Bar Placement Scheme
The Bar Placement Scheme allows students to spend two days shadowing their barrister in chambers and in court, or taking part in a virtual placement. Participants receive advocacy training from the Inns of Court College of Advocacy. This is an excellent opportunity to build up your skills and CV, and to work out whether a career at the Bar would be suitable for you.
The dates of the 2022 scheme will be confirmed shortly. Applications are currently closed, but you should check back on this website in March to find further information about how to apply.
To deliver the Bar Placement Scheme, the Bar Council works with Pathways to Law and the Social Mobility Foundation. State-educated sixth form and college students can apply to the scheme independently. Places are awarded on the following criteria:
- Quality of the application
- Demonstrated commitment to and interest in a career as a barrister
- Fulfilment of social mobility criteria
Applications for Bar Placement Scheme (in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Newcastle) are now closed.
If you have any questions, please email us or call 020 7611 1396.
Please note that we will keep next year's scheme under review in consideration of the ongoing situation with COVID-19. It is likely that we will deliver all or part of the scheme remotely.
The Bar Council is grateful to the Council of the Inns of Court, the Inns of Court College of Advocacy and the four Inns of Court for supporting the Bar Placement Scheme.
Read an article by a previous participant who completed a placement in London, and one student's account of their placement in Manchester.
If you are a barrister and your chambers would be interested in hosting a student, please email us or call 020 7611 1396.