Barristers | Pupillages | Mini-pupillages

"One of the great attractions of being a barrister is that there are many moments throughout your career in which you have a real sense of achievement.."

Ralph Morley

7 King's Bench Walk

Admiralty & shipping

"As a junior barrister you’ll often be asked to advise on discrete points of law – very commonly, that will be a question on the construction of a contract such as a shipping charter, and you’ll have to analyse what the words the parties have chosen to use mean."

Mark Fell

Radcliffe Chambers

Banking & finance

"A lot of the services I provide - both advisory and litigious - relate to financial products and the way the regulatory regime works and its scope. Clients are always anxious to know when it might apply and when it doesn’t."

News

Mentoring scheme for underrepresented lawyers: applications open

A new planning and public law mentoring scheme for underrepresented racial and ethnic groups at the Bar was launched this week.

News

BCAT: fit for purpose?

The Bar is considering whether to scrap a student aptitude test that removes fewer than 1% of candidates, after deciding that it is “not operating as an effective filter”.

News

BSB announces 2022 pupillage Professional Ethics exam

The new Bar training rules require that those who commenced training for the Bar from 2020 take a Bar Standards Board (BSB) exam in Professional Ethics if, after their vocational training, they then go on to pupillage.

News

Bar course pass rates fall and pupil barrister numbers drop, according to BSB

Nearly 20% fewer Bar Professional Training Course students had completed the course in 2019/20 as of May 2021, compared with the 2018/19 cohort, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) reported in July – an additional 2.5% had withdrawn from the course at this stage.

Videos

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VLOG Tips: Planning and Time Management | Dani the Barrister

Podcast

How to become a barrister

We sat down with BPTC student Blessing to find out more about the process of becoming a Barrister. She explained about the BPTC, how to get pupillage, what skills you should develop as an undergraduate, and more.

Feature

Studying the GDL, LPC and Bar courses part time

There are many reasons why full-time study followed by training might not be right for you, two of the most common being finances and caring commitments. Don’t worry though; there are part-time opportunities throughout the academic and training process.

Feature

A guide to online pupillage interviews

The pupillage application process continues as hundreds of aspiring barristers prepare for online interviews this month. Read this key advice on how to prepare for the final stage of pupillage selection.

Blog post

Neide Lemos

With pupillage season upon us, you might be looking to learn more about becoming a barrister. Although mini-pupillages offer a great insight to the Bar, they can sometimes be quite hard to obtain. Hopefully, this article will give those who have not yet joined an Inn of Court or are contemplating a career at the Bar an insight into the role of the Inns of Court and what you can get out of them.