Profile
Rachel commenced pupillage in October 2024, under the supervision of Victoria Ailes.
Prior to starting pupillage Rachel spent two years on the criminal team at the Law Commission of England and Wales, as a Research Assistant and then as a Legal Assistant, worked on a project on evidence in sexual offences prosecutions.
From 2021-2022, Rachel was Judicial Assistant to Lady Justice Thirlwall at the Court of Appeal, drafting research notes and bench memos on a range of high-profile and complex criminal and civil appeals.
Rachel was called to the bar by Gray’s Inn in November 2024, having received a Bedingfield Scholarship to support her Bar studies.
Expertise
- BA (Law) – University of Cambridge (First, 2020)
- BCL – University of Oxford (Distinction, 2021)
- Bar Course – Inns of Court College of Advocacy (Distinction, 2024)
- No.5 Chambers Professional Ethics Prize (2024)
- Second Place in Civil Litigation (2023)
- Bedingfield Scholarship – Gray’s Inn (2023)
