Masters of the Bench

Jeremy Connor practised at the criminal Bar and was appointed to the Treasury List at the Central Criminal Court.  He became a Metropolitan Magistrate and then a Circuit Judge.  He was a Chairman of the Inner London Youth Courts, a member of the Central Council of Probation for England and Wales, and Chairman of the London Probation Committee (1989-95).  He was a member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Education and Conduct (1996-99), of the Judicial Studies Board, and of the Parole Board (1998-2004).  He was President of the Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chairman of the Institute for the Study of Delinquency and a referee for the Mental Health Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies, contributing chapters in Archbold's Criminal Practice (38 & 39th editions) and is a past Master of the Fan Maker's Livery Company.  In 2003 he served on the Inn's Scholarships and Students' Conduct Committees. He was the Inn's Lent Reader for 2018.