Romilly Edge

Overview

Romilly joined The City Law School in 2010. She currently teaches on the Bar Vocational Studies programme. Romilly teaches all aspects of criminal law on the BVS.  She is currently the module leader for Cross-Examination.  Romilly has held other leadership roles on the BVS, serving as one of the module leads for the Criminal Litigation, Evidence and Sentencing module from 2020-2026, reflecting her particular expertise in criminal evidence.  Romilly also teaches Evidence-in-Chief, Professional Ethics, and Conference Skills and Fraud and Financial Crime. Romilly is a long standing supporter of the Free Representation Unit and has worked to support students taking FRU cases over many years.  She is the project lead for the FRU Social Security project on the BVS CLE LLM.

Having served on her chambers' pupillage committee, Romilly provides pupillage application support and interview advice for students as part of the BVS Pupillage Advisory Service .

Romilly was called to the Bar in 2005. Before joining The City Law School, Romilly was a member of St Ive's Chambers and developed a thriving practice on the Midland Circuit. Romilly's practice included all aspects of Criminal Law, with particular emphasis on regulatory and environmental offences. Romilly also developed expertise in Family Law; she was regularly instructed on behalf of local authorities, parents and children to conduct public and private law proceedings. 

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