Aspiring Barristers' Public Speaking Club provides aspiring student barristers:

1. An opportunity to develop their own oral advocacy skills;

2. To do so within a less formal and more relaxed environment; and

3. To do so among their peers with the benefit of advocacy feedback from a practitioner.

Aspiring Barristers’ Public Speaking Club allows aspiring student barristers to enhance their own oral advocacy skills through the presenting of thoughts and ideas in a less pressurised environment amongst their peers and the session’s Chair.

Attendees will also have the benefit of receiving live feedback from the session’s Chair guaranteed at particular sessions (namely, the debating sessions and presentation sessions). Feedback at the remaining sessions is optional and students may opt out of receiving feedback at the start of those sessions.

The Public Speaking Club may be of particular interest to aspiring student barristers who may not yet feel ready to enter more formal oral advocacy competitions and initiatives, the opportunity to develop their confidence speaking in a group setting under the guidance of a practitioner.

Each Public Speaking Club session is Chaired by either a Barrister, Solicitor, Judge or Academic and takes place on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30-7:30pm (unless informed otherwise). All Public Speaking Club sessions take place on Zoom and participants are sent the login details ahead of each meeting.