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Belonging at the Bar: women’s journey from barriers to barristers

Silk, Anatomy of a Scandal, The Split, Legally Blonde… the list goes on! We’re no strangers to women in the courtroom on TV but very few (if any) programmes express the difficulty women have faced getting to this point. For those who choose the barrister route, the road for women has been one paved with various obstacles. To this day, there are fewer women at the Bar than those practising as solicitors (38.8% compared with 52%).

Sherelle Appleby - Advice for pupillage applications

Sherelle Appleby

This article aims to shed light on the pupillage process and offer encouragement to those of you who are on the same path and hope to also begin pupillage soon!

The LCN Podcast

Bar course, scholarships and pupillage applications

We speak to Bar student Dani about her journey to becoming a barrister – including what the Bar course entails, pupillage applications and how to secure a scholarship to fund your studies.

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Becoming a barrister

Barrister career path

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Mini-pupillage

Essential work experience in chambers

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Falcon Chambers

Landlord & tenant/housing

“The basic reason I am a property lawyer is because I am interested in the background of the cases I work on. If I wasn’t a property lawyer, I wouldn’t be a lawyer at all!"

St John's Chambers

Planning/environment

"There’s just so much more public interest due to the important environmental impacts.”

Michael Edenborough KC

Intellectual property

"It is a brutal, but good, discipline to sit down and consider whether you have added substantive value to the case."

Bar Standards Board report finds barrister trainees find course expensive, despite reforms

A survey of pupils has revealed that students still feel the course is too expensive, despite the average cost per student dropping by £4,700 in 2022, compared to 2019 (amount adjusted for inflation).

Bar Council finds women and Black employed barristers disproportionately experience “bullying, harassment or discrimination”

The Bar Council has revealed that women and Black employed barristers are most likely to have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination at work.

Nominees unveiled for LawCareers.Net Student Law Society Awards 2023

The nominees for the ninth annual Student Law Society Awards (SLS) have been revealed, after LawCareers.Net received 29 submissions from presidents and committees and over 2000 submissions from society members.

Emergency deal with treasury grants 15% pay rise for prosecution barristers

Prosecution advocates will be offered a 15% pay rise to encourage barristers to take up cases once again for the crown, following an emergency deal with the treasury.

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WHY ARE INNS SO IMPORTANT | Dani the Barrister

How I processed pupillage rejections | BLESSING AT THE BAR

Three years into my journey to the Bar | BLESSING AT THE BAR

Including MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES in law applications

Tips: Planning and Time Management | Dani the Barrister

Episode 31: a beginner's guide to mooting

In this episode we speak to Nikesh Tiwari and Sarah Nadia from the University of Bristol Law Club (UBLC) all about mooting. Mooting is a really valuable activity to get involved in – it can boost your confidence and help you along with your future career.

Emilene Davis - The pursuit of pupillage

Whether you’re tentatively toying with the idea of becoming a barrister or are completely committed to the cause, the first step, in my view, is to get some experience and exposure to life at the Bar.

How does the 2023 pupillage application process work?

Do I have to apply for all pupillage vacancies through the Pupillage Gateway or do some barristers’ chambers have different application processes?

Training to become a barrister is incredibly expensive, but thankfully the Inns of Court offer scholarships to students to assist with some of the associated costs.

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How do I become a human rights barrister?

I want to become a human rights barrister, but I keep hearing that only Oxbridge students get pupillages. Is this true?

Becoming a barrister: what are the Inns of Court?

The Inns of Court – what are they and why do you need to join one? LawCareers.Net answers your questions about the Inns of Court in this Feature, including when and how to join an Inn. If you’re an aspiring barrister, you must join an Inn to be called to the Bar. Read this guide to make sure you understand what steps you need to take to become a barrister.

Olivia Partridge - Five tips for applying through the Pupillage Gateway

Olivia Partridge

The Pupillage Gateway opens on Wednesday 4 January 2023. Prospective barristers now have a month to apply for pupillage vacancies at barristers’ chambers before the Gateway closes on Wednesday 8 February. Meanwhile, some other sets have earlier application deadlines.

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