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Cumberland Lodge Advocacy Weekend 2026

11 March 2026

Fifty-four students practised their advocacy at our Cumberland Lodge training course last  weekend. Students worked in groups of six with each advocacy workshop overseen by experienced barristers and judges. Thank you to the twenty trainers who gave up their time to tutor this next generation of advocates.

Workshops ranged from teaching narrative advocacy, prosecution case analysis sessions and discussing the differences between courtroom advocacy in the US and UK. 

Master Treasurer - Bernard Richmond KC                
Master Reader - Dame Eleanor Sharpston DCMG KC
               
Becnhers (In order of Call to the Bench)
Jeremy Benson KC      
The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC           
Simon Myerson KC     
Her Honour Judge Rosalind Coe KC               
His Honour Judge Martin Edmunds KC         
His Honour Michael Hopmeier           
Louise McCullough    
The Hon Mr Justice Graeme Mew     
Teresa Hay       
His Honour Judge Myles Watkins     
Laurie-Anne Power KC            

Hall members (In order of Call to the Bar)
Lucy Bone        
Mark Fraser     
Helen Chapman          
Abigail Bright  

Guest trainers
District Judge Deborah Dinan-Hayward      
Judge Brendan Greiner
William Hawkes-Reynolds

A big thank you to the twenty trainers who gave up their time this weekend.