Victoria Lee, Chair
Having enjoyed a successful year as Vice Chair in 2008, Victoria has now been elected to the post of Chair for 2009 - 2010. 
Victoria's responsibilites for the year include liaising with existing contributors and negotiating new sponsorship deals. This year Victoria will be focusing largely on publicity for the LYLG, with an emphasis on successful communications to members. She will also work with Past Chair, Jude Perkins, to continue raising awareness of the LYLG amongst junior Bar associations worldwide, including the International Bar Association and the European Young Bar Association. Victoria is looking forward to working with her new Vice Chair, Kezia, and is keen to use Committee skills to ensure the LYLG members are receiving the most from their membership. Overall, she is looking forward to a very exciting 2010 for the LYLG.
After graduating from Bristol with a Law degree in 2003, Victoria enjoyed a couple of gap years travelling around the world and a stint doing the LPC at BPP Law School before ending up at Rooks Rider Solicitors in Clerkenwell, where she qualified last year into the Private Client Department, dealing with HNW clients. When she is not working on LYLG matters, Victoria is an amateur photographer and sits on the fundraising committee for the NRAS.
Please contact Victoria with any questions about the LYLG, all feedback is welcome and ideas encouraged!
Jude Perkins, Past Chair
After a fantastic two years as Chair, Jude Perkins has now stepped down to assume the role of Past Chair, working closely with Victoria to ensure a smooth handover. Jude was Events Coordinator in 2005/2006 and has worked hard for the LYLG for much of her legal career.
Jude assists with consolidating links with sponsors and generally raising the profile of the LYLG in London and abroad in Europe and the USA, specifically in association with the European Young Bar Assocation, and the American Bar Assocation.
Jude qualified in September 2006, and practices insurance and reinsurance litigation (specialising in professional indemnity work) at city law firm Elborne Mitchell. When she isn't doing lawyerly things Jude treads the boards in amateur theatre productions across London.
If you would like to contact Jude about the LYLG please email her at the address above.
Kezia Marriott, Vice Chair Kezia spent last year as the LYLG Welfare Officer, successfully raising awareness amongst members of the LYLG Welfare Fund. Kezia is now looking forward to assisting Victoria with consolidating the LYLG Membership database, and raising funds to ensure a fantastic array of events for members in 2010. Kezia studied politics and sociology at the University of Bristol before taking the GDL and LPC at Guildford College of Law. She trained with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (including a 6 month placement in Hong Kong), before qualifying earlier this year into the insurance litigation field at Robin Simon. 
Rhianon Ebsworth - Secretary
Rhianon studied Law and Criminology at Cardiff after which she took a gap year and spent four months living in Bordeaux, France working between several cabinet d'avocats. Rhianon then returned to the less sunny climes of the UK and completed my LPC at Northumbria University. She is also a member of the Welsh Lawyers' Society Committee.
Last year Rhianon helped out with events and publicity whilst she was on the LYLG Non Executive Committee, however is excited now to progress up to the Executive Committee, and take on the important role of Secretary.
Allan Millington, Website Officer
Allan read Law and Japanese at university and spent two years studying in Tokyo. He then continued his studies in International Relations and International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna, Italy. On graduation he then spent three years working for local government in Japan.
On returning to the UK, he completed his LPC at the Inns of Court School of Law and began his training contract with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, a US firm, in London in 2007. He is currently spending time in France consolidating his language skills whilst contemplating his next move...
membership@lylg.org.ukAnnalisa has been involved with the LYLG since it was the London Trainee Solicitors Group in September 2003, her first event involvement being one of the annual pool competitions. Annalisa's first role was Secretary, assisting the Chair running the committee meetings, carrying out administrative tasks, helping out with raising sponsorship and hosting of all the events including co-ordinating guests lists with the Events Officer. Annalisa built a comprehensive database of all the firms authorised to train so that all firms could be reached regardless of their size. Annalisa was Chair of LTSG for 2 years from 2004-2006, and now supports the LYLG going forwards.
Annalisa also sits on the European Young Bar Association committee and the Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society.
Guy Williamson - Publicity Officer
Following qualification in Sept 2007, Guy joined the corporate financeteam at Manches LLP. Guy is looking forward to being involved through the committee in the ever growing success of the LYLG and its events throughout 2009. Guy is also actively involved with the Irish International Business Network and Co-operation Ireland and hopes to bring his experiences with these organisations to the LYLG. In his spare time, Guy enjoys a variety of sporting activities including hockey, tennis and running marathons and takes every opportunity to travel.
Laura Jenkins
- Events Coordinator
Laura graduated from Sussex University in 2005 and then went on to do her LPC at Guildford. She is now working as a trainee in Simmons Cooper Andrew LLP - a boutique litigation firm in central London - after a year long internship programme in New York.
Last year Laura was part of the LYLG's Non Executive Committee, and has now been welcomed into the fold on the Executive Committee as the new Events Co-ordinator. She is looking forward to starting her year with planning the annual Christmas Drinks...
Teresa Sillars, LYLG Administrator
lylg@sillarsandjones.com
Teresa, of Sillars & Jones Event Management, does a fantastic job carrying out the administration of the group and the sourcing of sponsorship deals. This leaves the committee free to focus on building on the reputation and success of the group.
Teresa is the members point of contact for reservation of tickets to all LYLG events.