Amber Pierce
YEAR OF CALL 2023
Education
BVS with Specialism (Advanced Criminal Advocacy and Fraud), City Law School
GDL, City Law School
PhD History, Royal Holloway, University of London
MA Holocaust Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London
BA History, Royal Holloway, University of London
Memberships
The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
Scholarships & Prizes
BVS Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence, City Law School
Winner, Freedom Law Clinic Essay Competition: “Ukraine and the International Rules-Based Order: Are Legal and Historical Justice Compatible?” (2022)
DL Scholarship for Academic Excellence, City Law School
Amy Buller PhD Scholarship, Cumberland Lodge
Sports Scholarship, Royal Holloway University of London
Publications
Simone Gigliotti and Amber Pierce, ‘The Narrative Legacies of Exceptional Crime: The Prosecutor as Peacebuilder’ in Legacies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: A Multidisciplinary Account (ed. Carsten Stahn et al, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020).
Overview
Amber commenced her pupillage in October 2024 and is currently supervised by Zarah Dickinson.
Prior to commencing pupillage, Amber worked as a paralegal at Murray Hughman Solicitors and as the lead caseworker for the Freedom Law Clinic. These roles involved: experience with encro chat evidence in complex drugs cases; providing opinions on grounds of appeal for cases seeking to apply to the Criminal Case Review Commission; and legal research for clients appealing Community Protection Notices. Amber also volunteered at a variety of legal charities including the Schools Consent Project (facilitating and presenting workshops on sexual consent) and the Intervene Project (undertaking casework and aiding Category A and B prisoners facing disciplinary measures in HMP Isle of Wight).
Before her role at Murray Hughman, Amber was an academic. Her PhD assessed the role of historians as expert witnesses in international criminal trials (specifically Holocaust related trials), and her research has explored how the socio-political narratives of major historical events have been shaped by criminal trials.
In her spare time, Amber is a keen sportswoman. She competed in rowing at a national and international level and is now an endurance athlete, having completed three marathons and two half-Ironman triathlons.