Experience

2 Hare Court, Chambers of Jonathan Laidlaw KC

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Future Pupil Barrister

  • May 2022 - Present



Various Chambers

• Mini-Pupil

  • Dec 2019 - Aug 2021

  Foundry Chambers (August 2021)4 Stone Buildings (February 2021)4 Pump Court (October 2020)Wilberforce Chambers (Work Experience - June 2020)187 Fleet Street (March 2020)Westgate Chambers (January 2020)Guildford Crown Court (Marshalling - December 2019) Foundry Chambers (August 2021)4 Stone Buildings (February 2021)4 Pump Court (October 2020)Wilberforce Chambers (Work Experience - June 2020)187 Fleet Street (March 2020)Westgate Chambers (January 2020)Guildford Crown Court (Marshalling - December 2019)



Oxford University Bar Society

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jul 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Ultimate responsibility for all aspects of a society with 800+ members and a substantial budget. This included managing a committee of 14, organising and executing events, and securing sponsorship.• Organised events with chambers such as 7 King's Bench Walk and Garden Court Chambers, and secured a sponsorship contract with BPP Law School.• Orchestrated the transition of the Society from in-person to online in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.• Focused on widening access to the Society, and the Bar as a whole, with measures such as the removal of Society membership fees and dedicated sessions on diversity at the Bar.

• President-Elect

  • May 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Planned and organised events in preparation for Michaelmas Term 2020, liaised with chambers and legal education providers, and managed the committee elect.• Responsible for the MT20 General Committee elections.

• Founder and Editor of 'The Pupil' Magazine

  • Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Independently designed, executed, edited, and published the Bar Society’s first magazine.• Interviewed a range of barristers on topics including Brexit, the future of the Bar and diversity.

• Non-Law Officer

  • Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Society representative for non-law students. Responsible for increasing non-law engagement with the society and with the Bar.• Acted as a moot court judge in the Hilary Non-Law Moot.



Red Oak Consulting

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Business Consultant

  • Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Staffed on a billion-dollar Microsoft procurement bid, exposing me to both a human-capital-focused consulting company and an industrial tech-MNC.• Responsible for drafting passages of the final bid document, and conducted expert interviews of Microsoft staff. • Staffed on a billion-dollar Microsoft procurement bid, exposing me to both a human-capital-focused consulting company and an industrial tech-MNC.• Responsible for drafting passages of the final bid document, and conducted expert interviews of Microsoft staff.