2 Hare Court

Rebecca Malczewski accepts instructions across Chambers’ practice areas, with a particular focus on crime, inquests & inquiries and professional discipline.

Rebecca’s legal experience includes being a Casework Volunteer for Advocate and an Advice and Information Volunteer for Liberty. She also served as a Helpline Volunteer on Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline and an Independent Custody Visitor for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire. Alongside her studies, she was President of the Association of Gray’s Inn Students.

Before joining the Bar, Rebecca was as an Associate at an asset management firm.

Rebecca is also a Trustee of St Cuthbert’s Society JCR at Durham University.

Called in 2023.

CPS Advocate Panel: Level 1; Criminal Bar Association; Women in Criminal Law; South Eastern Circuit; The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn.

Bar Practice Course (BPC) | Inns of Court College of Advocacy — Distinction (Sep 2021 – Mar 2023); Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) | BPP University — Distinction (Sep 2020 – Jun 2021); BA History | Durham University — 2:1 (Hons) (Sep 2014 – Jun 2017); Scholarships & Prizes: Guildhall Chambers Drafting Prize (2023) – Highest mark in cohort for Drafting; No5 Chambers Professional Ethics Prize (2023) – Highest mark in cohort for Professional Ethics; 23 Essex Street Michael Hill QC Memorial Prize (2022) – Highest mark in cohort for Criminal Litigation; Lord Justice Holker Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2022) – Merit-based Bar Course scholarship; Frances Moran Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2020) – Merit-based PGDL scholarship; Career Commitment Scholarship, BPP (2020) – Merit-based PGDL scholarship; Founders Scholarship, BlackRock (2016) – Awarded to high-performing Summer Analysts from under-served backgrounds; Training: Advocacy & the Vulnerable, Inns of Court College of Advocacy (2024); Advocacy for Children in Conflict with the Law, Inns of Court College of Advocacy (2023); Positions of Responsibility: Trustee, Board of Trustees | St Cuthbert’s Society, Durham University (Nov 2022 – Present) – Responsible for supporting the growth and development of one of the university’s largest colleges; President | Association of Gray’s Inn Students (Sep 2021 – Sep 2022) – Elected to lead the 20-member committee representing the student voice of the Inn; Volunteer | Refuge, National Domestic Abuse Helpline (Jan 2021 – Sep 2022) – Volunteered weekly to assess and voice the urgent needs of vulnerable callers; Peer Reviewer | Gray’s Inn Law Journal (Sep 2020 – Sep 2021) – Selected to provide critical feedback on submissions for the Inn’s annual essay collection.