Joe Curl is a graduate of the law school, and a QC, one of the first graduates to achieve this honour. He studied at Birkbeck, obtained a first, trained to be a barrister, and is a star of the Chancery Bar.

Joe has also taught in the Law school, and supported both the school and its graduates in many ways. Joe makes it clear that Birkbeck can have a transformatory effect on people’s lives – he also happy to help others to follow the path he has taken. Others have said of him: “He is a scholar, a barrister and a gentleman.”