The Faculty warmly welcomes the appointment of a large number of Cambridge graduates as King's Counsel last week.
The Lord Chancellor will preside over the appointment ceremony, where the rank will formally be bestowed upon successful applicants, at Westminster Hall in March 2025. Further details are available from the Ministry of Justice website.
The Cambridge graduates taking silk are as follows:
Alumni | Chambers | College |
| Fountain Court Chambers | Gonville & Caius | |
| Fountain Court Chambers | St John's | |
| Cloth Fair Chambers | Fitzwilliam | |
Matrix Chambers | Trinity Hall | |
3 Verulam Buildings | Peterhouse | |
| Atkin Chambers | St John's | |
| 5 Stone Buildings | Trinity Hall | |
| 6KBW College Hill | Downing | |
| 1 Garden Court Chambers | Emmanuel | |
| Miss Marika Lemos | Devereux Chambers | St John's |
| 39 Essex Chambers | Churchill | |
| One Essex Court | St John's | |
| St Phillip's Chambers | Trinity Hall | |
| Maitland Chambers | Gonville & Caius | |
| Twenty Essex | Trinity Hall | |
| 42 Bedford Row | Fitzwilliam | |
| 11 South Square | Clare | |
| Blackstone Chambers | Gonville & Caius | |
| Three New Square | St Edmund's | |
| 7 King's Bench Walk Chambers | Fitzwilliam | |
| Solicitor - A&O Shearman | St Edmund's | |
| Landmark Chambers | Gonville & Caius | |
| Serjeants Inn | Homerton | |
| Serjeants Inn | Clare | |
| Doughty Street Chambers | St Catharine's | |
| Attorney General's Office | Christ's |
If you are a Cambridge graduate who was awarded silk this year but do not feature on the list, then our records may be incomplete. We are always delighted to hear from our alumni, so please contact our Development Associate Annabel Edwards at annabel.edwards@admin.cam.ac.uk to update our information.