Why should you stand for Bar Council?

Thinking of standing for election? Bar Council member Aoife Kennedy reflects on her first six months as an elected member

  • 25 July 2024
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Bar Placement Scheme 2024: "The Bar - people for people" by Jasmine Sohl

Blog winner for the North, Jasmine Sohl, explores what she experienced during the Bar Placement Scheme and how it has inspired her to pursue a career at the Bar.

  • 11 July 2024
  • Blog

Bar Placement Scheme 2024: "The courtroom is a theatre of reality" by Katarina McCabe

Blog winner for the South, Katarina McCabe, shares her experience of the Bar Placement Scheme, exploring what a day in court is like, why she applied and what she learned from the experience.

  • 11 July 2024
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Raising the Bar: Care-experienced people belong here

Lucy Barnes, co-founder of Lawyers Who Care, explains why representation of care-experienced people enhances access to justice

  • 14 June 2024
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A Week in Legal London, by the California Lawyers Association

This guest blog provides an insight into the CLA and their annual Week in Legal London.

  • 12 June 2024
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Thoughts from Bar Conference 2024

In a guest blog, Tim Kiely from Red Lion Chambers runs through the highlights from Bar Conference

  • 12 June 2024
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