Thriving in your first years of practice: building your practice

About the event  

Our practical webinar will highlight the opportunities available to help you build and maintain a sustainable practice.  

Programme 

• Making the most of your practice review  

• Building your practice at the employed Bar 

• Pro bono and volunteering 

• Developing an international practice 

Why attend? 

You’ll gain a clearer understanding of how to build your practice at both the self-employed and employed Bar, as well as hearing about opportunities in pro bono and international work.  

Who should attend? 

• Pupils in their second six 
• Junior barristers in their first 7 years of practice 

Speakers

 

Tadhgh Barwell O’Connor, 1KBW 

Tadhgh is a specialist family practitioner with a focus on complex and international children and financial proceedings, including child abduction. Tadhgh was named Young Barrister of the Year at the Family Law Awards in 2024. He has been awarded multiple scholarships, including a Pegasus Scholarship to the American Inns of Court (2022) a Florida Advocacy Scholarship by the South Eastern Circuit (2024) and has completed the Keble Dutton Advanced International Advocacy Course at Keble College, Oxford (2025).  

Tadhgh a member of the Young Barristers’ Committee and speaks regularly on both English and International Family Law issues. He has acted as a delegate of the Bar Council of England and Wales in conferences in Dubai and India. He is also a mediator for both children and finance disputes and an advocacy trainer at Lincoln’s Inn.  

 

Faye Pauffley, Advocate

Faye is the Engagement Manager at Advocate, the Bar’s pro bono charity. She focuses on increasing volunteer involvement across the Bar and encouraging more barristers to take on pro bono work. Faye leads on key projects including The Pro Bono Framework and has played a central role in the coordination and delivery of Advocate’s involvement in Pro Bono Week. 

Faye has 5 years’ experience in the charity sector, having begun her career as a Prison Offender Manager after studying criminology at university. She later became Senior Community Connector working on a transformation project at MindTHNR in partnership with the NHS, before joining Advocate in February 2025. 

 

Joe Wilson, St Philips

Joe is the CEO and Director of Clerking at St Philips Chambers and the current Vice Chair of the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks. He began his career in the Judicial Appointments Division of the Lord Chancellor’s Department, supporting the selection process for appointments to the High Court, Circuit Bench, King’s Counsel and Recordership. He started his clerking career in London in 1998, before moving to Birmingham to St Philips in 2001. 

Joe is passionate about practice and career development and has a strong focus on the fair allocation of work, reflecting current Bar Council and BSB expectations around equality, opportunity, and professional standards. During his 25 years at St Philips, he has supported an unprecedented 52 full-time judicial appointments, together with the appointment of 25 King’s Counsel.