Congratulations to our 2025 Debating Shield and Gluckstein Advocacy Prize winners
This month, the Inn held two of its most prestigious competitions, the Debating Shield and the Gluckstein Advocacy Prize.
Sir Louis Gluckstein Advocacy Prize
This esteemed prize recognises the most promising junior advocates in the Inn. Open to Bar Course students and members up to one year Call, the competition involves two advocacy exercises drawn from criminal, civil, or family law, with finalists selected from an initial round.
Winners
Winner: Alysen Miller
2nd Place: Tatiana Hewitt
3rd Place: Robert White
Finalists
Haashim Duffaydar
Tatiana Hewitt
Haleemah Khan
Amber Mason
Alysen Miller
Prune Recoules
Akihra Skeete-Simpson
Robert White
Judging panel
His Honour Paul Collins CBE
Margaret McGowan-Smyth
Julie Whitby
The Debating Shield
The Debating Shield is the Inn’s premier internal debating competition, open to all student and pre-pupillage members. Four teams of two are selected to compete in the final following a competitive preliminary round. Motions and positions are allocated on the night.
Winning team
James Forrester and Eve Handley – 1st Proposition to the motion “This House Would abolish the monarchy”.
Finalists
1st Proposition: James Forrester and Eve Handley
1st Opposition: Vanessa Iheama and Alice Greenbury
2nd Proposition: Rory Wilson and Sarah Stearne
2nd Opposition: John Broomfield and Alfie Vine
Judging panel
Janet Bignell KC
George Payne
Amy Proferes
Harry MacDonald