Episode 21. Searching for Sanctuary: A Conversation around Immigration and Asylum Law and Advocacy
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Dr Luke McDonagh sits down with LSE alum, barrister and novelist Tom Gaisford for an illuminating conversation on Tom's career, immigration and asylum law and how his years of working as a lawyer have come to inform the writing of his new book: Sanctuary. What are the differences between working as a solicitor and transitioning into a career as a barrister? What is it about immigration and asylum law in particular that prompted Tom to write his new book? This episode discusses these questions and many more.