We are delighted to announce that Yaade Joba (W 16-18) has been awarded the 11KBW Scholarship for 2023.

The 11KBW Scholarship for black students on the Barrister Training Course was established as a specific and practical response to the continued underrepresentation of black applicants, pupils and barristers at the Bar.

Yaade is an outstanding lawyer.  He has a First Class Law degree and Distinction in his LLM  in Employment, Work and Equality. His commitment to his specialist area of employment law is demonstrated by his work as a trade union representative for The Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union and his current role in the Employment team at Leigh Day.

Yaade ran the Bristol chapter of the Nightline Association: as the University of Bristol said “While most of us were sleeping, Yaade Joba was changing lives”

Yaade was selected from an exceptional field of candidates by a panel which included members of 11KBW’s Pupillage and Tenancy Committee and two external assessors, Dr Maggie Semple OBE and Paul McFarlane.

Jane McCafferty KC, Chair of 11KBW’s Equality and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, said “Yaade is an exceptionally able advocate.  We are delighted to award him the 11KBW scholarship for 2023.  Congratulations to Yaade, and all our shortlisted candidates, on their success to date and we look forward to their successful careers at the Bar.”

Joint Head of Chambers, Daniel Stilitz KC, said: “This was another really strong year, and we congratulate Yaade wholeheartedly on winning the 11KBW scholarship, which reflects his huge talent as a lawyer.  We wish him every success in the next stage of his career.”