Bar Placement Scheme
The Bar Placement Scheme allows students to spend three days shadowing their barrister in chambers and in court. On the final day of the scheme, students attend talks by barristers and/or judges, and receive advocacy training from the Inns of Court College of Advocacy. Prizes are awarded for the best student advocates by a senior member of the Bar, so 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.
February half term
Students from Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester (applications closed)
The first or second week of July
Students from London, Birmingham, Bristol and Cardiff (applications closed)
To deliver the Bar Placement Scheme, the Bar Council works with Pathways to Law and the Social Mobility Foundation. State educated sixth form 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 are now closed.
If you have any questions, please email us or call 020 7611 1396.
Please note that we will keep this 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.