Training for the Bar Committee
Chairman:
Mr David Pittaway QC
Vice-Chairmen:
Mr Richard Salter QC
Secretary:
Mr James Woolf
Ms Valerie Shrimplin (Observer)
The Terms of Reference are:
a. To keep under review the arrangements for qualification and training for practice as a barrister and propose any changes to the BSB;
b. To keep under review policy for training for practice and propose any changes in policy to the BSB;
c. To respond to proposals from the BSB, the Law Society, the Inns’ Council and other bodies in respect of the education and training of lawyers generally;
d. To provide advice to prospective barristers about the Bar;
e. To provide services, such as the OLPAS scheme to assist those wishing to become barristers and chambers seeking to recruit barristers.
f. To provide advice to chambers and other bodies seeking to recruit and train barristers;
g. To identify areas where it considers there is a need to facilitate the provision of training and educational events.
