Equality, diversity and inclusion
Helplines and enquiry services
Helplines and enquiry services for barristers and chambers
Equality and diversity, compliance and wellbeing courses
Training sessions and bespoke courses on equality, harassment, fair recruitment and more
Bullying and harassment
Initiatives to support the reporting, recording and tackling of inappropriate behaviour
Race
Our work tackling racism and building racial diversity and inclusivity across the Bar
Disability
How the Bar Council's Disability Panel supports barristers and pupils with disabilities
Women in law
Resources, support, written pieces and initiatives to showcase and amplify the priorities, work and voices of women barristers.
Social mobility
What the Bar Council is doing to improve socio-economic diversity and how other organisations are building good practice in this area.
Equality and Diversity Officers (EDO) network
A Bar Council network for Equality & Diversity Officers to share good practice and policies and identify and address emerging issues
Research, guidance and further information
- Program of work: Access, Retention, Progression
- Statistics about the Bar
- Public Sector Equality Duty
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Campaigns and programmes
Special interest networks across the Bar
To feature your network on this page, please email [email protected] .
Gender
- The Inns of Court Alliance for Women (ICAW)
- Women in Criminal Law
- Western Circuit Women’s Forum
- Midlands Circuit Women’s Forum
Race
Sexual orientation
Disability
- Bar Council Disability Panel
- Bringing [Dis]Ability to the Bar website
- Barristers with lived experience of mental illness (BLEMI) - follow on X
- Neurodiversity in Law - follow on LinkedIn
- AllBar website