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Sign up for the unmissable 2020 London Landmarks Half Marathon
18 Oct 2019
Sign up to be part of the 2020 Advocate London Landmarks Half Marathon team!
Pro Bono Connect: Pro Bono Innovation of the Year 2018
24 Sep 2019
Alongside his work at One Essex Court, Jamie Goldsmith is the leader behind Pro Bono Connect: the pioneering collaborative scheme helping to link barristers and solicitors to work together on pro bono cases.
Meet Cloisters: Pro Bono Chambers of the Year 2018
23 Sep 2019
Cloisters were Advocate’s Pro Bono Chambers of the Year 2018, recognised for their consistent and outstanding contribution to pro bono for over 10 years
Make your review debut! We are recruiting new Reviewers
4 Sep 2019
Advocate is looking for new reviewers to join the Advocate Reviewing Team.
Tom Russell prepares to cycle from London to Paris for Advocate
4 Sep 2019
Tom Russell, barrister at KCH Garden Square, is preparing to pedal his way from London to Paris to raise money for Advocate in the Legal Wheel Appeal
Deborah Anderson: Pro Bono Chambers Professional of the Year 2018
3 Sep 2019
Deborah Anderson sheds light on the importance that Chambers professionals have in championing pro bono, interweaving pro bono into the fabric of the chambers in which she has worked.
Meet Daria Gleyze: Employed Pro Bono Barrister of the Year 2018
30 Aug 2019
Daria Gleyze used her days off from the Law Commission to take on pro bono cases through Advocate, and couldn’t be more deserving of the title of Employed Pro Bono Barrister of the Year 2018.
Deirdre Fottrell QC: Pro Bono QC of the Year 2018
28 Aug 2019
Deirdre Fottrell QC has been involved in fighting for children's rights since the early stages of her career. She has been recognised for her role in recent important family cases, leading from the front in encouraging barristers at both silk and junior level to take on pro bono cases.
Meet Kirsty Brimelow QC: International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year 2018
19 Aug 2019
If anyone is to be described as an International Pro Bono Barrister, it is Kirsty Brimelow QC of Doughty Street Chambers. Her tireless pro bono work has touched four continents, spanning from Europe all the way to South America.