New Square Chambers (deadline 31 August)
New Square Chambers invites applications for third-six pupillage from candidates who have completed a chancery and/or commercial pupillage, or who can demonstrate significant experience of and interest in chancery and/or commercial work.
Return to work in Chambers
A recent LPMA and IBC survey found that chambers have seen very little increase in the number of members returning to the office.
New Court Chambers (deadline 21 August 2020)
New Court Chambers invites applications from pupils showing a clear commitment and motivation towards pursuing a career as a specialist family advocate.
Old Square Tax Chambers (deadline 31 August)
Old Square Tax Chambers is inviting applications for a funded third six pupillage with a view to tenancy. Applications are invited from candidates with experience in the commercial and/or chancery fields.
Guest blog: Qualifying as a mediator with the Bar Council's acclaimed programme
Jonathan Dingle and Andrea Barnes, Joint Heads of Chambers at Normanton Chambers and Society of Mediators Course Leaders, explain why it's worth taking the Bar Council's exceptional accredited mediator training course.
Guest blog: Brazil, Covid-19 and the rule of law
Frederico Singarajah of Hardwicke Chambers and the Bar Council's International Committee considers the rule of law position in Brazil.
42 Bedford Row (deadline 7 August 2020)
42 Bedford Row invites applications for a third six pupillage in our Family Law Group commencing in September/October 2020.
New report reveals England & Wales spends more on coffee than on law and order
Bar Council's latest report reveals the extremely worrying scale of law and order in Britain
Guest blog: How will restricting jury trial and reducing jury numbers affect the delivery of justice?
Tana Adkin QC, barrister at Charter Chambers and member of the Bar Councils Retention Panel, looks in-depth at the many reasons why jury trials should not be tampered with
Guest blog: Taiwan, Covid-19 and the rule of law
Simon Milnes of the Bar Council's International Committee, barrister at Twenty Essex, highlights that there is no sign of the Executive in Taiwan seeking to use the pandemic as a pretext for increasing its powers or weakening the rule of law