Introduction to race training

Our comprehensive anti-racist training is for all barristers, clerks and chambers staff. This course has been designed by our Race Panel to meet the requirements in the Bar Standards Board's (BSB) anti-racist strategy.

Our 2.5 hour course will guide you through your legal, regulatory, and policy responsibilities. You’ll leave equipped to recognise racist behaviours, methods for dealing with them and techniques for promoting inclusion.

We offer this training in-chambers and we also run scheduled training. Find out more about this below

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In our 2021 and 2024 Race at the Bar reports, we provided recommended actions for chambers and organisations to undertake. All of our recommendations have been drafted to be in line with the BSB’s anti-racist statement. In the statement, the BSB asks chambers and barristers to take action.

This training is one of 4 anti-racist actions you’re required to implement. Our Race equality toolkit shows you how to act on race inequality in your chambers or organisation.

What will I learn?

This introductory training course covers anti-racism and is designed to raise awareness of race equality issues at the Bar. General equality and diversity training is not sufficient to address race equality at the Bar.

We’ll give you a summary of your legal and regulatory duties as well as introducing different types of racism. You'll be guided through a series of practical exercises and scenarios drawn from the experience of barristers from ethnic minority backgrounds, providing an invaluable starting point for further training and education on race.

Course programme

Introducing concepts
Exercise 1: understanding concepts in racism
Exercise 2: scenario discussion
Exercise 3: anti-racism both personal and collective
Take-aways and commitments

We offer introduction to race training in-chambers, and we also run scheduled courses regularly. Find out more below.

The training panel

Our Race Panel established a panel of trainers, chosen based on their experience in delivering equality and diversity training. Your trainer will be allocated on a cab-rank basis (you will not have the option to select a specific trainer) to ensure your training can be delivered on your chosen dates.

Who is this course for?

All barristers, pupils, practice managers, clerks and chambers staff.

After the course

You’ll know how to address racism and under-representation in your chambers or organisation
You’ll have access to resources such as guidance on allyship, positive action guide and our introduction to race workbook only available through this course

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 focuses 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.

Book

We offer different formats of this training to suit your needs: in-chambers training or scheduled training.

In-chambers training

Chambers have found it beneficial for members and staff to take training together. You can book a session to be run in chambers for groups of 8 or more attendees (up to 30 attendees) using the form below. This training is ideal for chambers who have signed up to our Chambers Training Package, which offers you an easy and cost-effective way to book training for your members and chambers staff.

To ensure your training can be delivered on your chosen dates, where possible, your trainer will be allocated on a cab-rank basis (you will not have the option to select a specific trainer).

Scheduled training

We set up regular dates for individuals to undertake this course. Ideal for new joiners or refresher training.

See dates for this course in our calendar

Sign up for in-chambers introduction to race training

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