On 15 November, the College hosted the Eldon Society Reunion Dinner. Andrew Horrocks (1981, Law) has provided an event report.

Over 120 past and present Univ lawyers gathered in College for the Eldon Society Reunion Dinner on Saturday, 15 November 2025. All current and former Univ law undergraduates, postgraduates, fellows and lecturers were invited as well as those who read other subjects but later chose law as a career. No fewer than eight decades were represented, with matriculation dates from the 1950s right through to the 2020s, with a good number of judges, KCs and academics from across the years in attendance.

The reunion dinner brings together old members with a connection to the law, allowing friendships to be renewed and enabling current law students to meet their predecessors. The dinner was held every three years or so until the pandemic but was revived by the College this year with the assistance of those who organised the first event in 1984 and the current students.

After pre-dinner drinks a resounding grace was delivered by former Court of Appeal judge Sir Nigel Davis and the hall filled with legal reminiscences. The after dinner entertainment was provided by Geoffrey Robertson KC, former Univ Rhodes scholar, founding head of Doughty Street Chambers and renowned human rights lawyer. His wide ranging speech covered subjects as diverse as war crimes trials, student activism at Oxford in the 1970s and the trial of “Madame Cyn”! Many then felt called to the College bar further to renew old acquaintances and set the legal world to rights.

Any other former students who have since become lawyers are warmly encouraged to contact the College to make sure they are on the guest list for the next reunion dinner, likely to be in 2028.

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