Part of Middle Temple c.1830 as drawn by Thomas Shepherd. The hall is beneath the cupola.

The Middle Temple is one of the four neighbouring Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English bar as barristers. (The others are the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.) It is near the Royal Courts of Justice, within the City of London but is outside the jurisdiction of the Corporation of London, being a historic extra-parochial area. Image File history File links Middle_Temple_by_Thomas_Shepherd_c. ... Image File history File links Middle_Temple_by_Thomas_Shepherd_c. ... A great hall was the main room of a royal palace, a noblemans castle or a large manor house in the Middle Ages, and in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries. ... Cupola of St Peters Basilica, Rome In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and remove stale air. ... The Inns of Court, in London, are where barristers train and practise. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... The Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England, to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ... Entrance to Grays Inn Grays Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ... Part of Lincolns Inn drawn by Thomas Shepherd c. ... The main entrance The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a building in London, which houses the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. ... For London as a whole, see the main article London. ... Arms of the City of London as shown on Blackfriars station. ... In the United Kingdom, an extra-parochial area was an area considered to be outside any parish. ...

Following the separation of canon law and common law in the 13th century, the Inns of Courts originated as hostels and schools for the emerging class of lawyers. The Middle Temple is the western part of "The Temple", the headquarters of the Knights Templar until they were dissolved in 1312; the awe-inspiring Temple Church still stands as a Royal Peculiar and the parish church of the Inner and Middle Temples. There has never been an "Outer Temple", apart from a modern office block of that name - an order of 1337 refers to repairing the lane "through the middle of the Court of the Temple", which became known as Middle Temple Lane and presumably gave its name to the Inn. In Western culture, canon law is the law of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. ... This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ... For other uses of the term, see Templar (disambiguation). ... The Temple Church. ... A Royal Peculiar is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than a diocese. ... Events March 17 - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke Beginning of the Hundred Years War between France and England Bisham Priory founded Scaligeri family loses control of Padua; Alberto della Scala, music patron of the Italian trecento, moves to Verona Births Louis...

Middle Temple Hall is at the heart of the Inn, and student barristers are required to Keep Term by dining there, followed by lectures or readings, for a minimum number of nights for several terms. However there is a long tradition of revelry: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was first presented here, and in the Christmas Revels judges, barristers and students have poked fun at each other for centuries. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The Inns ceased to be responsible for legal education in 1852, although they continue to provide supplementary training. Most of the Inn is occupied by barristers' offices, known as "chambers", and there are a few residential sets of chambers. Its other main current activities are maintenance of the library, and social functions. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ...

In all Inns, there are three categories of member: the self-elected Masters of the Bench, or Benchers, are addressed as Master, and are generally judges or silks (Queen's Counsel); the Barristers are those who have satisfied the educational requirements and have been called to the bar by the Inn (and are thereby accepted by the judges as qualified to practice in the Courts); and the students who supposedly benefit from the propinquity of the barristers, although in practice few barristers choose to dine in Hall. A greater number of barristers choose to have lunch in hall, although those that do tend to almost exclusively be civil practicioners as there are no criminal courts conveniently located for the Temple, and few criminal barristers have the luxury of days spent working in chambers. There are an increasingly large number of students that lunch in Middle Temple hall, especially on a Friday. Barristers do not cease their membership of the Inn when elevated to the Bench; and solicitors have never been eligible for membership at all! Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of...

In 2004, the Inn's team won the World Universities Debating Championship. The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the largest debating tournament, and one of the largest annual international student events in the world. ...

External links

• Middle Temple website

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