International Lectures

The International Committee hosts a programme of lectures and panel discussions featuring practising barristers, judges, and other experts working across a wide range of international practice areas. These events explore careers at the Bar in an international context, offering practical insight into professional pathways, career progression, and routes for development, alongside discussion of current issues shaping international practice.

Chair of Panel: Kieron Beal KC (Chair of the Inner Temple International Committee)

Speakers (in order of appearance):
Joshua Kern (9BR) – international criminal law
Louis Flannery KC (Littleton Chambers) – international arbitration
Jessica Simor KC (Matrix Chambers) – public/regulatory, EU and human rights law
Shenaz Muzaffer (General Counsel, International Association of Prosecutors) – international justice development and rule of law capacity building
Fahrid Chishty (Guernica 37 Chambers) – Pegasus Scholarship Trust overseas placement opportunities

Chair of Panel: Kieron Beal KC (Chair of the Inner Temple International Committee)

Speakers (in order of appearance):
Jacob Turner - regulating artificial intelligence
Dame Alison Saunders DCB – international criminal prosecutions
Andrew Oldland KC – international financial regulation
Andrew Goodman – international mediation
Rebecca Dix - Pegasus Scholarships Trust

Chair of Panel: Kieron Beal KC (Chair of the Inner Temple International Committee)

Speakers (in order of appearance):
International Criminal Law: Joshua Kern (9 Bedford Row)
Public International and Human Rights: Naina Patel (Blackstone Chambers)
International Family/Children Law: Michael Gration KC (4 Paper Buildings)
International Arbitration: Judy Fu (3 Verulam Buildings)
Pegasus Scholarship opportunities: Tom Weisselberg KC (Blackstone Chambers)

Chair of Panel: Kieron Beal QC (Chair of the Inner Temple International Committee)

Speakers (in order of appearance):
EU Law: Kieron Beal QC (Blackstone Chambers)
Immigration/human rights: Adrian Berry (Garden Court Chambers)
International Crime/Extradition: Mark Summers QC (Matrix Chambers)
International Commercial Arbitration: Belinda McRae (Twenty Essex)
International Commercial Arbitration: Helen Davies QC (Brick Court Chambers)
Public International Law: Naina Patel (Blackstone Chambers)

Chair of Panel: The Rt Hon Sir Julian Flaux (Chancellor of the High Court and Chair of the International Committee and Master of the Bench)

Tom Weisselberg QC (Barrister, Blackstone Chambers): International Arbitration and International Civil Fraud
Mavis Amonoo-Acquah (Barrister Harcourt Family Law): International Family Law
Natasha Jackson (Barrister, 3 Hare Court): Human Rights
Desiree Artesi (Barrister, Thomas More Chambers and Master of the Bench): Privy Council and Caribbean practice
Andrew Cayley CMG QC (Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and Master of the Bench): International Criminal Law