Champions of Justice 2023
In 2023, we resumed holding an in-person Champions of Justice Awards event, kindly hosted by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Our evening included entertainment, champagne and a three-course dinner. We also introduced a new category, ‘academic team’, so there were nominations for individuals, law firms and academic teams who had gone above and beyond in the name of justice, in addition to the annual Andrew Lee Jones Award which recognises exceptional and extended commitment to the fight for justice on death row. We also launched the Mark George KC Access to Justice Bursary.
See below for the 2024 Nominees, Winners (winners in bold), and the Awards Selection Panel.
Champions of Justice - Law Firm Category
Arthur Cox
CS Disco
Kingsley Napley
Milbank
Linklaters
Reed Smith
Champions of Justice - Academic Team Category
The City Law School
University of Law
Southampton University
Champions of Justice - Individual Category
Sherif Azer (Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms)
Daniel Leng (Metro Capital Defenders)
Pan Papakyprianou (Linklaters)
Amina Flynn and Eleanor Healy-Birt (Slaughter and May)
Andrew Lee Jones Award
Maddie Steele
Awards Selection Panel
Professor Robin Maher (Chair), George Washington University, former Director of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project and Amicus Patron
David Barnes, Chief Executive of Atkins Chambers and former Chair of the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks
David Bentley KC, Doughty Street Chambers
