Meet our alumni
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws Alumni Association: Continuing the Legacy of the Bentham Association
Established in 1949, the Bentham Association was formed to help maintain and strengthen relationships with our former students, colleagues and friends of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws.ÌýOver the years, the Association has been led by many distinguished figures, including Lord du Parcq, the first President, as well as Sir David Hughes Parry, Lord Hallisham, Lady Hale and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury.
Today, the Bentham Association hasÌýevolved into the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws Alumni Association, a community that remains distinctively supportive of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws while also welcoming all Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê alumni working in legal fields. The Association continues to offer valuable opportunities for professional networking and development, including a 15% discount on our CPD courses for alumni. Members are invited to attend special alumni events and reunions, including the annual Presidential Address and Dinner.
Our alumni play a vital part in the life of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws by judging student moots and client interviewing competitions, sharing their experiences at careers and recruitment events, and through their professional connections, help us to obtain sponsorship to support and promote our events and activities and offer internships and placement opportunities to our students.
With the generous support of our alumni, we are able to support students with limited means to study with us and also award prizes in recognition of their achievements at the annual Prizewinners Ceremony.
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws Alumni Association continues the proud legacy of the Bentham Association, fostering a lifelong connection to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Laws and its community.
- Past Presidents of the Bentham AssociationÌý
2023 Patrick O'Connor KC
2020ÌýKaron Monaghan QC
2019ÌýLord Reed -Ìý
2018ÌýProfessor Dame Hazel Genn DBE QC -Ìý
2017ÌýProfessor Kate O'Regan -Ìý
2016ÌýThe Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey MA Tao-li, GBM
2015ÌýLord Falconer of Thornton PC, QC -Ìý
2014ÌýLord Dyson –ÌýLord Dyson's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
2013ÌýProfessor Sir Robin Jacob
2012ÌýLady Justice Hallett DBE –Ìý, orÌýdownload a pdf.
2011ÌýLord Neuberger of Abbotsbury –ÌýLord Neuberger of Abbotsbury's Bentham Address (pdf)
2010ÌýLord Hope of Craighead –ÌýLord Hope of Craighead's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)Ìý
2009ÌýLord Pannick QC 2008ÌýLord Walker of Gestingthorpe –ÌýLord Walker of Gestingthorpe's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)Ìý
2007ÌýBaroness Ruth Deech –ÌýBaroness Ruth Deech's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
2006ÌýSir John Laws –ÌýSir John Laws' Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
2005ÌýLady Hale –ÌýLady Hale's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
2004ÌýMr Justice Edwin Cameron –ÌýEdwin Cameron's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
2003ÌýLord Phillips of Worth Matravers Ìý–ÌýLord Phillips of Worth Matravers' Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
2002ÌýSir Ian Kennedy
2001ÌýLord Hoffmann –ÌýLord Hoffmann's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
2000ÌýLord Bingham of Cornhill –ÌýLord Bingham of Cornhill's Bentham AddressÌý(pdf)
1999ÌýBaroness Kennedy of the Shaws, Q.C.
1998ÌýThe Hon. Justice Richard Posner
1997ÌýSir Richard Scott
1996ÌýLord Steyn
1995ÌýSir Iain Glidewell
1994ÌýLord Woolf, CH
1993ÌýLord Browne Wilkinson
1992ÌýLord Slynn of Hadley
1991ÌýSir T. L. Yang
1990ÌýLord Donaldson of Lymington
1989ÌýLord Justice Butler-Sloss, D.B.E.
1988ÌýSir Robert Megarry
1987ÌýSir Roger Ormrod
1986ÌýLord Goff of Chieveley
1985ÌýSir Jack Jacob, Q.C.
1984ÌýLord Roskill
1983ÌýLord Lloyd of Hampstead, Q.C.
1982ÌýLord Emslie
1981ÌýLord Hailsham
1980ÌýLord Elwyn-Jones
1979ÌýSir Garfield Barwick
1978ÌýBaroness Wooton of Abinger
1977ÌýLord Goodman, C.H
1976ÌýRt. Hon. Bora Laskin
1975ÌýLord Edmund-Davies
1974ÌýLord Cross
1973ÌýLord Morris
1972ÌýThe Hon. Warren E. Burger
1971ÌýLord Diplock
1970ÌýLord Gardiner
1969ÌýProfessor Otto Kahn-Freund
1968ÌýLord McDermott
1967ÌýLord Kilbrandon
1966ÌýLord Justice Scarman
1965ÌýLord Parker
1964ÌýSir Francis Vallat, Q.C.
1963ÌýProfessor G.W. Keeton
1962ÌýMr Justice Thompson
1961ÌýLord Justice Salmon
1960ÌýProfessor J.L. Montrose
1959ÌýSir David Hughes Parry
1958ÌýLord Tangley
1957ÌýLord Hodson
1956ÌýLord Devlin
1955ÌýProfessor H.G. Hanbury
1954ÌýProfessor H.F. Jolowicz
1953ÌýLord Evershed
1952ÌýLord Justice Denning
1951ÌýSir Cecil Carr, K.C
1950ÌýLord Normand
1949ÌýLord du Parcq