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

Combined coat of arms of the four Inns of Court. The Middle Temple's arms are at top right

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 provide ventilation. ... Image File history File linksMetadata London-Inns-of-Court. ... Image File history File linksMetadata London-Inns-of-Court. ... Combined arms of the four Inns of Court The Inns of Court, in London, are the professional associations to one of which every English barrister (and those judges who were formerly barristers) must belong. ... English barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions who employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation. ... The Honourable Society of 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. ... Coat of arms The City of London is a small area in Greater 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 Court 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. Canon Law is the ecclesiastical law of the Roman Catholic Church. ... 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). ... The Seal of the Knights Templar This article is about the medieval military order. ... Events June 15 : Battle near Rozgoni Battle near Thebes Siege of Rostock begins Births November 13 - King Edward III of England Deaths June 19 - Piers Gaveston, favourite of Edward II of England September 7 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile Categories: 1312 ... The Temple Church. ... A Royal Peculiar (or Royal Peculier) is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than a diocese. ... March 16 - Edward, the Black Prince is created Duke of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke Beginning of the Hundred Years War (c. ...

Middle Temple Hall is at the heart of the Inn, and the Inn's student barristers are required to Keep Term by dining there, followed by lectures or debates, 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. One of the Middle Temple's main functions now is to provide support for new entrants to the profession. This is done through the provisions of Scholarships (£1million in 2005), subsidised accommodation both in the Temple and in Clapham, and by providing events at which junior members may meet their more senior colleagues for help and advice. A Scholarship Fund Appeal has recently raised £2million of a £5million target. Lord Phillips, the Lord Chief Justice, is Patron of the Appeal. More details are available from the website. Legal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals (attorneys and judges) or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end, either related to law (such as politics or academic) or unrelated (such as business entrepreneurship). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

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 lunch in Hall, although those that do tend to be only civil practitioners as there are no criminal courts close to 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 no longer cease their membership of the Inn when elevated to the judicial Bench; solicitors have never been eligible for membership at all, even if their offices are within the Inn. Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ... British barristers wearing traditional dress. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... In social psychology, propinquity is one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction. ...

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. ...

Middle Temple Hall is also a popular venue for banqueting, weddings, receptions and parties. In recent years it has become a much-used film location - the cobbled streets, historic buildings and gas lighting give it a unique atmosphere.

External links

• Middle Temple website
• Middle Temple Banqueting website
• Temple Church website

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