Join us to hear from speakers from different sectors and legal professions to discuss pathways for developing a career in human rights law.

How do you become a human rights barrister? What does a typical day in a human rights NGO look like? Am I better suited to work on human rights issues as an academic or a legal practitioner? What scholarships and funding opportunities are available to develop a career in this area?

The Careers Day will feature panel discussions and break-out sessions with barristers, solicitors, campaigners, NGO lawyers, and academics. The day will also include a networking session to provide a chance to meet practitioners and speakers.

Speakers on the day will include:

• Karen Monaghan QC, Barrister, Matrix Chambers
• Corey Stoughton, Acting Director, Liberty
• Kamran Mallick, CEO, Disability Rights UK
• Martin Barnes, CEO, LawWorks
• Joanna Whiteman, Co-Director, Equal Rights Trust
• Shamik Dutta, Partner, Bhatt Murphy
• Paul Dillane, Executive Director, Kaleidoscope Trust

This event is free however places are limited. To reserve your place, please purchase a general admission ticket and please select which break out sessions you would like to attend.

The event has been generously supported by The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London.

Programme of the Day

12:00 - Registration

12:30 - Opening Plenary Session

13:30 - Break-out 1 (you will only be able to attend one of each breakout session)

• Equality and Human Rights: Find out more about careers specific to promoting equality and tackling discrimination
• Hot Seat (Room 1): Put practitioners in the “hot seat” and ask them any question you want about what they do, why they do it and how you can do it too. [Maximum of 50 persons]
• Hot Seat (Room 2): Put practitioners in the “hot seat” and ask them any question you want about what they do, why they do it and how you can do it too. [Maximum of 50 persons]

14:20 - Break

14:40 - Break-out 2 (you will only be able to attend one of each breakout session)

• Migrants' Rights: Find out more about careers focused on protecting the human rights of migrants and refugees.

• Forging a sustainable human rights career (Room 1): Learn about financial assistance to pursue a career in human rights law and get practical advice from those who have succeeded [Maximum of 50 persons]

• Forging a sustainable human rights career (Room 2): Learn about financial assistance to pursue a career in human rights law and get practical advice from those who have succeeded [Maximum of 50 persons]

15:30 - Networking & Afternoon Tea

16:00 - Closing Plenary Session