Oliver Nunn wins top award for volunteering with the Law School at University of Leicester

20th May 2025

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海角破解版 property, housing and agricultural estates barrister Oliver NunnOliver NunnCall: 2011 was awarded the Mary Attenborough Award for Volunteering at the at their prestigious annual Alumni Awards.

, a former president of and current member of the University's Council, is seen here presenting the award to Oliver (credit: RedPix Photography). The award highlighted Oliver's many contributions to the University's Law School and his promotion of social mobility and access for students to a career at the Bar and in the wider legal profession.

Practising across the UK - particularly on the - Oliver is a regular fixture at Leicester County Court, both as counsel and as a Deputy District Judge. As an Honorary Associate Professor at , Oliver previously taught Public, Land, and Contract Law from 2011 to 2021, becoming a popular Teaching Fellow at Leicester.

A mentor through and the Future Bar Programme at , Oliver now also sits on Advisory Board, and is leading a new marshalling scheme for Leicester students to shadow judges at the Leicester County & Family Court. Oliver delivers the annual 鈥淥liver鈥檚 College of Knowledge: Mooting 101鈥� lecture at both Leicester and Nottingham universities, offers employability workshops across the Midlands, and trains advocates for Lincoln鈥檚 Inn and the Midland Circuit.

Oliver co-founded the Jeffers-Nunn Award at Leicester Law School and was named 2023 Barrister of the Year by the Leicestershire Law Society. That same year, Oliver was nominated for the Nottinghamshire Law Society Equality & Diversity Champion Award for his tireless work expanding access to the Bar.

If you wish to contact Oliver, please email him on [email protected]. If you wish to instruct him - or see about his availability - please contact his clerk Sam Collins on [email protected] or by calling him on 0121 289 4333.