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 now open)
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
Download an application form for the scheme in the city of your choice:
London
Bristol
Cardiff
Birmingham
Please complete all sections including the parent or guardian consent form and then email your application to bps@barcouncil.org.uk.
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.
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.