YOUR 2024
Committee
Find out more about our new Committee for 2023, who are looking forward to arranging a fantastic social calendar for you.
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The CJLD Committee is formed from a mixture of NQs, Trainees and Paralegals. If you would like to get in touch with any of us, we would love to hear from you!
Jonathan Dattani
President
Jonny is a Solicitor in the Private Client team at Ashtons Legal. He completed the LLM Legal Practice Course (Solicitors) with distinction at BPP University, having previously completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and a BA (Hons) in Philosophy with Law. Jonathan is also an affiliate member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, with a background in Wills, Trusts & Probate.
Jonny sits on the Cambridgeshire Law Society committee where he acts as the CJLD’s representative and as a co-ordinator for the CLS’ events at the local universities. Jonny served as Vice President of the CJLD before becoming President.
As President, he looks forward to expanding the membership and reach of the CJLD and providing a wide variety of interesting and different opportunities for legal professionals in the community to connect.
Phoebe Fortune
Vice President
Phoebe is a Trainee Solicitor at Woodfines LLP and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Lincoln. Phoebe is excited to join the 2024 Committee as Vice President and looks forward to growing the society and continuing the organisation of fun and engaging events for both new and current members with the aim to increase the successful networking of young lawyers across Cambridgeshire.
Nicola Warren
​Nicola is a Solicitor at Mills & Reeve. As Treasurer for the 2024 Committee, she looks forward to growing the society and continuing the organisation of fun and engaging events for both new and current members with the aim to increase the successful networking of young lawyers across Cambridgeshire.
Treasurer
Ebony Flack
Publicity Representative
Ebony is a Legal PA within the Lifetime Planning team at Ashtons Legal. As a Publicity Representative for the 2024 Committee she will focus on developing CJLD’s social media presence and will continue to publicise events as much as possible to junior legal professionals around Cambridgeshire.
Olivia is a second-year trainee solicitor at Stephenson Law, currently in her third seat in the Emerging Tech & Regulation department. She completed the LPC LLM with Distinction in 2021, and with a background in English language and literature, Olivia is well equipped to support the 2023 Committee in writing and editing website copy and legal articles. Olivia is also a member of the Society of Computers & Law Trainee Group and hopes to encourage connections between junior lawyers across the East and in London through collaborative events as a result.
Syeda Mahfuz
Publicity Representative
Isha White
Publicity Representative
Rachel O'Driscoll
Publicity Representative
Abbie Melloy
Social Secretary
Abbie is a Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell LLP. She studied law at University of Lincoln and completed her LPC MSC at the University of Law in Moorgate. Abbie was part of the Committee last year and is excited to continue as Social Secretary and organise a variety of events to bring together current and future junior lawyers from across Cambridgeshire.
Social Secretary
Megan is a Paralegal in the Clinical Negligence team at Tees. She studied Law at the University of Southampton and will be starting the SQE in April 2023. As a Social Secretary on the 2023 CJLD Committee, Megan hopes to carry on and build on the successful events of 2022. She's looking forward to taking an active role in the committee by organising various fun events to connect more firms and young lawyers across the Cambridge area.
Megan Reckless
Isobel Inkley
Social Secretary
Isobel is a Trainee Solicitor at Birketts LLP currently completing her second seat in Private Client. Prior to joining Birketts, she studied Education Studies with History at Durham University and went on to complete her GDL and LPC at BPP Holborn, London. Isobel is looking forward to helping organise and plan exciting events for junior lawyers throughout Cambridgeshire.
Sophie Marler
Social Secretary
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Rebecca Bates
Social Secretary
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Gabriella Cox
Social Secretary
Gabriella is a Trainee Solicitor at Tees. She graduated from The University of York in 2016 with a degree in Law and has completed the Legal Practice Course. As a Social Secretary, Gabriella will continue to collaborate vwith the rest of the Committee and helping to organise some fun events for junior lawyers to network.
Alice Moylan
Social Secretary
Olga Kyriakoudi
Education Representative
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