Sponsors

The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn is its Members. For more than six hundred years, Gray’s has been home to a community of extraordinary individuals and the Inn exists to support, educate and develop both its aspiring and practising barrister Members in accordance with its historic traditions. Our Members’ talent, dedication and bravery has shaped, and continues to shape, the evolution of the rule of law of England and Wales and around the World. With an active Membership of around five and a half thousand, including around three hundred student Members at any one time. Everything we do is designed to champion and nurture each individual’s unique talents and interests and to support them in their career at the Bar.

Gray’s Inn are firmly committed to supporting all our Members who practice, want to practice or who are curious about the many rich opportunities offered by the Employed Bar. Being a host and an awards sponsor for the 2022 Bar Council Awards is part of our ongoing commitment to this.

The Inner Temple’s global membership strengthens and promotes both the rule of law and the vibrancy of a diverse legal community. Led and shaped by the profession, for the profession, we are dedicated to attracting the best candidates and giving everyone, at every stage of their career, access to excellent education and training resources.

As increasing numbers of barristers enter employed practice, we have taken a leading role in supporting barristers who have moved, or are looking to move, away from traditional self-employed practice. The Inner Temple is committed to supporting members of the Inn at the Employed Bar, to celebrating their achievements, and to highlighting alternative career opportunities beyond the self-employed Bar. We are delighted to continue supporting the Bar Council’s Employed Bar Awards, showcasing the considerable and varied achievements of employed barristers.

Our members are at the heart of Lincoln’s Inn and have been for over 600 years. The Inn is run by our members, and for our members. As a professional community in an ever-changing environment, we wish to provide support and relevant services that demonstrate that the Inn is here to support all members throughout their careers.

Lincoln’s Inn has identified inclusion and diversity of membership as central to our future and increasing its focus on member services. Eighteen percent of our practising members are employed. Greater engagement of employed barristers would help provide improved visibility of career opportunities to students and stronger networks between employed and self-employed members, to mutual benefit.

Engagement of our employed members benefits the Inn as they offer skills and experience developed from working within an organisation, which complement those of self-employed members. Employed barristers offer a broader perspective on a wide range of issues such as diversity and inclusion, along with career progression. Those working within large organisations may in addition have valuable experience of areas such as leadership development and strategic planning and communications.

Therefore, we are very proud to sponsor the Employed Barrister of the Year in a Law Firm Award 2022, to help showcase the accomplishments of employed barristers, and to celebrate the amazing contribution they make within the legal profession.

At BAE Systems, we help our customers to stay a step ahead when protecting people and national security, critical infrastructure and vital information. We provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions and employ a skilled workforce of 89,600 people in more than 40 countries.

From state of the art cyber threat detection to flight control systems that enable pilots to make better decisions, we never stop innovating to ensure that our customers maintain their advantage. This is a long-term commitment involving significant investments in skills. We also work closely with local partners to support economic development through the transfer of knowledge, skills and technology.

As the government’s principal legal advisers, the Government Legal Department’s (GLD) core purpose is to help the government to govern well within the rule of law.

GLD achieves this by providing legal advice on the development, design and implementation of government policies and decisions, drafting secondary legislation and working with Parliamentary Counsel on primary legislation, and representing the government in court.

Comprised of over 2,800 employees, 2,100 of which are lawyers based around the UK Cyprus and Germany, GLD is one of the biggest employers of barristers in the UK, offering a unique and varied career at the heart of government. GLD lawyers are based across 14 departments, and work also with executive agencies, public and arm’s length bodies. Colleagues can sit either in advisory (non-contentious) and litigation (contentious) roles, working on some of the biggest issues of the day.

BACFI (the Bar Association for Commerce, Finance and Industry) was founded in 1965 and provides representation, education and support to barristers employed in a commercial environment and works to promote "one Bar" ensuring that the status and interests of our members are fully recognised and taken into account. Membership is open to all barristers and student members of the Inns of Court and starts from only £20 per annum. BACFI also focuses on professional development and career opportunities for its members and hosts a variety of seminars, webinars and social networking events throughout the year which provide an excellent platform to share ideas on important issues and networking opportunities. We look forward to you joining us at our upcoming events.

Further details can be found on BACFI's website.

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