The series attracts high profile speakers from all areas of the legal world. Each year a different theme is chosen for the Lecture Series.
Each lecture counts as 1 qualifying session and is equivalent to 1 hour of CPD.
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- Call to the Bar
- Education & Training Policies
- Professor The Hon George Hampel AM KC
- In Conversation: The Lady Chief Justice and Chair of the Bar
- International Practice Panel
- Munich – Why?
- 1500-2023 - Snapshots of The Inner Temple Library
- The Appeal Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury - The Court of Arches: Ancient and Modern
- Dr Ivy Williams, An Enduring Inspiration to Women Lawyers
- Gilds and Things
- The History of The Inner Temple through its Treasures
- Human Rights in Britain and France: From Thomas Becket to the French Revolution
- Law in a Time of Plague - Was the Law a Good Doctor
- Lawyers and Diplomats
- Paradise Lost and Found
- Religious Disputes and the Custody of Children: Dr Barnardo in the House of Lords
- The Selden Society: “A Scotsman caught young” – The influences which shaped Lord Mansfield
- The Selden Society: John Selden and Legal History
- The Selden Society: The Fire Courts
- The Smirkes and The Inner Temple
- Sub-Treasurers of The Inner Temple
- Treasures from the Library
- William Crashawe's Library
- The Winding Stair: Inside the bitter rivalry of Edward Coke and Francis Bacon
- Master H Meets...Again
- Have We "Had Enough of Experts"?
- Race and the Legal Profession
- The Absolute Ban on Assisted Dying and Lessons from Canada
- Assumptions of Responsibility
- Brain Imaging as Evidence
- Calling It Out: Professionals, their Regulators, Equity and Fairness
- The Bar of Ireland, Brexit and the Common Law
- The English Approach to Deciding Commercial Cases
- The Executive and the Courts in the Constitution
- Experts: Love or Loath? The Involvement of Experts in Legal Proceedings
- Forensic Document Examination - The Science Today
- Forensic Identification from the Hand
- The Future for Regulation of the UK Public Markets
- The Future of AI in the Justice System A Principled and Practical Approach
- Giving Judges a Voice in Democracies
- The History of the Law Officers
- How the Law Should Respond to External Crises Such as COVID-19
- Lawyer or Politician: What is the Attorney General?
- The Limits of Fiduciary Rules
- Memory as Evidence
- Politics and the Law
- The Predicament and Agency of Refugees
- Previous Lecture Series and Speakers
- Proof in International Criminal Trials
- Reforming the Law of Contempt of Court
- A Public Health Approach to Equality Law
- The Role of the Medical Examiner
- 'Sales' on Retention of Title Terms
- Show me the money!
- Sport - Law and Ethics
- To Prorogue or not to Prorogue – Miller II and Mackinnon v Canada
- The Wild and Ridiculous Doctrine of Equality
- What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Racist in a Profession Full of Privileged People?
- The Work of UNIDROIT and the Future for the International Harmonisation of Commercial Law
- Perverse Not Guilty Verdicts Should Remain Final
- AI: Risks and Benefits
- Assisted Dying
- Asylum and Immigration: Do Sovereign Island Nations have a Duty to Provide Refuge?
- Britain's Unwritten Constitution
- The Crime of Ecocide
- Do Magnitsky Type Sanctions Develop the Rule of Law?
- Does the Bar Need to Communicate and Market Itself More in the Modern World?
- Environmental Law: Regulation and the Right to Protest
- Global Responses to the Forcibly Displaced
- Handing Back the Past: Cultural Repatriation
- Is the Presumption of Innocence Alive and Well?
- Is the Rise in Mass Litigation distorting our Legal System and the UK Economy?
- Is Anything More Needed to Ensure Freedom of Speech?
- Is There a Case for Anonymity in Social Media?
- Is Our Adversarial System Fit for Purpose?
- Is it Better to Review or Monitor Terror Laws? The UK and Australian Positions Compared
- Peace vs Justice
- Prison Reform
- The Rule of Law in Times of International Conflict
- Should UK Judges and ex-Judges Be Sitting in Hong Kong?
- Should our Constitution Protect Against Party Elected Leaders?
- Ukraine War: Peace-making Ahead – Traditional Methods of Accountability or New Solutions?
- Special Gandhi Lecture
- What Does a Master of the Bench Do?
- Frequently asked questions
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Reader's Lecture Series
Forthcoming
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
9 February 2026 |
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore FBA FRS (Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge) Inside the Adolescent Brain: What Developmental Science Reveals and Why It Matters for the Justice System |
2 March 2026 |
Professor David Ormerod CBE, KC (Hon): The Age of Criminal Responsibility |
5 October 2026 |
The Honourable Mrs Justice Lieven DBE: Deprivation of Liberty Orders |
9 November 2026 |
Richard Wright KC: Advocacy for Children charged with serious offences |
Dress Code: Dark suits
Lectures are open to members of The Inner Temple and the other Inns of Court.
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2025
To Prorogue or not to Prorogue – Miller II and Mackinnon v Canada
The Rt Hon The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill on 12 November 2025
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The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC on 8 October 2025
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The Rt Hon The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill on 12 November 2025
Find out moreThe Future of AI in the Justice System A Principled and Practical Approach
The Rt Hon Sir Robert Buckland KBE KC on 8 October 2025
Find out more2024
The English Approach to Deciding Commercial Cases
Professor Sir Ross Cranston FBA on 13 November 2024
Find out moreThe Work of UNIDROIT and the Future for the International Harmonisation of Commercial Law
Professor Louise Gullifer KC (Hon) FBA on 9 October 2024
Find out moreHow the Law Should Respond to External Crises Such as COVID-19
Professor Kristin van Zwieten on 16 May 2024
Find out moreThe Future for Regulation of the UK Public Markets
Professor Jennifer Payne on 11 April 2024
Find out moreThe English Approach to Deciding Commercial Cases
Professor Sir Ross Cranston FBA on 13 November 2024
Find out moreThe Work of UNIDROIT and the Future for the International Harmonisation of Commercial Law
Professor Louise Gullifer KC (Hon) FBA on 9 October 2024
Find out moreHow the Law Should Respond to External Crises Such as COVID-19
Professor Kristin van Zwieten on 16 May 2024
Find out moreThe Future for Regulation of the UK Public Markets
Professor Jennifer Payne on 11 April 2024
Find out more2023
Lawyer or Politician: What is the Attorney General?
The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC on 13 November 2023
Find out moreThe Executive and the Courts in the Constitution
Professor Timothy Endicott on 6 March 2023
Find out moreLawyer or Politician: What is the Attorney General?
The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC on 13 November 2023
Find out moreThe Executive and the Courts in the Constitution
Professor Timothy Endicott on 6 March 2023
Find out more2022
Experts: Love or Loath? The Involvement of Experts in Legal Proceedings
Sir Robert Akenhead (former Head Judge of the Technology and Construction Court) on 3 October 2022
Find out moreCalling It Out: Professionals, their Regulators, Equity and Fairness
Dr Vanessa Davies (former Director General of the Bar Standards Board and Inner Temple Bencher) on 14 February 2022
Find out moreExperts: Love or Loath? The Involvement of Experts in Legal Proceedings
Sir Robert Akenhead (former Head Judge of the Technology and Construction Court) on 3 October 2022
Find out moreCalling It Out: Professionals, their Regulators, Equity and Fairness
Dr Vanessa Davies (former Director General of the Bar Standards Board and Inner Temple Bencher) on 14 February 2022
Find out more2021
The Absolute Ban on Assisted Dying and Lessons from Canada
Dr Carmen Draghici (Assistant Dean, City Law School, Academic Fellow) on 8 Mar 2021
Find out moreWhat Does It Mean to Be Anti-Racist in a Profession Full of Privileged People?
Professor Leslie Thomas KC (Garden Court Chambers & Master of the Bench) on 15 Feb 2021
Find out moreThe Absolute Ban on Assisted Dying and Lessons from Canada
Dr Carmen Draghici (Assistant Dean, City Law School, Academic Fellow) on 8 Mar 2021
Find out moreWhat Does It Mean to Be Anti-Racist in a Profession Full of Privileged People?
Professor Leslie Thomas KC (Garden Court Chambers & Master of the Bench) on 15 Feb 2021
Find out more2020
Giving Judges a Voice in Democracies
Professor Cheryl Thomas QC (UCL Faculty of Laws) on 16 Nov 2020
Find out moreA Public Health Approach to Equality Law
Professor Iyiola Solanke (Chair in EU Law and Social Justice, Leeds Uni School of Law) on 5 Oct 2020
Find out moreThe Wild and Ridiculous Doctrine of Equality
Dr Andy Hayward (Assoc Prof, Durham University Law School, & Academic Fellow) on 9 Mar 2020
Find out moreMemory as Evidence
Professor David Shanks (Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL) on 17 Feb 2020
Find out moreGiving Judges a Voice in Democracies
Professor Cheryl Thomas QC (UCL Faculty of Laws) on 16 Nov 2020
Find out moreA Public Health Approach to Equality Law
Professor Iyiola Solanke (Chair in EU Law and Social Justice, Leeds Uni School of Law) on 5 Oct 2020
Find out moreThe Wild and Ridiculous Doctrine of Equality
Dr Andy Hayward (Assoc Prof, Durham University Law School, & Academic Fellow) on 9 Mar 2020
Find out moreMemory as Evidence
Professor David Shanks (Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL) on 17 Feb 2020
Find out more2019
Forensic Document Examination - The Science Today
Dr Audrey Giles BSc (Hons) PhD (Forensic Document Examiner, The Giles Document Laboratory) 11 Nov 19
Find out moreThe Bar of Ireland, Brexit and the Common Law
Paul McGarry SC (Chairman of the Bar of Ireland 2016-2018) on 11 Mar 19
Find out moreThe History of the Law Officers
Robert Buckland QC MP (former Solicitor General) on 18 Feb 2019
Find out moreForensic Document Examination - The Science Today
Dr Audrey Giles BSc (Hons) PhD (Forensic Document Examiner, The Giles Document Laboratory) 11 Nov 19
Find out moreThe Bar of Ireland, Brexit and the Common Law
Paul McGarry SC (Chairman of the Bar of Ireland 2016-2018) on 11 Mar 19
Find out moreThe History of the Law Officers
Robert Buckland QC MP (former Solicitor General) on 18 Feb 2019
Find out more2018
Forensic Identification from the Hand
Prof Dame Sue Black (Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, Uni of Dundee) on 19 Feb 18
Find out moreProof in International Criminal Trials
Dr Yvonne McDermott Rees, University of Swansea and Inner Temple Academic Fellow
Find out moreBrain Imaging as Evidence
Professor Ray Dolan FRS, Mary Kinross Professor of Neuropsychiatry, UCL
Find out moreForensic Identification from the Hand
Prof Dame Sue Black (Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, Uni of Dundee) on 19 Feb 18
Find out moreProof in International Criminal Trials
Dr Yvonne McDermott Rees, University of Swansea and Inner Temple Academic Fellow
Find out moreBrain Imaging as Evidence
Professor Ray Dolan FRS, Mary Kinross Professor of Neuropsychiatry, UCL
Find out more2017
'Sales' on Retention of Title Terms
Professor Louise Gullifer (University of Oxford) on 9 Oct 2017
Find out moreShow me the money!
Dr Colin King (University of Sussex and Inner Temple Academic Fellow)
Find out moreThe Predicament and Agency of Refugees
Dr Reuven Ziegler (University of Reading and Inner Temple Academic Fellow)
Find out more'Sales' on Retention of Title Terms
Professor Louise Gullifer (University of Oxford) on 9 Oct 2017
Find out moreShow me the money!
Dr Colin King (University of Sussex and Inner Temple Academic Fellow)
Find out moreThe Predicament and Agency of Refugees
Dr Reuven Ziegler (University of Reading and Inner Temple Academic Fellow)
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