Guest blog: Gender-bias - are you speaking the language of the legal directories?
Even the language used by referees in legal directories is gender-biased, says Melissa Davis, CEO of MD Communications, but efforts are already being made in the legal sector to challenge this subconscious bias in language, which can act as a barrier for women in law looking to progress their careers
Concern grows for Cameroon human rights lawyer
The arrest of human rights lawyer Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla in the Republic of Cameroon has sparked growing concern in legal circles as reports indicate that he may face trial in a closed military court.
Bar Council urges action as Crown Court backlog increases again to over 60,000 cases
The Bar Council responds to criminal court statistics for Q2 2021
Guest blog: Covid-19, Anti Money Laundering Measures and Customer Due Diligence
Christopher Convey, Chair of the Bar Council’s Money Laundering Working Group
Twinkle, twinkle, align the stars: a storybook guide to pupillage applications
Jack Meek offers advice to those applying for pupillage and suggests aspiring barristers take inspiration from their favourite storybook characters as the new pupillage recruitment round approaches.
Guest blog: The unconscious bias trap: Why getting it wrong has an impact on barristers and chambers
Narrow Quay HR looks at the impact on barristers, chambers and the Bar of falling into the unconscious bias trap.
Demise of QASA: Bar Council responds
Bar Council response to the BSB's decision to drop QASA
Guest blog: Why we cannot take our human rights for granted
Stephen Cragg QC, barrister and Vice-Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, guest blogs for BarTalk on International Human Rights Day (10 December) on why protecting human rights and role of human rights defenders is as important as ever today
New figures show court backlog going the wrong way, says Bar Council
Bar Council responds to latest statistics which show criminal court backlog is increasing