Bar Council extends membership to students for first time

Both undergraduate and postgraduate students considering a career at the Bar are now able to get involved with the Bar Council, benefitting from a number of its services and helping to support its work on access to justice.

Student membership costs £24 per year, which can be paid in monthly £2 instalments. Students who sign up will get access to:

• free attendance at many Bar Council events;
• Bar Talk, the Bar Council’s fortnightly update on what is happening in the profession; and
• Xexec, which offers retail discounts and other benefits.

Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, Chairman of the Bar, says: “Being part of an organisation such as the Bar Council can help students considering a career at the Bar feel closer to the action. They get a clearer insight of the challenges and opportunities, through information channels such as BarTalk or via free events to which they would not otherwise get access. From meeting students at the recent Bar Council Pupillage Fair and through attendance at law careers events around the country, the message coming back is that there is an appetite for students to be more involved in the Bar Council’s work. We are the representative body of the Bar. We cannot afford to ignore tomorrow’s barristers.”

Students can sign up as members here.