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Bar Council welcomes Professor Christopher Bones as new Chair of the Bar Standards Board

Professor Bones will take up the post in September

  • 25 July 2025
  • Press release

Intensive Supervision Courts expansion: rehabilitation key to tackling crime and reoffending, Bar Council says

The Bar Council has welcomed the government's announcement that it is expanding the Intensive Supervision Courts.

  • 25 July 2025
  • Press release

'Chronically under resourced' county court system is 'eroding justice', Bar Council warns

In response to a new report on the 'dysfunctional' county court, the Bar Council has called for reform and funding.

  • 24 July 2025
  • Press release

Deka Chambers (no deadline)

£N/A (see more) | Mixed practice (civil, crime, family) | London | start date: September or October 2025

  • 24 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy

Legal Aid cyber incident – updates for the Bar

The Legal Aid Agency has been the subject of a serious cyber incident. This page provides updates for the Bar

  • 23 July 2025
  • News

42 BR Barristers (closes 19 September)

£N/A | Family Law (Public and Private law) | London | start date: Autumn 2025

  • 23 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy

Will I be liable for what I have said and done in court? Bar Council intervention in XGY

Policy analyst Enehuwa Adagu summarises the facts of the case

  • 23 July 2025
  • Blog

42 BR Barristers (closes: 19 September 2025)

£ N/A | Civil Practice Groups | London | start date: Autumn 2025

  • 22 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy

3PB Barristers (closes 1 October)

£N/A | Personal injury and Clinical Negligence | London | start date: N/A

  • 16 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy

More than just the courtroom: what I learnt behind the Bar

A winner of our Bar Placement Scheme blog competition, Meerab Basit, shares her experience and how she's come to realise that being a barrister is not about who speaks the loudest, but about the one who speaks with reason, conviction, and an understanding of the people they represent.

  • 15 July 2025
  • Blog

The Bar Placement Scheme 2025 reaffirmed my desire to take the leap in becoming a barrister

Bar Placement Scheme blog competition winner Lilly Bennett shares her experience and how it helped her answer the big question: "Why do you want to become a barrister?"

  • 15 July 2025
  • Blog

Red Lion Chambers (no deadline)

£n/a | Criminal | London | start date: ASAP

  • 14 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy

Landmark Chambers (closes 1 August)

£37,500 for the six month period | Property Law | London | start date: ASAP

  • 14 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy

Beware speed over safety: after the Leveson review

Tim Kiely explores what the next steps are for criminal justice following part one of the Leveson independent review of criminal courts.

  • 11 July 2025
  • Blog

KBG Chambers (deadline 1 July 2026)

£30,000 | Family, Crime or Civil | Plymouth or Truro | start date: when you are ready

  • 9 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy

Leveson report: diversion welcome but no need to curtail trial by jury, warns Bar Council

Our initial response to Part I of the Independent review of the criminal courts

  • 9 July 2025
  • Press release

Warnings on the safety of lawyers and international rule of law

Tana Adkin KC reports on the central issues discussed from the German Bar Conference in June 2025: worldwide erosion of the rule of law and the persecution of lawyers

  • 8 July 2025
  • Blog

Bad Boy (but not) For Life: the prosecution of Sean Combs illustrates the strategic gambles faced by both prosecutors and defence lawyers

Amelia Clegg, who is dual-qualified at the English Bar and as a New York attorney, says Sean Combs trial is a lesson for prosecutors and defence lawyers.

  • 7 July 2025
  • Blog

AI in law: breaking down the latest developments

On 6 June 2025, the Divisional Court gave judgment in R (Ayinde) v. London Borough of Haringay [2025] EWHC 1383 (Admin). This was the first case that Court has considered concerning the misuse of artificial intelligence by lawyers.

  • 4 July 2025
  • Blog

39 Essex Chambers (closes 1 August)

£35,000 (six months) | CLG | London | start date: 8 September

  • 4 July 2025
  • Probationary tenancy vacancy