Sarah Cannings is a solicitor at Bates Wells & Braithwaite who qualified into the charity & social enterprise department at BWB in September 2009.

After graduating from Leeds University in 2002, Sarah worked for several years as an account manager in a national marketing and public relations consultancy, before pursuing a legal career. She gained a Graduate Diploma in Law, and a Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School, passing the latter with distinction in 2008.

She also volunteers at the Blackfriars Legal Advice Centre in South London and for a small charity called HandinHand which helps refugees in East London.