Dearbhla Marnell-McKnight joined Chambers in June 2023 as the AV & Events Executive, after working as Project Coordinator for the Next 100 Years project. She has organised the Inspirational Women In Law Awards, the Next 100 Voices Project and various competitions, and is also part of the 7BR Well-Being Group.
Dearbhla completed her LLB with the University of Leeds in 2021, where she volunteered for Street Law, providing learning materials to young children during the Covid-19 pandemic to make them aware of the dangers of social media and the law. She holds a qualification in Feminism and Social Justice from the University of California, and has published extensive research on the impacts of local authority charging policies on the disabled for Cerebra charity.
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