Tag: Bar Council

Garrick Club: Bar Council issues warning to lawyer members

'Exclusionary spaces do not foster support between colleagues'

Mar 28 2024 12:09pm
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Young barristers report lower levels of overall wellbeing

Crime and family worst by practice area

Feb 7 2024 8:49am
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Barristers warned against risks of ChatGPT

But Bar Council says AI use not 'inherently improper'

Feb 1 2024 8:54am
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Barristers given fresh guidance on social media behaviour 

'Strike balance' between human rights and professional obligations, says regulator

Sep 21 2023 8:00am
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Bar chief: Move ‘call’ post-pupillage to clear up confusion around barrister title

'Problem is readily fixable', says Nick Vineall KC

Sep 14 2023 9:57am
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Bar Council elects first Black vice chair

Barbara Mills KC starts in the role from January 2024

May 24 2023 9:12am
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New report reveals 34% pay gap between male and female barristers

Pay disparity remains substantial despite narrowing slightly

Oct 25 2022 12:06pm
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Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks

Criminals continue to target profession

Apr 28 2022 10:49am
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Give pupillage seekers better feedback, urge rookie barristers

Respondents to Bar Council survey also call on chambers to ditch rejection by silence

Apr 5 2022 10:19am
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One in six young barristers want to quit, new report finds

Workloads and mental health among reasons for ditching the wig and gown

Jan 26 2022 2:13pm

Re-think training and support of junior barristers, says incoming bar chief

WhatsApp groups no substitute for chambers camaraderie

Dec 8 2021 10:58am

Bar report: Ethnic minorities find it harder to secure pupillage

'There is a need to tone down your blackness' during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers

Nov 8 2021 12:02pm

Don’t scrap the bar aptitude test, urges Bar Council. Up the pass mark instead

BSB mulls ditching entry exam after report found fewer than 1% of wannabe barristers fail to pass it

Oct 25 2021 9:17am