 2026, Doughty Street Chambers,
6-8.30 pm. Panel Discussion followed by networking drinks.
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Today is the last chance to get your submission in for The Inner Temple Drama Society Summer Show 10-11 September 2026 ! ☀️⛱️ Get creative and show off your writing and directing chops!
🎬 Submit by 11.59pm today! nrtm.pl/4tDbcE9
Inner Temple Drama Society
Taking an unplanned break from the Bar is rarely straightforward. Returning to it can be even harder.
Yaa Dankwah Ampadu-Sackey reflects on moving practice in episode five of Movers and Returners 🎧https://nrtm.pl/3KfGIXH
📢 Book now for the History Society Lecture: The Reasonable Person
Who is the “reasonable person” in common law?
Find out with Dr Valentin Jeutner, from ancient history to modern technology.
🗓 5 May | 6pm (GMT+1)
📍 London and livestream
🎟 £13.65 or free online
👉 nrtm.pl/42bAsFB
Applications for Inner Temple GDL Scholarships are open!
This year we're offering over £200,000 in scholarships for students undertaking a law conversion course. We guarantee our GDL scholars an award of at least equal value for their Bar Course.
Apply by 1 May 2026: nrtm.pl/3QJmubs
Promotional graphic for a legal panel titled “Historic Trials of Soldiers.” Background shows a street alongside a peace wall, a tall corrugated metal wall with fencing, likely in Belfast, with four people walking away from the camera. Text reads “The Social Context of the Law,” “Historic Trials of Soldiers,” and event details: Monday 18 May, 6pm, open to all, in person and livestreamed, hosted by The Inner Temple.
What does justice look like decades after conflict?
Join us for a discussion on Historic Trials of Soldiers, examining whether the proposed NI Troubles Bill offers legal certainty or prolongs uncertainty.
🎙️ General Sir Nick Parker KCB CBE DL
🎙️ Sir Geoffrey Nice KC
📆 18 May, 6pm
🎟️ nrtm.pl/4tKbpoS
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⚖️ Ever wondered how a courtroom battle changes when argued from different sides of the Atlantic?
Join us next week for a dynamic Transatlantic Moot at The Inner Temple 🌍
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...and What Has the ECHR Ever Done for Us? Article 6 and Fair Trial Rights 1998–2026 on 6 July (nrtm.pl/4csQNKM). All bookable now!
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...Who Do We Send Back? How Reforms to Article 3, the Refugee Convention, and CAT Could Reshape UK Practice on 16 June: nrtm.pl/3OqTOn0
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The full series continues with three webinars: Life Without Article 8 ECHR: What Would It Mean in Practice? on 26 May: nrtm.pl/48MXuGq
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New series for barristers starts at The Inner Temple on 28 April.
Human Rights Law Reform: Convention, Common Law, and Parliament.
Four sessions exploring what reform or withdrawal from the ECHR would mean in practice, with leading practitioners and academics. Book: nrtm.pl/3O859bA
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In this video she explains what barristers can do to keep their skills fresh. Participating in mock trials, undergoing advocacy training and building relationships through networking activities are all ways in which the Inn supports barristers in the window between Call and Pupillage.
#barrister
How does The Inner Temple support barristers between Call and Pupillage? 🧑🏾🎓 ⚖️ 👩🏻💼
Maxine Quintyne-Kolaru recently wrote an article for our upcoming issue of ‘Innerview’ (which will be published on 14 April) about how the Inn supports barristers between Call and pupillage 🫱🏾🫲🏼
#supportingourstudents
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Successful applicants will receive training from an accredited trainer from the British Library’s Oral History Department. The session will cover interview techniques and guidance on effective questioning.
📧 Apply by Wed 15 April to Celia Pilkington, Archivist, at cpilkington@innertemple.org.uk.
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⏳ Time is running out to volunteer for The Inner Temple Archives Oral History Project!
Members and students are invited to take part in preserving the Inn’s rich history by interviewing some of the Inn’s senior barristers, along with long-serving staff and residents🎙️
🎭 Prima Facie Screening
Join us for a powerful evening as we screen Prima Facie, starring Jodie Comer, with thanks to the Schools Consent Project and the producer of Suzie Miller’s multi award-winning play.
🗓️ 28 April, 6pm
🎟️ Book your place: nrtm.pl/48ypFJ5
Spaces are limited - Don’t miss out!
13 years in, and this is what made Master Singh apply 🎯
Guidance and an application form are available on our website 💻: buff.ly/wkTr2VM
🗓️ The deadline is 5pm on Tuesday 14 April.
#becomingabencher
What Is the Most Rewarding Thing About Being a Student Ambassador? 🏆 ✨
Having a say in important matters and helping the Inn support students by addressing their concerns are just a few of the things that Ayesha finds rewarding about being a Student Ambassador. Watch to hear more! 📺
#uklaw
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🎤 The debate is free to attend - get your ticket here! nrtm.pl/4vjlWcn
🥂 If you’d like to join us for the debate and dinner, book here: nrtm.pl/3PiLXYz
Old parchment depicting the Law Student's Debating Society founded 31 May 1836.
Tomorrow is the last chance to book tickets for The Inner Temple Debating Society’s 65th-anniversary dinner ✨🍷
Celebrate with friends old & new over an evening of drinks, dinner & camaraderie Festivities begin at 5.30pm with a lively show debate on the motion: “This House Would Turn Back Time”
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Enjoy drinks and a buffet supper with friends at The Inner Temple! 🥂
Join us for Ordinary Dining Night! ✨
📆 Tuesday 12 May, 6.45pm
🎟️ Book: nrtm.pl/3OuE8iA
Open to Members and their guests
Already volunteering for the Inn? You're more ready to apply than you think ✍️
Guidance and an application form are available on our website 💻: buff.ly/wkTr2VM
🗓️ The deadline is 5pm on Tuesday 14 April.
They are pictured here with their coaches in front of St Stephen's Cathedral in Inner Temple hoodies! The oralists were excellent and the entire team has learned a great deal, improved their advocacy and made some wonderful international connections.
📸 Pictured from left to right: Hannah Phillips, Nicole Terry, James Piercy, Louis Flannery KC, Joshua Hurst (S), Serhan Karadeniz, Grace Okafor, Sophie Kamhi, Vikita Khetani).
The Inner Temple sent a team of students to the 33rd Willem C. Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition in Vienna 🇦🇹 ⚖️
📸 Pictured from left to right: Hannah Phillips, Nicole Terry, James Piercy, Louis Flannery KC, Joshua Hurst (S), Serhan Karadeniz, Grace Okafor, Sophie Kamhi, Vikita Khetani).
How Did You Become a Student Ambassador? ✨🧑🏽🎓
Bar Course Student Ayesha Ameera Memon walks us through the process of becoming a Student Ambassador. It’s easier than you think! 🥳
#supportingourstudents #uklaw #studentambassador #barrister
Worried the time commitment will derail your practice? Here's what a Bencher thinks ⏱️
Guidance and an application form are available on our website 💻: buff.ly/wkTr2VM
🗓️ The deadline is 5pm on Tuesday 14 April
Keep an eye out for more featured Benchers over the next few days! 🎬
#becomingabencher
You don't need to come from a legal family to become a Bencher 🎓
Watch Master Hannah Smith speak about her experience of becoming a Bencher.
Guidance and an application form are available on our website 💻: buff.ly/wkTr2VM
🗓️ The deadline is 5pm on Tuesday 14 April.
#becomingabencher
