Liz Sawyer

Prior to starting pupillage, Liz was an academic classicist, teacher, and lecturer. She was an Associate Researcher at the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies at the University of Oxford from 2014-2021, and has taught a wide range of classical subjects to all ages and backgrounds, from secondary school to teacher training as well as undergraduate, graduate, and outreach courses. Liz brings her attention to detail, dedication, and client-focused approach to her legal career.

As a law student, she competed in national mooting competitions to develop her advocacy skills. She won the Francis Taylor Building Kingsland Cup in 2024, judged by The Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Lindblom. In 2023, she reached the final of the Landmark Chambers Judicial Review Moot, the UKELA Dame Frances Patterson Junior Moot, and the semi-final of the ESU-Essex Court Moot. She now serves as a judge in several national and international mooting competitions, including the London Pre-Moot (international commercial arbitration), the CEDR National Student Negotiation Competition, and the Sport Arbitration Moot.

Liz is now accepting instructions across civil, criminal, and family matters. She is currently a level 1 CPS panel advocate.

Education

• • Bar Course – Very Competent – Inns of Court College of Advocacy – 2025
  • Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) – Distinction – Oxford Brookes University – 2023
    • Prizes
      • Oxford Brookes University School of Law GDL Prize 2023
      • Oxford Brookes University School of Law Bar Scholarship 2023
  • D.Phil. Classical Languages and Literature, Trinity College, Oxford – 2014
    • Prizes
      • Junior Cecil Lubbock Scholarship
      • Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University
  • M.Phil. Classical Languages and Literature – Distinction – Trinity College, Oxford – 2009
    • Prizes
      • Trinity College Graduate Prize in the Humanities
  • B.A. Literae Humaniores – 2:1 – Trinity College, Oxford – 2003
    • Prizes
      • Presidential Commendation for the Stirling Boyd Prize (for overall contribution to college life)
      • Blakiston Exhibition

Awards

• • HHJ Paul Clark Scholarship, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple 2023

Professional Memberships

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
UK Environmental Law Association

Interests and Hobbies

When she is not working, Liz is to be found riding a cargo bike or advocating for people whose homes are at risk of flooding.