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Access to justice - follow the money

Stephen Kinsella discusses the important work of Law for Change in a time when access to justice is in crisis.

  • 15 March 2024
  • Blog

Palaces of Justice or just places?

Philip Stott writes about his experience working as a barrister in the crumbling criminal court estate in London and the need for sustained investment.

  • 13 March 2024
  • Blog

“Gold standard training” - more than 8 in 10 have a positive pupillage experience, report finds

86% of pupils have had a positive pupillage experience and the vast majority feel supported by their chambers and employers, according to the new Pupil Survey.

  • 12 March 2024
  • Press release

Pupil Survey 2024

This year’s survey incorporated pupils’ experience in 2023, exploring any changes in the last two years to the experiences of this key group of the profession

  • 12 March 2024
  • Report

Inspiring inclusion at the Bar for International Women's Day

Bar Council committee chairs share their thoughts for IWD24

  • 7 March 2024
  • Blog

Bar Council reaction to the Spring Budget

Funding for justice "a drop in the ocean" says Chair of the Bar

  • 6 March 2024
  • Press release

Raising practitioner awareness of the Retained EU Law Act 2023

Evanna Fruithof highlights the impact that this new UK legislation may have on the advice barristers give to their clients.

  • 6 March 2024
  • Blog

Budget: Failure to invest in justice is a false economy, warns Bar Council

Chair of the Bar makes statement ahead of the Spring Budget

  • 4 March 2024
  • Press release

Why visibility at the Bar is so important

Marking LGBT+ History Month, Jody Klaire writes about the importance of representation, drawing inspiration from the barristers she admires and her own experiences.

  • 29 February 2024
  • Blog

“Bar’s goodwill taken for granted” – Bar Council builds strong case for urgent investment in civil legal aid

The Bar Council has submitted detailed evidence to the government Review of Civil Legal Aid

  • 28 February 2024
  • Press release

Dealing with rejection when applying for pupillage

Pupil supervisor Linda Turnbull discusses what to do when encountering rejection at each stage of the pupillage application process.

  • 27 February 2024
  • Blog

Pupillage offers hit new record, exceeding pre-pandemic levels

Almost 640 positions were advertised on the Pupillage Gateway, the Bar Council's recruitment portal.

  • 22 February 2024
  • Press release

Pupillage Gateway Report 2024

The report uses data from the Pupillage Gateway, a recruitment portal owned by the Bar Council and used to advertise vacancies and recruit aspiring barristers for pupillage at the Bar

  • 22 February 2024
  • Report

Moving the needle on the diversity dial

The North Eastern Circuit Scholarship Fund is finally moving the needle on the diversity dial and can be adopted by other circuits nationwide, says barrister Glenn Parsons in a guest blog for the Bar Council.

  • 21 February 2024
  • Blog

Investment needed to stop exodus of specialist rape counsel

Chair of the Bar Council responds to new Criminal Bar Association survey results

  • 12 February 2024
  • Press release

Judge led action is future-proofing judicial diversity

Martin Forde KC explains how the Judicial Targeted Outreach programme works.

  • 7 February 2024
  • Blog

Dispelling myths about transferring to different parts of the Bar

Barrister Charlotte Pope-Williams answers some of the most frequently asked questions about transferring between different forms of practice at the Bar.

  • 7 February 2024
  • Blog

New data on wellbeing at the Bar

Today the Bar Council has published the Wellbeing at the Bar Report 2024. The data shows some improvements in wellbeing at the Bar.

  • 2 February 2024
  • Press release

Bar Council and PIBA secure fixed recoverable costs uplift

The Bar Council and Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA) have hailed changes to the fixed recoverable costs for advocacy fees in civil cases that will see a 23.5% increase in fees.

  • 1 February 2024
  • Press release