11KBW are delighted to announce that Omonefe Orogun has been awarded the 2025 11KBW Scholarship for black students on the Bar course.
Omonefe will receive an award of £30,000 towards tuition fees and maintenance, mentoring from members of 11KBW, and a guaranteed assessed mini-pupillage at 11KBW.
Omonefe received a first class law degree from the University of Exeter, ranking second in his year. He has volunteered at the North Kensington Law Centre and through Advocate, completed an internship with JUSTICE, and worked as a trade union representative for the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union. He is currently studying for a Bachelor of Civil Law postgraduate degree at Oxford.
Omonefe was selected from an exceptional field of candidates by a panel which included members of 11KBW’s Pupillage and Tenancy Committee and two external assessors, Dr Maggie Semple OBE and Paul McFarlane.
Jane McCafferty KC, Chair of 11KBW’s Equality and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, said: “We are delighted to announce Omonefe as the 11KBW scholar for 2025. We wish him and all the shortlisted candidates every success in what we are sure will be stellar careers at the Bar.”
Joint Head of Chambers, Daniel Stilitz KC, said: “We congratulate Omonefe on winning the 11KBW scholarship for 2025, which reflects his exceptional talent as a lawyer. All our shortlisted candidates were outstanding advocates and we wish them every success in the next stage of their careers.”
The 11KBW Scholarship was established as a focused and practical response to the continued underrepresentation of black applicants, pupils and barristers at the Bar. Full details of the scholarship are available at our dedicated scholarship website. The 2022 winner, Kir West-Hunter, is a junior barrister at 6KBW College Hill. The 2023 winner, Yaade Joba, has completed the Bar Course and is currently studying for a Bachelor of Civil Law postgraduate degree at Oxford University. The 2024 winner, Jaizzail Ofori, is studying for the Bar Course.
