What does the BRF fund?
Activities funded or partly funded by the BRF include:
- Ethics and practice support including guidance documents available through the online Ethics & Practice Hub;
- Our range of mentoring services, helping barristers throughout their careers from pupillage advice through to maternity and parental support and securing Silk and judicial appointments;
- Research into alternative dispute resolution, and initiatives including our mediation and arbitration services;
- Research, consultation responses and work engaging the press and Parliament in high-priority areas including the Criminal and Civil Legal Aid Reviews and Judicial Review reform;
- Publications and newsletters covering a range of practice area information, business and practice development guidance, and events and opportunities;
- Promotion of Direct Access and the benefits of directly instructing the Bar, and support for Direct Access barristers (including a new and improved Direct Access Portal website launched in March 2022);
- Equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives including barristers' working lives research and work to promote social mobility, including our Social Mobility Advocates programme;
- Wellbeing support, resources and services including the online Wellbeing at the Bar Hub;
- Aspects of our international business development work; and
- Support to help shape the entities and business models of the future Bar.
To find out more or subscribe by email or phone, contact the Bar Council Services team on 020 7611 1321 or email Services@BarCouncil.org.uk.
Direct benefits you get as a BRF subscriber
In recognition of your support, as a BRF subscriber you will receive:
- A 20% discount on all Bar Council training courses and events;
- A monthly subscription to Counsel Magazine (standard price £134);
- The facility to request the free appointment of an arbitrator, mediator or expert by the Chair of the Bar (standard price £500);
- Access to the Xexec benefits portal offering substantial discounts on a wide range of well-known brands, luxury goods, holidays and more; and
- A listing on the Direct Access Portal, the online platform where individuals, businesses and other organisations can source a direct access barrister (new and improved site launched in March 2022).
To find out more or subscribe by email or phone, contact the Bar Council Services team on 020 7611 1321 or email Services@BarCouncil.org.uk.