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

This is our full, more intensive programme. For our condensed programme, see introduction to race training.  

Day one: information and awareness

Duration: 2 hours

  • Introducing concepts
  • Exercise one: white privilege exercise
  • Exercise two: practical scenarios
  • Exercise three: microaggressions and micro-incivilities

Independent reflection and investigation

  • Delegates are encouraged to look at a range of resources, guided by a reading list

Day two: taking action

Duration: 1.5 hours

  • Introduction
  • Recap and reflections on resources reviewed
  • Exercise four: anti-racism
  • How to be an ally and an anti-racist
  • Exercise five: taking action
  • Take aways and commitments

We offer this full introduction to race training programme in chambers. If you're looking for scheduled training for individuals, find out more about our condensed training.

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