Natalie Alt – Pupil

Natalie joined Becket Chambers as a pupil in April 2025. After gaining a BA in Criminology from the University of York, she earned her LLB at Leeds University and studied for the Bar course at BPP University, London, being awarded an advocacy scholarship.

Before taking up pupillage at Becket Chambers, she worked as a paralegal for the National Centre for Domestic Violence; and as a case officer for Compass Continuing Healthcare, where she liaised between people struggling to access healthcare funding and the NHS to ensure that families were able to access the funding that they were entitled to.

As a paralegal, Natalie supported many of the most vulnerable people in society to help them access legal protection – such as obtaining non-molestation orders, occupation orders and prohibited steps orders.

Natalie knew from the age of eleven that she wanted to be a barrister. She enjoyed studying Criminology, and values the skills that she gained in looking into a case and coming to a reasoned conclusion, but several periods of work experience with firms of solicitors, and mini-pupillages with barristers confirmed that being able to represent people in court was the direction she wanted to take.

Natalie is driven by being able to represent people who don’t have a voice for themselves, particularly the vulnerable. The reason she was drawn to law was to be a voice for people who need support and help, and to see their case through to the outcome.

Through her experience as a paralegal and case officer, Natalie has extensive experience and specialist training in working directly with people in many challenging circumstances; including those with no support network, who lack capacity, are particularly vulnerable, or who have mental health challenges. Her support has also extended to liaising with Executors, people with Power of Attorney, and other family members.

She understands the emotional impact of high-risk situations, and is adept at reading people and adjusting her communication style to suit their needs. Her personal experience of health challenges helps her to empathise with the challenges faced by others, and she takes care not to overwhelm them. This empathetic approach encourages her clients to feel comfortable, allowing them to put their challenges across in their own words.

Natalie is fluent in German.

She was particularly excited to join Becket Chambers as a pupil because of their reputation for supporting diversity and inclusivity.