Our Founders
Lucy Barnes
(Co-Founder & Director)
Future Pupil Barrister | TEDx Speaker | Keynote Speaker
Lucy Barnes is a care-experienced Future Pupil Barrister at East Anglian Chambers (commencing October 2024). She is also a TEDx speaker, keynote speaker and advocate for care experienced people, particularly in relation to being a part of a more diverse and inclusive profession. She is passionate about bringing trauma-informed law to England and Wales, having passed a Scottish accreditation course in 2023. She most recently spoke on BBC4 Women's Hour on CEP in higher education.
For more information on Lucy, visit her website: lucykatebarnes.co.uk
Kate Aubrey-Johnson
(Co-Founder)
Leading Barrister
Kate Aubrey-Johnson is a leading barrister and youth justice and children’s rights at Garden Court Chambers. She qualified in 2001 and represented many children and adults in criminal and prison law cases. She is Director of the Youth Justice Legal Centre and delivers training programmes for Just for Kids Law and the Prison Reform Trust and has given evidence before the Joint Committee on Human Rights. She is also an author - and creator of the 2023 #DaretoCare Guide
For more on Kate, visit her page on Garden Court Chambers' website: https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/kate-aubrey-johnson
It’s important to empower young people and make them believe in themselves because there is a skill-set and unique strength in every single care-experienced person that’s waiting to be found. So why couldn’t it be found by lawyers? Why couldn’t it be us that supports them, makes them feel safe and makes them feel seen.
Lucy Barnes, Our CEP Co-Founder
Our Story
Our Co-Founder's Story
Lucy went into care at age 13 after experiencing abuse and neglect. At 16, she was kicked out of care and fell off the 'Care Cliff.' At 18, she studied Law at University. At 21 she was called to the Bar and at 26 she secured pupillage.
Our Governance
Lucy Barnes
(Co-Founder & Director)
Future Pupil Barrister | TEDx Speaker | Keynote Speaker
Lucy Barnes is a care-experienced Future Pupil Barrister at East Anglian Chambers (commencing October 2024). She is also a TEDx speaker, keynote speaker and advocate for care experienced people, particularly in relation to being a part of a more diverse and inclusive profession. She is passionate about bringing trauma-informed law to England and Wales, having passed a Scottish accreditation course in 2023. She most recently spoke on BBC4 Women's Hour on CEP in higher education.
For more information on Lucy, visit her website: lucykatebarnes.co.uk
Gemma Creamer
(Chief Operations Officer)
Bar Student | Keynote Speaker
Gemma Creamer is a care-experienced Bar Student currently studying with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) to later qualify as a family barrister. After moving up to London from her hometown of Brighton back in 2020, Gemma completed her LLB at The University of Greenwich and was awarded the John Bowater Memorial Award for her outstanding voluntary contributions to Law outside of education, including her commitment to improving the prospects of Children in Care coming into the legal profession.
For more on Gemma, visit her LinkedIn page.
Our Advisory Board
We are grateful to our Advisory Board, consisting of senior members of the legal profession and senior individuals within care-experienced organisations. Our board meets once every three months and provides support to the steering committee. As LWC grows, the Advisory Board remains the same: supporting and championing care-experienced aspiring lawyers.
Our CEP-Led Steering Committee
We are led by a group of care-experienced aspiring lawyers, who all have unique gifts and strengths to evolve with LWC. Whilst we keep our CEP committee anonymised, we are proud to be led by the voices of lived experience in furtherance of our mission and goals.
We strongly believe in listening to care-experienced voices and prioritising them.
Turning adversity into an advantage
Gemma Creamer, Our CEP Chief Operations Officer