Bridging The Bar
Melody Stephen is an accomplished legal professional currently serving as the UK Y7 Head Delegate for Innovation and Digital Transformation at Future Leaders Network and a Future Trainee Solicitor at Hogan Lovells. Melody is also a member of the Board of Directors at UCAS Media Limited and a Board Member at UCAS. Since January 2022, Melody has been part of the Executive Committee at Bridging The Bar, and previously served as a Trustee at The British Youth Council until April 2024. Additionally, Melody contributed to Advance HE as an Advisory Board Member for the Governance Strategic and Advisory Group. Prior roles include General Secretary & Executive Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees at the University of Manchester Students' Union, and Governor on the Board of Governors at The University of Manchester. Melody holds an LLM SQE in Law from BPP Law School and a Law with International Study degree from The University of Manchester, complemented by an exchange program at The Australian National University. Leadership experience includes serving as President of Urban Lawyers North from July 2020 to July 2021.
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Bridging The Bar
Bridging the Bar (BTB) is a registered Charity, entered on the Register of Charities under the registration number 1190369 with the stated aim of improving diversity and equality of opportunity at the Bar. Conceived in early 2020 by Mass Ndow-Njie as a direct response to his own lived experience as one of very few black pupil barristers across the country, BTB has grown beyond all recognition in its short life through the combined ideas and efforts of its talented and dedicated committee. BTB is steadfast in its approach to increase the equality of access to opportunities in the legal profession across all underrepresented groups. The charity assist students who, owing to their disability, ethnic background, socio-economic background, education or sexuality, belong to groups which are statistically underrepresented in the profession. Over 40 Chambers across England and Wales are now signed up as partners on BTB’s flagship mini-pupillage scheme. However, we at BTB see this as just the start. Equality of opportunity means so much more than just provision of work experience. Equality of opportunity means supporting applicants much earlier in the process, and even after they have secured entry into the profession.