Want to develop a public access practice to open up a new client base, new income streams and have more control over how you find and manage work?
Our Bar Standards Board (BSB) approved accreditation course covers the compliance and skills you will need to conduct public access work. You’ll come away with actionable takeaways and the commercial framework to manage your public access practice successfully.
Day 1: 9am to 5.30pm
Day 2: 9am to 1.45pm
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Who is this course for?
Practising barristers who wish to undertake public access work.
To undertake this course, you must:
- Hold a full practising certificate
If you have less than three years’ of practice, you’ll need to nominate a more experienced barrister (qualified person) who can provide you with guidance on public access work. The qualified person needs to be registered for public access with our Barrister Records office.
What are the benefits of public access work?
- You’ll be able to take instruction directly from clients
- The direct access model is an attractive option for clients as it often brings increased flexibility and value for money
- Public access work opens up new business opportunities and sources of referral work
- Direct access clients enjoy a closer working relationship with the experts they have chosen
- You can have a listing on our Direct Access Portal, which is popular for members of the public, professionals and organisations to find barristers directly, receiving over 1,500 enquiries per month
What will I learn?
Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll understand:
- What public access is and where it fits into the current regulatory and commercial environment
- How to review the application of all the regulatory framework rules and how they should be applied risk sensitively
- What additional resources, systems and processes will be needed to effectively support your public access practice and your public access clients
- The risks inherent within a public access matter/case and how to manage and mitigate those risks
- How to develop an empathetic and positive relationship with a public access client to deliver their objectives and manage their expectations
- How to develop a clear personal public access business plan and model to maximise opportunities and ensure profitability
After the course
- You’ll have everything you need to apply to extend your practising certificate with the BSB to undertake public access work and register as as a public access barrister with the Bar Council Records Office
- You’ll have access to resources such as template client letters, guidance documents and a workbook specific to our course to support your public access practice
- Create a profile on our Direct Access Portal (if you are a Bar Representation Fee subscriber). This is a popular website for members of the public, professionals and organisations to find barristers directly that receives over 1,500 enquiries per month
Why pick us?
The Bar Council is the voice of the barrister profession – representing and supporting the nearly 18,000 barristers in England and Wales, and championing the rule of law and access to justice.
We run an extensive training and events programme tailored to the needs of barristers and chambers staff. All our trainers have worked in the legal sector, bringing their professional experience in to the course.
Our training focusses on day-to-day application, drawing on real-life case studies and the latest updates in the sector, so you’ll come away with practical advice, knowledge and resources to embed your learning straight away.
We know that not everyone likes to learn in the same way, so we offer a range of formats including in person, online and on-demand. And if you want to learn as a group in your chambers or organisation we can come to you. We offer discounts for group bookings, and Bar Representation Fee subscribers always get 20% off all our training and events.
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Prices: £450 + VAT for BRF subscribers | £540 + VAT for standard | 10 CPD hours