Est. Tipton · United Kingdom
The study of law,
practised as a craft.
Lex Meridian is a private academy for serious students of law — taught by senior counsel, examined to bar standard, and held to a quieter standard of excellence.
97%
Bar pass rate
1:6
Tutor ratio
28
Practising faculty
12
Years instructing
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Our philosophy
A school for those who intend to practise.
Law is not a body of facts to be memorised. It is a discipline — of language, of reason, and of restraint. We teach it in small cohorts, in long-form seminars, and by the example of those who still rise to speak in court each morning.
Rigorous
Examinations modelled on the bar.
Refined
Seminars, not lectures.
Practitioner-led
Faculty drawn from chambers.
Programs
Six disciplines.
One standard.
Each program runs across two terms and concludes with a written and oral examination before sitting faculty.
Program I
Constitutional Law
The architecture of the state — sovereignty, rights and the rule of law.
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Program II
Corporate Practice
Contracts, governance and the discipline of the modern boardroom.
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Program III
Advocacy & Litigation
The craft of the courtroom — cross-examination, oratory and procedure.
Read moreFaculty
Taught by those who still rise to speak.
Twenty-eight practising barristers and solicitors, every one of them in active practice.
Dame Cordelia Ashbourne KC
Constitutional Law
Sir Edmund Halloway KC
Advocacy & Litigation
Ravi Subramanian
Corporate Practice
Naomi Adesanya
Human Rights Law
The admissions process
Four quiet steps to a place at the academy.
01
Written submission
A short letter, in your own hand, addressed to the principal.
02
Reading list
A small set of texts, read before interview.
03
Interview
One hour, in person, with two members of faculty.
04
Offer
Issued within ten days, with deposit terms attached.
“Lex Meridian taught me to think as a barrister thinks — quietly, precisely, and a step ahead. I have not encountered its equal.”
Eleanor Whitcombe
Barrister, Inner Temple · Class of '23
The Journal
Essays from the faculty.
Published quarterly, the Lex Meridian Journal collects writing on the law from our tutors and visiting practitioners.
- 12 min read
Constitutional
On the quiet death of parliamentary sovereignty.
- 8 min read
Corporate
Drafting in an age of artificial intelligence.
- 10 min read
Advocacy
What a closing speech still owes to Cicero.
Education Award
Times Higher · 2024
Best Boutique Academy
Chambers UK · 2023
Faculty of the Year
Legal Cheek · 2022
Admissions open · Michaelmas Term