Making the most of your Pupillage Gateway application 2025: Q&A

Chair: Kian Goodsell, policy analyst: education and corporate social responsibility at the Bar Council

Kian has worked at the Bar Council for two years. Within the role, he works alongside the education and training committee to address emerging issues affecting this area and promote access to the profession. This includes organising Bar Placement Week, the law fairs programme, supporting the coordination of The Bar Council's Pupillage Fair and co-creating the Pupillage gateway report.

Kian holds a BA (Hons) Ancient History with Politics with a semester in China and a semester in industry from the University of Liverpool, and an MSc Human Rights and Politics from the London School of Economics.

Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey, Four Brick Court

Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey is a family law barrister with Four Brick Court in Middle Temple. Her practice focuses on children law matters, with an emphasis on modern families overseeing surrogacy agreements and representing families seeking a parental order.

She appears in both public law cases, where the local authority interferes with family life, and private law cases, which involve family law disputes between individuals.

She represents all parties, including guardians.

Yaa Dankwa is dual qualified and often provides opinions on cross-jurisdictional issues relating to Ghanaian law.

Yaa Dankwa is a Bar Council Social Mobility Advocate and a Reverse Mentor for the BSB and the Judicial Office. She is passionate about all issues around Diversity and Inclusion and is committed to sharing her knowledge and experiences to improve perceptions of the best way to treat others equally.

Alice Hands, Temple Garden Chambers

Alice was called to the Bar in 2015 and is a barrister at Temple Garden Chambers. She has a practice in public inquiries and investigations and is currently instructed as Junior Counsel on the Covid-19 Inquiry and previously on the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Alice undertook a common law pupillage. Prior to becoming a barrister, Alice worked as a Legal Advisor to Grenfell Tower survivors and contributed to public policy in social security and housing law. Alice spent four-months in Texas, representing people facing the death penalty.

Satvinder Juss

Satvinder has a public law and human rights practice, with an emphasis on immigration, discrimination, and religious rights work. He has been on the Panel ‘A’ of Advocates for the Welsh Government and Panel ‘A’ of Advocates for the Equality & Human Rights Commission, and has appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Satvinder sits as a part-time judge of the Upper Tribunal (UTIAC). He is also teaching Human Rights Law and International Refugee Law at King’s College London.  He is the author of a number of books and has written extensively in journals ranging from the Modern Law Review to the Cambridge Law Journal and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies on a range of legal topics. Satvinder is a Bencher of the Gray’s Inn where he is a member of the Equality & Diversity Committee. He is also a member of the Bar Council’s Education & Training Committee. Satvinder has taught advocacy classes in the past and is keen to do so again in the future.