Hal McNulty

Hal began his First Six pupillage in October 2026 under the supervision of Carolina Guiloff. 

Hal comes to Chambers with two years’ advocacy experience. Alongside his studies, he was a freelance County Court advocate, conducting small claims trials and interim applications across the Midland and South Eastern circuits. Before pupillage, he was a paralegal at Corker Binning, working on complex financial and general crime matters, and researching issues including abuse of process and the collateral use of evidence.

He has also worked overseas in a range of roles. He was an associate at a corporate advisory firm in Beijing and Hong Kong, where he supported cross-border M&A and major restructuring projects; an intern at a criminal defence chambers in Islamabad, Pakistan; and a teacher at an international school in Kurdistan, Iraq. 

Hal has a longstanding commitment to access to justice. He directed a programme supporting unrepresented litigants for the Cambridge Free Law Clinic, provided legal advice to members of the public through Citizens Advice, and advocated on behalf of victims of discrimination at the Islamophobia Response Unit.

Education 

• 2024-25: Bar Vocational Studies, City St George's, University of London (Distinction)
• 2023-24: MPhil Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion, Christ’s College, Cambridge
• 2022-23: GDL, City, University of London
• 2017-21: BA Classics, Balliol College, Oxford (First)

Awards

• First Prize, The Bar Council 2024 Law Reform Essay Competition
• The Goldie Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
• The Hort Studentship, Cambridge 
• The Gibbs Prize, Oxford